Director, Impact Investing

Overview

Care Quest Innovation Partners works together with our ecosystem of leading industry partners, startups, and investors, to validate and scale transformative solutions that make care more accessible, equitable, and integrated. Join us on that mission — to improve overall health, through oral health, for all!

We Drive Market Impact Through Three Primary Focus Areas

• Programs, including our SMILE Health accelerator, to catalyze emerging innovation and connect innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.
• Innovation services – advisory services encompassing innovation strategy, market analysis, real-world pilot design and evaluation, and insight generation.
• Impact investing – direct investments in select early to growth-stage startups.

Your work will be used to elevate the visibility of oral health by generating a portfolio of credible innovation use cases to be adopted more broadly and increase awareness about Care Quest Innovation Partners’ impact with the larger ecosystem of partners.

Care Quest Innovation Partners is a for-profit, mission-focused subsidiary of Care Quest Institute for Oral Health, the largest foundation focused on improving oral health. You will work in a multi-disciplinary Innovation Programs & Services team and in close collaboration with key functions across the enterprise including Analytics & Business Intelligence, Business and Ecosystem Development, and Ventures/Investing. You will also collaborate with marketing and PR teams to further grow our ecosystem and positioning through relationship activation with key industry partners and the development of thought-leadership that elevates the visibility of oral health within overall healthcare, advancing our mission and driving meaningful impact.

As the Director of Impact Investing
, you will play a pivotal role in sourcing, evaluating, executing, and managing investments that align with our mission while simultaneously delivering competitive financial returns. This includes (but is not limited to) driving our impact investing strategy, portfolio monitoring and management, investor community relationships, and synergies between the SMILE accelerator program and the investment portfolio.

This position requires a blend of strategic vision, financial acumen, and relationship-building skills to drive successful outcomes and maximize the impact of our investment portfolio. You will also work closely with key finance, legal, and clinical leaders from Care Quest Institute.

• Drive an impact investment strategy that fully aligns with Care Quest Innovation Partners’ mission and goals.
• Proactively source investments through new and existing avenues, including active coordination with the SMILE accelerator program.
• Effectively manage our portfolio to deliver mission impact and financial returns.
• Engage the investor community to strengthen our partner network and raise the profile of oral health investing overall.

• Drive an impact investing strategy that aligns with the organization’s mission, goals, and financial objectives.
• Manage and monitor the investment portfolio (including exit planning) by tracking performance and other KPIs and leveraging data-driven insights to optimize investment outcomes.
• Create written quarterly reports for the Board summarizing progress, insights, and performance of the investment portfolio.
• Create investment recommendation memos and related supporting documentation for proposed new and follow-on investments for BOD and other governance committees.
• Provide strategic guidance to the portfolio companies, offering advice on business strategies, financial planning, operational improvements, and growth opportunities.

• Lead investment sourcing, evaluation, and execution of potential investments aligned with the organization's mission and investment criteria.
• Identify new and follow-on investment opportunities and negotiate terms for optimal financial returns and impact.
• Actively engage with SMILE Accelerator as a pipeline source and contribute to shaping the startup selection guidelines and criteria.
• Continuously…