Key Facts

Remote From:

Pennsylvania (USA)

Full time

Entry-level / graduate

English

Hard Skills

Other Skills

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Strategic Planning
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Data Reporting
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Decision Making
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Non-Verbal Communication
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Accountability
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Time Management
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Analytical Thinking
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Relationship Building
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Problem Solving

ECRI

About ECRI

ECRI is an independent, nonprofit organization improving the safety, quality, and cost effectiveness of care across all healthcare settings. The combination of evidence-based research, medical device testing, and knowledge of patient safety makes ECRI uniquely respected by healthcare leaders and agencies worldwide. For more than 50 years, ECRI has had an unwavering dedication to transparency and strict conflict-of-interest policies. The organization has earned a reputation as the trusted voice of unbiased, research-based assurance for tens of thousands of members around the world using its solutions to minimize risk and improve patient care. As a leading provider of spend and clinical data analytics and solutions, we provide comprehensive and unique market and competitive intelligence on a wide array of healthcare technologies. Our market intelligence includes transactional pricing, independent lab-based tested devices and equipment, safety alerts and history, evidence-based health technology assessments, and disruptive technologies on the horizon. ECRI has the only medical device testing labs in North America and the Asia Pacific where bio-engineers conduct hands-on independent device testing for safety and human factors usability. ECRI is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO is listed as a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Company type: SME

Founded: 2018

Company size: 501 - 1000

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Job description

is an inspiring place to work. We share a common mission to help healthcare organizations make smart, compassionate, and ethical decisions for patients. Consider these additional benefits of joining the ECRI team:

Industry leadership: We have a long history and proven reputation in patient safety and medical technology research.
On-the-job-learning: You will have the opportunity to work with specialists across medical science, patient care, healthcare management, and technology.
Comprehensive healthcare benefits: We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability coverage.
Retirement Savings: Our employees can participate in an employer-matching 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan.
Additional benefits: ECRI offers additional benefits to our employees, including paid time off and holiday pay, paid leave for parents, tuition assistance, employee assistance program, access to LinkedIn Learning, and other voluntary benefit programs (e.g. accident insurance, identify theft insurance, flexible spending accounts).
Volunteer Program: ECRI Cares, our employee volunteer program, provides a framework for us to work together and make a difference in the lives of others. All employees are provided 16 hours annually of paid time to volunteer at preapproved ECRI Cares charities during normal business hours.

ABOUT ECRI

At ECRI, our passion for safe, effective, and efficient care is ingrained into the fabric of who we are and why we are here. For more than 50 years, the people of ECRI have been unyielding in their work to protect patients from unsafe and ineffective medical technologies and practices. Now, with the acquisition of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), we have created one of the largest healthcare quality and safety entities in the world.

As a non-profit, independent organization, we utilize an unbiased, evidence-based approach to develop guidance, and maintain our principles of integrity and transparent work. Our ethical standards have led us to adopt the industry's strictest conflict-of-interest policies, and they are why tens of thousands of healthcare leaders worldwide rely on ECRI to guide their clinical, operational, and strategic decisions across all sites of care.

The Most Trusted Voice in Healthcare

ECRI is proud to serve the healthcare industry, from providers and insurers to government agencies, and medical associations. Our areas of focus include:

Patient Safety: empowering leaders to eliminate patient harm through the dissemination of best practices, guidance, benchmarking, and recommendations.
Evidence-Based Medicine: providing clinical evidence to inform and support decisions on the effectiveness of medical technologies, procedures, genetic tests, and clinical practice guidelines.
Technology Decision Support: arming hospital systems with unbiased insights, so they can optimize their supply chain.

ECRI is the only organization worldwide to conduct independent medical device evaluations, with labs located in North America and Asia Pacific. ECRI is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

At ECRI, our passion for the truth drives us to go further and dig deeper in our pursuit to advance effective, evidence-based healthcare globally.

The success of our organization relies on the kind of creative thinking that can only result from a diverse team of individuals. ECRI is proud to be an employer of choice with an inclusive environment for all employees. As part of this goal and in compliance with various laws and regulations, ECRI provides reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees.

It's what makes ECRI unique, and why we are the most trusted voice in healthcare.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Transformation & Innovation Associate supports the Director of Transformation and Innovation and the broader Transformation and Innovation (TI) team in advancing ECRI's mission to reduce preventable harm and promote safe and effective care for all. The SI team focuses on identifying prospective client needs in new spaces and markets where ECRI can develop and provide solutions, and this role is central to enabling that work through rigorous analysis, disciplined execution, and effective collaboration.

The Associate contributes to a wide range of strategic activities — including long-range planning, market and competitive intelligence, business development, corporate development and cross-organizational initiative execution — and is expected to develop a strong understanding of ECRI's business segments, target markets, and unique competencies. This is a high-visibility role offering significant exposure to senior leadership and requiring a curious, analytically strong contributor who thrives in a dynamic environment, takes ownership of their work, and translates complex information into clear, actionable insights that support results.

The right candidate gets their work in front of people early, uses what they learn to move faster, and brings clarity to what needs to get done without being told to. They own their work from start to finish — tracking their own progress, and flagging problems the same day they surface along with a suggested way forward. They build relationships across the organization, bring in the right voices early, and see collaboration as a way to produce better work, not just check a box. They know when a decision needs to go up the chain and when to make a reasonable call and keep moving.

The person who succeeds here doesn't wait for things to settle — they drive toward outcomes and keep the team informed along the way. Performance will be measured by how quickly you produce results, the quality of what you deliver, and how well you manage yourself in a fast-moving environment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement:

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

•	Strategic Initiative Rollout Partner actively with team members and cross-functional colleagues across ECRI's business lines — including consulting, product development, marketing, government affairs, and the enterprise PMO — to support the execution of new initiatives from concept through delivery. Collaborate with process owners, project leads, and stakeholders to ensure initiative workstreams are clearly scoped, milestones are tracked, and deliverables are met on time and to standard. Maintain a consistent focus on driving measurable outcomes; contribute to the definition, tracking, and reporting of KPIs for active initiatives and strategic priorities. Support the connection of current initiatives to broader organizational strategy, always considering market trends, prospective client needs, and ECRI's mission to advance evidence-based, safe healthcare. Assist in supporting new business opportunities in a manner that moves prospective clients from awareness to assurance through ECRI's consultative services. Assist in the development of internal and external messaging that articulates the value and importance of ECRI's patient safety mission to healthcare providers, payers, policymakers, and other stakeholders. Support the preparation of responses to RFPs, thought leadership materials, and strategic briefings with relevant market and competitive context.
•	Strategic Planning Support the development and maintenance of ECRI's multi-year strategic roadmap, including tracking milestones, dependencies, and progress against organizational priorities. Assist in preparing strategic planning materials for executive leadership and board-level audiences, including presentations, briefings, and supporting analyses. Contribute to mini-strategy roadmaps (e.g., international expansion, infection prevention and control, health equity) that tie together ECRI's offerings into coherent strategic narratives. Monitor macro-level trends across the U.S. and global healthcare landscape — including regulatory, technological, reimbursement, and workforce trends — to inform planning processes. Contribute to annual strategic planning cycles by facilitating data gathering, coordinating stakeholder inputs, and synthesizing findings into actionable outputs.
•	Market & Competitive Intelligence Conduct ongoing research and analysis across ECRI's key market segments, including health systems, ambulatory care, care at home, payers, government agencies, and life sciences. Develop and maintain competitive intelligence profiles for peer and competitor organizations, tracking service offerings, positioning, partnerships, financial performance, and strategic shifts. Curate and synthesize data from analyst reports (e.g., KLAS, Gartner, Forrester, CB Insights), earnings calls, trade publications, and primary sources to build an accurate, current picture of the healthcare safety and technology market. Track emerging technologies relevant to ECRI's mission areas — including AI/ML in clinical decision support, health IT safety, patient safety platforms, and medical device innovation — and assess their implications for ECRI's positioning and service portfolio. Produce regular market intelligence briefings, summaries, and dashboards for leadership and internal teams that directly support strategy and business development decisions.
•	Corporate Development – Partnerships & Acquisitions Support evaluation of potential strategic partnerships, collaborations, and acquisition targets aligned with ECRI's growth strategy and mission. Assist in conducting due diligence activities, including organizational research, market positioning analysis, financial profiling, and capability mapping of potential targets. Develop analytical frameworks and models to assess the strategic fit, market opportunity, and potential risks associated with business development opportunities. Assist in developing compelling business cases that support executive decision-making on new opportunities, with a clear linkage to ECRI's strategic priorities. Coordinate with internal stakeholders — including Consulting, Legal, Finance, and Product teams — to gather inputs and build out recommendation materials. Maintain a pipeline of business development prospects and track progress across active opportunities using CRM and project management tools.

Additional Responsibilities:

•	Other duties, as assigned

Accountability Metrics:

•	Timely delivery of assigned project workstreams and analytical outputs.
•	Quality and accuracy of market intelligence, competitive analyses, and strategic briefings.
•	Contribution to measurable progress against team KPIs and initiative milestones.
•	Development and enhancement of collaborative relationships across ECRI business units.