Collaboration Manager – Magnetic Resonance (Customer Collaborations)
A unique opportunity to shape innovation in Magnetic Resonance with customers
We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment where you can grow personally and professionally while helping shape the future of healthcare.
Join our team as Collaboration Manager – Magnetic Resonance and lead strategic research and collaboration initiatives with customers and partners across the Indian subcontinent. In this role, you will serve as the bridge between customer needs and internal stakeholders, enabling meaningful scientific partnerships, accelerating innovation, and supporting the development of new Magnetic Resonance solutions.
You will work closely with hospitals, research institutions, clinicians, and cross-functional teams to establish and manage collaborations that create clinical, scientific, and business value. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong customer engagement skills with scientific curiosity, project leadership, and a deep understanding of the Magnetic Resonance environment.
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Who we are
Siemens Healthineers is a leading global medical technology company with over 65,000 dedicated colleagues in more than 70 countries, united by a shared purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. Every day, millions of patients benefit from our innovative technologies and services in diagnostic and therapeutic imaging, laboratory diagnostics, molecular medicine, and digital health solutions.
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Our culture
Our culture embraces different perspectives, open dialogue, and the courage to challenge convention. We aspire to lead change in our industry rather than simply react to it. That is why we encourage our people to take on new challenges, test new ideas, and celebrate meaningful success.
Our guiding principles include:
- We say what we do, and we do what we say
- Missed opportunities are our biggest risks
- We do not compromise on quality
- We lead by being lean
- We listen more than we talk
- Today is about tomorrow
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Role Purpose
The Collaboration Manager – Magnetic Resonance is responsible for developing, managing, and advancing customer collaborations and research partnerships in the MR domain. The role focuses on translating customer and clinical insights into impactful research activities, product improvements, and innovation opportunities.
The successful candidate will actively engage with key customer sites, support collaboration programs from concept to outcome, and ensure alignment across country teams, global business lines, R&D, and other internal stakeholders. The role also includes driving visibility of collaboration outcomes in the public domain and strengthening long-term strategic partnerships with customers.
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Key Responsibilities
- Build and manage strategic collaborations with MR customers, research institutions, and clinical partners across the Indian subcontinent
- Identify, evaluate, and develop new collaboration opportunities that advance Magnetic Resonance imaging and support customer research objectives
- Act as the primary interface between external collaborators and internal stakeholders including business lines, R&D, product management, and country organizations
- Drive collaboration programs from initiation through execution, ensuring alignment on goals, milestones, timelines, deliverables, and outcomes
- Support the development of research concepts, study frameworks, and joint initiatives that contribute to innovation in MR imaging
- Facilitate strong coordination between local collaboration activities and global headquarters to ensure strategic alignment and sustainable integration
- Supervise and coordinate collaboration-related contractual processes, including research agreements, intellectual property terms, IDEA agreements, indemnification requirements, and related compliance needs
- Foster cross-functional and cross-business-line synergies to enable best-practice sharing and maximize the value of collaborative research
- Promote a culture of generating clinically and scientifically relevant outcomes that are visible through publications, presentations, workshops, and other public scientific channels
- Represent local collaboration activities and outcomes at regional and international forums, including conferences, scientific meetings, and internal review platforms
- Contribute to scientific marketing initiatives and customer engagement strategies related to collaboration programs and research outcomes
- Ensure close interaction and alignment with R&D and development center teams to connect customer insights with future product and solution development
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Attributes and Skills
- Strong customer engagement and relationship management skills with the ability to work effectively across clinical, academic, and business environments
- Excellent collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and drive execution with attention to detail
- Ability to work independently while also thriving in cross-functional and matrixed teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with the ability to translate customer needs into actionable collaboration opportunities
- High level of ownership, follow-through, and accountability
- Comfortable working in a dynamic environment that requires adaptability and proactive engagement
- Willingness to travel domestically as required
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Qualifications and Experience
- Postgraduate qualification in life sciences, biomedical engineering, medical technology, radiology, physics, or a related technical or medical field
- At least 5 years of professional experience in the healthcare industry, medical technology, academic research, or a related field
- Strong familiarity with Magnetic Resonance imaging technologies, with demonstrated exposure to MR research, advanced clinical applications, or scientific collaboration environments
- Good understanding of academic research settings, healthcare delivery systems, and radiology workflows
- Experience working with hospitals, research institutions, or clinical investigators in a customer-facing or scientific partnership role is highly desirable
- Knowledge of the public or institutional research funding landscape in India is an advantage
- Basic understanding of medical image processing, data analysis methodologies, and emerging AI or machine learning concepts in imaging is desirable
- Familiarity with programming or scientific computing tools such as MATLAB, Python, or C++ would be beneficial
- Strong interest in medical devices, healthcare innovation, and clinical research
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to engage with scientific and non-scientific stakeholders
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Why this role matters
This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of customer collaboration, scientific innovation, and product development in one of the most advanced areas of diagnostic imaging. By building strong partnerships and translating real-world clinical needs into innovation opportunities, you will play a meaningful role in shaping the future of Magnetic Resonance and improving patient care.
