Director, Innovation Challenge Design & Solution Sourcing - Teva Innovation Unit

Date: Aug 29, 2025

Location:

Haarlem, Netherlands, 00

Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals

Job Id: 62721

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

Teva’s Global Open Innovation Unit is seeking a Director, Innovation Business Partner to serve as the primary orchestrator of our internal innovation processes. This role will focus on enabling and guiding business units (BUs) in shaping their innovation agendas, defining and sharpening business challenges, and ensuring seamless execution of the internal innovation lifecycle—from challenge framing, through solution assessment, pilot design and implementation, and ultimately integration of successful solutions into business operations.

The successful candidate will bring strong analytical skills, proven project management experience, and a deep understanding of corporate processes and functions. Acting as a trusted advisor and facilitator, this role will ensure that innovation efforts are strategically aligned, operationally sound, and organizationally enabled.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the internal foundations of Teva’s open innovation strategy, working closely with senior leaders and BU champions to turn innovation opportunities into measurable business impact. You will be instrumental in ensuring that innovation projects don’t stop at pilots, but are successfully scaled and integrated into the business, driving long-term value for Teva.

Location

This role can be based in Europe or Israel.

How you’ll spend your day

Business Unit Engagement & Partnership

Act as the dedicated innovation partner to BU champions, guiding them in engaging stakeholders and surfacing high-quality innovation challenges.
Translate BU needs into clear, structured challenge briefs aligned with business priorities.
Serve as an advisor and facilitator, helping BUs navigate Teva’s innovation processes.

Process Management & Internal Alignment

Own and manage the end-to-end internal innovation process: challenge definition, internal evaluation, solution assessment, pilot design, implementation, and integration.
Coordinate across corporate functions (legal, IP, compliance, procurement, finance, etc.) to ensure alignment and remove internal barriers.
Establish governance frameworks, playbooks, and best practices to streamline innovation workflows.

Pilot Implementation & Integration

Support the design, execution, and monitoring of pilots in collaboration with BU stakeholders.
Ensure pilots are structured for measurable outcomes, business relevance, and potential scale-up.
Drive the transition from pilot to integration, ensuring successful solutions are embedded into BU processes, systems, and operations.
Capture and disseminate learnings to build organizational innovation capabilities.

Organizational Enablement & Infrastructure

Build the internal infrastructure (legal, compliance, IP, procurement frameworks) that enables efficient collaboration between Teva and external innovators.
Proactively anticipate and address internal roadblocks, ensuring agility and speed in execution
Act as a change agent, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation across BUs.

Your experience and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
6–10 years of experience in corporate innovation, strategy, consulting, or project management roles.
Proven experience working across functions in complex, global organizations; pharma or regulated industries an advantage.
Track record of driving cross-functional initiatives from conception to integration into business operations.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize insights and guide decision-making.
Exceptional project and stakeholder management skills, able to align diverse stakeholders toward common goals.
Strong understanding of corporate functions (legal, IP, compliance, procurement, finance) and their role in enabling innovation.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and influence skills at multiple organizational levels.
Strategic thinker with operational rigor and the ability to balance creativity with process discipline.
Comfortable operating in a global, matrixed environment with multiple priorities
Travel required - 25%

Reports To

Open Innovation Leader

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