• Assist in positioning the OI function as the centre of excellence for innovation activities across the organization
• Identify and introduce project management systems and workflows that ensure the efficient running and delivery of the project portfolio
• Capture and disseminate stories while also providing structured program updates to defined stakeholders and senior management, including program progress, performance, and risk or opportunity
• Design and coordinate program governance systems (ie, the control tower) and their respective inputs and outputs
• Track financial reporting while ensuring that the program and projects adhere to the agreed budget
• Provide a mixed portfolio of innovation projects that progress through the innovation pipeline from initial engagement to successful pilot
• Work closely with innovation champions to ensure execution on all agreed commitments
• Support and be involved in the innovation management process through all stages, providing effective use of resources and the right culture
• Ensure the global community receives near-perfect engagement with the organization that reflects the modern luxury ethos

Skills: Project Management, Innovation Strategy, Stakeholder Communication, Governance Systems, Financial Tracking, Portfolio Management, Change Management, Community Engagement

• Collaborate across logistics, marketplace operations, digital network capabilities, analytics, technology and the logistics COE teams to define, prioritize and sequence near-term and long-range initiatives before hand-off for execution
• Support and own business case development for strategic priority infrastructure and capability investment asks in alignment with global operations and logistics guidelines
• Develop high-impact presentations to communicate the strategic plan, roadmap and initiatives to the broader organization
• Strengthen the linkage between innovation, strategy, portfolio prioritization and performance management
• Support the annual strategic planning activities and build a supply chain capability roadmap
• Develop a plan and manage functional updates to support cross-functional business reviews (quarterly business review, quarterly functional review, monthly business review and others)
• Survey the external marketplace for solutions that will help accelerate strategic vision and embed a strong test, fail, learn, fail culture into the business
• Develop strategies to promote an agile mindset in the company
• Develop products and business models based on user feedback and report relevant KPIs

Skills: Strategic Planning, Business Case, Portfolio Management, Performance Tracking, Supply Chain, Market Analysis, Agile Mindset, KPI Reporting

• Work closely with the cross-functional teams within a business unit and own brand, product and packaging supply base to identify, coordinate and report on projects to help deliver packaging strategy at a category and product level
• Deliver on projects that drive value and innovation in alignment with business targets
• Lead or support with initiating, developing and implementing policies, frameworks, training and reporting requirements that enable delivery of quality, innovation and legal obligations as well as sustainability targets
• Ensure that packaging technical specifications are safe and legal and provide details to enable management reporting that is accurate, insightful and informative
• Support detailed investigations on packaging-related issues to identify root cause
• Ensure that the commercial aspects of all packaging components are well understood, ensuring teams are well-informed and can therefore negotiate costs effectively
• Implement risk-based governance for suppliers of both finished packaging and packaging raw materials
• Support first-to-market packaging innovation through suppliers, industry, joint ventures and strategic alliances

Skills: Packaging Strategy, Project Coordination, Policy Development, Sustainability Management, Technical Compliance, Root Cause, Cost Negotiation, Supplier Governance

• Define the growth strategy (where to play) and (how to win) for the region, including strategic initiatives, by consolidating consumer and customer needs and become the regional subject matter expert for all product categories and segments through customer and competitor landscape analysis
• Define and execute the regional innovation roadmap, own the value proposition around the identified innovation projects and ensure access and knowledge sharing about the latest innovations, capabilities, tools, market insights and cross-regional trends
• Support business development efforts of selected markets and value proposition creation in regional promotions
• Track regional promotion effectiveness and define corrective measures to ensure success
• Drive knowledge sharing within the region through appropriate communication platforms, training and governance
• Leverage appropriate reporting tools for tracking the business evolution and the innovation success
• Partner with various stakeholders to successfully execute the innovation roadmap and serve as the primary point of contact for local marketing managers on regional innovation matters
• Foster a culture of learning while hosting workshops and learning sessions about product development using best practices of start-ups for different teams of the company

Skills: Growth Strategy, Market Analysis, Innovation Roadmap, Value Proposition, Business Development, Promotion Tracking, Knowledge Sharing, Stakeholder Engagement

• Consolidate and act on key trends and insights for the three key consumer segments (party people, aspiring social and successful professional)
• Leverage global foresight and regional or market insight to identify key trends and shifts for the design target in the cluster markets
• Develop product concepts based on those insights and validate them with consumer understanding of what their business potential and priorities are between ideas and concepts
• Collaborate with brand companies to build prototypes based on previous concept assessment
• Check market interests, run innovation SWOT analysis, define size of the prize and scenarios, and clarify the future and purpose of what is to be achieved
• Test first prototypes with consumers to define the product features (e.g., different colors, different tastes)
• Feed and work closely with brand companies on their respective areas with relevant innovation concepts that are aligned with their brand strategies
• Identify key roadblocks and obstacles and propose and drive solutions to ensure product delivery

Skills: Trend Analysis, Consumer Insights, Concept Development, Prototype Design, Market Assessment, SWOT Analysis, Product Testing, Problem Solving

• Identify promising new product ideas from a wide range of sources
• Develop and evaluate local concepts with local brand teams and GCBU, with input from key legal, medical and regulatory
• Prepare sales forecasts and business cases for pre-gate A approval
• Develop and communicate a strategic plan and roadmap to key stakeholders and decision boards to gain buy-in
• Provide input into the global project management and technical execution to drive successful product delivery
• Create and drive a project management plan for local development paths
• Keep the project management board and stakeholders abreast of project progress
• Provide input into the feasibility and risks of the global development plan and propose the best course of action for product development according to the target technical profile
• Design an integrated project development strategy based on regulatory and consumer needs and optimize resource allocation according to priorities
• Define project development milestones and prepare concise, meaningful and up-to-date project documentation
• Keep stakeholders and CPMB abreast of project progress concerning status, issues and risks

Skills: Product Ideation, Concept Evaluation, Sales Forecasting, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Risk Assessment, Resource Allocation, Stakeholder Communication

• Lead on the BI innovation for the council, promote BI across all sectors and identify and implement cutting-edge tools and processes to continue to provide first-class solutions
• Involve internal and external communities, employees, commercial partners, customers, users and other stakeholders in the innovation process
• Provide governance, monitoring and reporting on the innovation process
• Lead on identifying new income generation revenue related to BI innovation to increase overall team headcount and ability to undertake new BI-related projects
• Promote activities externally, attract and manage significant portfolios of research funding
• Lead the development of a culture that encourages innovation, risk-taking and collaboration relating to BI
• Embed BI innovation processes throughout business units and link strategy execution with innovation
• Lead and plan the development of BI innovation capabilities and implementation of innovation processes, tools and frameworks
• Lead the communication and an open flow of creative ideas between interested parties and the set-up of innovation networks and communities
• Obtain organisational commitment to BI innovation

Skills: BI Innovation, Stakeholder Engagement, Process Governance, Revenue Generation, Research Funding, Culture Development, Strategy Execution, Innovation Networks

• Lead a team of project management officers and research and development (R&D) competitive intelligence
• Define and maintain globally applicable guidance and standards for portfolio and project management
• Ensure consistent worldwide approaches by developing, installing and maintaining common processes and ensuring appropriate use of tools in cooperation with regional PMOs, global functions and global project leaders
• Develop and lead a project management excellence community across the organization to foster project management culture and performance by competency building, people development and ensuring adoption of best practices
• Enable data-driven strategic and portfolio R&D decision-making by providing relevant and accurate decision support information
• Drive continuous improvement of data quality across regions
• Provide full transparency on innovation resource planning and utilization across all strategic dimensions (technology, segments, phase and function) covering the entire innovation budget for both internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate with R&D controlling and R&D functions to develop and implement consistent key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to facilitate tracking of R&D spending and health check of the innovation portfolio
• Implement a science, competitor and IP intelligence support to the innovation functions
• Drive and steer information retrieval and analysis to ensure that R&D and business can take advantage of science, patent and competitor information
• Partner and align with key function leads to maximize the impact of science, competitor and IP intelligence

Skills: Project Leadership, Portfolio Management, Process Standardization, Community Building, Data Analytics, Continuous Improvement, Resource Planning, Competitive Intelligence

• Oversee projects from design to delivery
• Coordinate and manage the various internal and external stakeholders
• Make sure the project objectives are met
• Maintain a strategic focus for the innovation project with frequent interaction with the different stakeholders involved
• Ensure project team members' understanding and commitment to project scope, schedule and cost, as well as drive project team members' ownership of their own scope
• Be responsible for assessing new opportunities by doing market research, analysing data sets to generate actionable insights and formulating business cases
• Translate opportunities into concrete propositions that could lead to new directions and further growth of the organization
• Come up with clear business objectives, involve the right colleagues and experts, contact customers and conduct pilots
• Look out for governmental programs to gain visibility and tighten partnerships with relevant companies in the corresponding domain
• Work closely with other teams from the commercial, product engineering and marketing teams
• Attend events and be in close relationship with market players to be aware of future market development, pilots or tenders and develop potential partnerships

Skills: Project Oversight, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Focus, Team Alignment, Market Research, Data Analysis, Business Development, Partnership Building

• Shape and manage the work of the organization and the European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem)
• Coordinate the work of the national technology platforms (NTPs) of SusChem
• Define the research and innovation priorities in the field of sustainable chemicals, materials and process design
• Identify and analyse funding opportunities at the European level for the implementation of related priorities
• Analyse the policy framework and regulations in relation to the identified research and innovation priorities
• Support the communication of the organization and SusChem to a wide spectrum of relevant stakeholders
• Prepare reports and position papers for technical and non-technical audiences, organize ad-hoc meetings (e.g., working groups, workshops, public events)
• Create an effective working relationship with regulators and the EU institutions, represent the organization in the discussions with regulators and link with related activities at the member state and European levels to ensure alignment and consistency of positioning in the political debate
• Represent SusChem and the organization in expert working groups and in relevant conferences and workshops
• Coordinate activities with public affairs and work closely with other colleagues to ensure consistency with the other activities of the organization, such as the circular economy and other innovation areas

Skills: Platform Management, Priority Setting, Funding Analysis, Policy Evaluation, Stakeholder Communication, Report Writing, Regulatory Relations, Public Affairs

• Support the end-to-end innovation process across the organization
• Build and lead a program of innovation work around opportunities identified through strategic challenges, including providing project management support
• Manage the innovation hub platform and ensure it achieves its objectives
• Support the network of innovation representatives and innovation influencers
• Work closely with the business units and group functions to foster, identify and celebrate innovation
• Communicate the latest developments in innovation across the business to avoid duplication, encourage cross-fertilisation of ideas and source new projects
• Be responsible for documenting and reporting on innovation, including ROI reports
• Support external communication, including strategic commercial bids and pre-qualification submissions

Skills: Innovation Management, Program Leadership, Project Support, Platform Administration, Network Coordination, Internal Communication, ROI Reporting, External Communication

• Partner with the director of global innovation to chart out the future vision and roadmap for the innovation pipeline
• Identify and size new whitespace opportunities in terms of product positioning, offering and adjacency categories that complement the existing portfolio and maximize incrementality
• Conduct analyses to create the business case for new product opportunities
• Develop the concept, positioning, portfolio differentiation, claims direction, name and pricing of new products
• Conduct market research and data analysis to identify insights, needs and opportunities
• Collaborate with a dynamic cross-functional team across creative, design, consumer insights and R&D to develop amazing products and ideas
• Partner with the commercial brand development team to bring these launches to life in North America
• Support the innovation team and translate consumer behavior into exciting new opportunities for the brand
• Drive innovation roadmaps that succeed across both traditional and emerging retail landscapes

Skills: Innovation Roadmap, Opportunity Identification, Business Case, Concept Development, Market Research, Data Analysis, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Brand Development

• Comprehend corporate strategy and provide innovative ideas and support those ideas until handover to the deployment team
• Provide innovative ideas to support these trends and turn them into successes
• Scan and understand what opportunities exist at packaging suppliers
• Maintain close contact with the salesforce to pick up emerging trends at an early stage
• Evaluate and recommend innovation trends (short and long term) and innovation opportunities within the markets, working closely with marketing, strategy and consumer insights
• Track, follow and ideally spot emerging trends within the cigar industry before competitors do
• Partner with the direct manager to develop, strategize and plan new interventions that will drive innovation
• Lead conversations to enhance the innovative potential of the business

Skills: Corporate Strategy, Idea Generation, Supplier Scouting, Trend Monitoring, Opportunity Evaluation, Market Insights, Innovation Planning, Business Development

• Develop and implement the marketing and communication strategy for the BBH
• Lead communication, maintain and develop the BBH website and promote the BBH at various universities and start-up locations
• Support start-ups with their marketability and market introduction
• Execute the acquisition and selection of innovative start-up companies to join the BBH
• Drive the development of an innovation culture and capability in the BBH
• Manage the day-to-day operational aspects of the BBH within budget
• Grow the BBH community and promote the water ecosystem in the region to stakeholders
• Organize events (get-togethers) and support customer visits to the BBH
• Set up and monitor a KPI dashboard based on the business case and directly report to the management

Skills: Marketing Strategy, Communication Management, Startup Support, Company Acquisition, Innovation Culture, Operations Management, Community Building, KPI Monitoring

• Secure idea creation and influx
• Secure process for timely shaping of ideas, assessment and decision
• Secure the scouting for new products, materials and technologies
• Drive the challenge of existing solutions, processes and technology strategies with novel ideas
• Contribute to the roadmap with new ideas
• Drive the improvement of the existing or new products and manufacturing processes
• Create a clear innovation roadmap and strategy
• Continuously analyze and improve the innovation process and qualified decision-making
• Develop together with IT and corporate functions IT solutions and software to accompany the innovation management process
• Measure and report key performance indicators showing the innovation strength of the organization
• Improve technology position (e.g., technology and product roadmap)
• Know external experts and build up contacts for knowledge exchange
• Steer internal innovation communities with innovation managers and experts from different levels
• Give internal training to share own knowledge in the organization
• Provide input for portfolio management decisions
• Support all questions evolving around innovation and the IMS (innovation management system) process
• Lead strategic innovation projects for the region

Skills: Idea Management, Product Scouting, Process Improvement, Innovation Roadmap, KPI Reporting, Technology Development, Knowledge Exchange, Portfolio Support

• Manage community partnerships, develop enduring relationships that will lead to the success of innovation pilot and engagement activities, including preparing communications so that they can be shared both internally and externally
• Use research and data to provide context, confirm outcomes and track progress
• Lead meetings with internal collaborators, community-based organizations and customers for the innovation team
• Manage relationships with data and outcomes and development teams to ensure consistent messaging and flow of information
• Understand the program goals and represent the organization externally
• Develop and maintain project plans and manage resources such as project management software, design thinking process plan and accountabilities
• Supervise the innovation project specialist, support growth and development and ensure the team accomplishes set goals
• Develop, test and refine the ideas generated in workshops, feedback sessions and collaborations
• Present research design thoughts and key milestones to peers and executive-level stakeholders
• Document all records of events and issues to embed learning and support reporting
• Ensure departmental grant reporting data is available and accurate
• Manage project and project communication (in coordination with marketing)
• Document all project deliverables and prepare an appropriate time schedule
• Maintain active project schedules and perform research on various activities for the effective implementation of projects
• Support the director of community initiatives in managing the external and internal communication strategy

Skills: Community Partnerships, Data Analysis, Stakeholder Meetings, Relationship Management, Project Planning, Team Supervision, Idea Development, Communication Strategy

• Lead and partner with PLM and insights to drive a three-to-five-year strategic innovation plan and support an innovation opportunity map for the core business
• Create and maintain core category evolution and migration maps
• Contribute to the planning of and participate in ideation sessions using approved opportunity spaces as a springboard
• Ensure the voice of the customer and consumer feedback (end-users and key channel partners) is integrated into the product plans
• Lead a cross-functional team throughout discovery and concept development and ensure a successful hand-off to PLMs into the development phase
• Develop the business case for all validated concepts in the migration paths, ensuring that products meet strategic objectives, profitability goals and VP or ELT alignment
• Provide marketing, channel and pricing strategy input based on product differentiation and competition
• Manage financials to launch with the guidance from innovation and the core category director
• Create market requirement documents (MRDs) as vehicles to communicate winning product plans to cross-functional teams like engineering, marketing and sales

Skills: Strategic Planning, Opportunity Mapping, Ideation Sessions, Customer Insights, Concept Development, Business Case, Marketing Strategy, Financial Management

• Lead team in the development and presentation of the business case at key gates
• Collaborate and coordinate with cross-functional teams, especially engineering, industrial design, program management, supply chain, finance and sales and marketing
• Help develop and manage the communication plan to help build a culture of innovation
• Work with PLMs to drive creativity and inflow new seed ideas and participate in Kaizens to encourage out-of-the-box thinking to solve internal issues
• Create and manage the cross-functional product knowledge database (trends, CI, BP, tech radar, competitive, etc.)
• Lead, plan and execute quarterly open innovation challenges
• Continue to develop a best-in-class library of shared innovation tools and train the trainers in functional groups
• Drive evolution research in core, adjacent and ancillary areas
• Manage trend partner and select ecosystem partners
• Plan and execute the annual innovation and product expo
• Work on creative content in support of innovation storytelling (i.e., includes photography, video and graphic content)
• Support and maintain a positive safety culture by following all safety policies and procedures and actively contributing to a safe working environment

Skills: Business Case, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Communication Planning, Idea Generation, Knowledge Management, Innovation Challenges, Evolution Research, Content Creation

• Support the personal and professional development of group members with a keen eye for finding the intersection between the person’s passion and business objectives
• Monitor and secure the performance of group members
• Coordinate the operational schedule and planning of vehicle support engineers and flexibly resolve conflicts
• Define the technical development roadmap for customer support and lead its implementation with correct resource allocation and stakeholder management within the organization
• Define the vehicle support and competence engineer team composition roadmap and execute the required recruitment activities to successfully onboard new talent on time
• Support group in developing effective and efficient work processes (e.g., coordination with the customer care team, working with external partners, discovering structural issues, executing design reviews)
• Act as a business owner in IT implementation projects that touch the team (e.g., field service management, ERP, CRM)
• Define the customer support strategic priorities in collaboration with the customer care manager, spare parts manager, customer support PCP project lead, service partner coordinator and customer support lead

Skills: Talent Development, Performance Management, Operational Planning, Technical Roadmap, Recruitment Strategy, Process Improvement, IT Project Management, Strategic Priorities

• Explore, manage and deliver breakthrough product sensory technology platforms and products aligned with business strategy and goals
• Translate and transfer new technical ideas into deliverable cosmetic concepts that fulfill the brand's product pipelines
• Identify new opportunities to leverage external innovation sources through collaboration with different industries, academic institutions, business partners, contract manufacturers and raw material suppliers
• Develop and evolve the analytical methods used to prove the utility of new breakthrough beauty care technologies
• Develop a wide knowledge base of the competitor's patent environment and implement patent strategies to safeguard internal technologies
• Utilize key IP tools to protect proprietary content, including non-disclosure agreements, master service agreements, scope of work (SOW) and patent applications
• Provide technical assistance in creating marketing sales sheets and product education
• Assist the ideation team in finalizing product briefs to ensure the product design requests are technically sound and compatible
• Participate in brainstorming meetings and provide out-of-the-box ideas
• Facilitate the handoff of product briefs between ideation and project management

Skills: Sensory Technology, Concept Development, External Collaboration, Analytical Methods, Patent Strategy, IP Protection, Technical Support, Idea Generation

• Formulate new concepts and product modifications in the internal lab or at an external lab
• Drive the technical development of all new products with contract manufacturers and raw material vendors in partnership with the project management team
• Participate in the project kick-off meetings with internal and external teams
• Evaluate and provide technical direction on prototypes throughout development to ensure aesthetics, effectiveness, target cost, stability and overall quality
• Help troubleshoot formula and stability issues
• Make cost-saving and lead-time reducing suggestions
• Review all preliminary testing on prototypes
• Review and approve final stability reports
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory and safety compliance on all new technologies
• Work with quality to finalize the product specifications

Skills: Concept Formulation, Product Development, Prototype Evaluation, Issue Troubleshooting, Cost Optimization, Stability Testing, Regulatory Compliance, Quality Assurance

• Ensure the market strategy is aligned with the global and regional strategy and ensure the market gets the central support required
• Work with peers in adjacent functions to connect the dots to vividly sketch out a compelling vision of a world beyond cash
• Work with the cluster account teams to build exciting customer pitches, including defining the value proposition, business case and overall storyline
• Make sure the cluster market voice is heard in the central functions
• Educate and inspire the team and market about the value of the core product suite
• Plan and track product performance and how it performs against targets
• Watch the market, watch trends and bring new ideas to the table on how to differentiate, grow and innovate the product universe
• Be responsible at the division-wide level for the product management of specific products
• Grow and develop colleagues and lead by example

Skills: Market Strategy, Vision Development, Value Proposition, Customer Engagement, Team Education, Performance Tracking, Trend Analysis, Product Management

• Help create partnerships with universities around data and modern technology (data science, ML/AI, CNN, blockchain, etc.)
• Develop and craft an emerging technology vision, identify potential capabilities for experimentation, and plan to deliver results for a hypothesis that drives customer value, utilizing modern technology to identify areas of partnering and collaboration with the research community
• Manage partners and university project members working within different research projects
• Identify and document potential technology improvements to the platform or business unit offering, and find ways to protect the IP by patenting
• Manage the innovation roadmap and process
• Deliver disruptive innovation initiatives across a designated area of responsibility, taking projects from ideation through to a validated business case for scale-up
• Be responsible for imagining and building new value solutions for customers
• Drive and manage the disruptive innovation process for key business priorities
• Collaborate on building compelling business cases to get the initiatives approved by the VCIC and pass the innovation approval meeting (IAM)
• Source the best founders in Europe, especially those with plans to create retail e-commerce, and make them join the program
• Identify the top VCs and BAs with e-commerce and retail expertise so that they invest in startups
• Coordinate with the business development team and identify the top 100 corporate partners that would need to scale the program and generate revenues for the company
• Create an e-commerce community in Europe

Skills: University Partnerships, Technology Vision, Partner Management, IP Protection, Innovation Roadmap, Disruptive Innovation, Business Case, Community Building

• Support the creation and maintenance of an innovation and sustainability-focused strategy for packaging
• Set stretching and challenging targets for packaging innovation to support the overall strategy with close-in and further-out delivery time horizons
• Work with key external stakeholders to identify areas of potential innovation and create project plans to support bringing the innovation to market
• Develop consumer-winning packaging solutions from initial concept through consumer testing and cross-functional feasibility assessment, defining the resources needed to execute, through to handover to teams
• Lead the discovery phase of projects where packaging is the key focus
• Use knowledge and insights gathered from industry contacts to develop packaging innovation recommendations for the business
• Collaborate with enterprises and the ecosystem to understand business challenges that can be solved through cellular solutions
• Prepare commercialization of new scalable cellular enterprise solutions
• Engage with the ecosystem to develop leads and engagements, including pitching at events
• Work with stakeholders across organizations to ensure successful adoption
• Help build and validate strong consumer-driven propositions, business cases, concepts, pricing, and packaging direction
• Lead projects and teams through stage gates
• Help represent pipelines and projects in governance meetings and customer engagements
• Collaborate with key partners in R&D, insights, sales strategy, brand, and finance

Skills: Packaging Strategy, Target Setting, Stakeholder Collaboration, Concept Development, Feasibility Assessment, Commercialization Planning, Ecosystem Engagement, Project Leadership

• Be responsible for driving cross-functional projects with technical and commercial capabilities as well as insights into digitalization, T-KAM, electronic development, quality development, sustainability, mechanical development, and business development in own field
• Prove the technical feasibility of a business idea
• Build early prototypes by connecting existing components, products, and data into new features or new solutions
• Evaluate technical solutions rapidly with regard to business feasibility
• Establish objectives and concrete execution plans linked to the targets set
• Generate world-class technological direction leading to world-class innovation
• Play an integral role in ensuring the organization remains relevant for future generations and transforms into a more innovative, agile, and user-centric organization
• Lead end-to-end innovation cycles from exploring problem areas, developing ideas, testing solutions, to launching new social enterprises, commercial ventures, and services that help support people in crisis
• Ensure users are at the heart of the design and development process
• Work collaboratively with people from a variety of different backgrounds and disciplines
• Partner with field leaders to research and take to market outstanding ideas with potential to deliver step-function changes to scale, speed, funding, and other quality metrics
• Quantitatively assess and make investment recommendations about investments in new fields, operations, and technologies
• Pitch, gain access to, and negotiate with partners to deliver on innovation goals
• Support the development of the first product development lifecycle to find the next big idea
• Support the innovation director’s fundraising to bring ideas to market

Skills: Cross-Functional Projects, Technical Feasibility, Prototype Development, Solution Evaluation, Execution Planning, Innovation Leadership, User-Centered Design, Partnership Development

• Experience formulating effective skin care products that have resulted in successful launches in a range of formats (creams, lotions, gels, liquids).
• Experience and training with GMP guidelines.
• Strong knowledge of personal care ingredients, skin care formulations, chemistry, product stability, and manufacturing processes.
• Working knowledge of Smartsheet.
• Strong background and knowledge in formula transfer, scale-up, manufacturing, and troubleshooting stability issues.
• Strong understanding of product quality-related issues.
• Outstanding oral and written communication.
• General understanding of global regulatory formula requirements.
• Skilled user of the Microsoft Office suite of products.
• Excellent critical thinking, good problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong organization and attention to detail.
• Ability to objectively read and interpret scientific findings.
• Self-sufficient and able to work independently, as well as in team settings.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, capable of exploring innovative ideas and transforming them into deliverable beauty concepts.

Qualifications: BS in Industrial Engineering with 9 years of Experience

• Experience in managing/directing a team of scientists with demonstrable innovation, business impact and excellent customer-facing experience (communication, presentation).
• Experience in R&D product development, food process development, and/or innovation within consumer products/pet products.
• Experience in palatability and/or other sensory evaluation, data science, analytical chemistry, product testing, flavor chemistry, and manufacturing process.
• Expertise in executing and teaching of food science, food technology and safety principles for formulation development and executing trials at lab scale and pilot plant scale on multiple projects according to project deadlines.
• Expertise in executing and teaching the structure, function of ingredients and materials involved in formulation, as well as the skill to safely handle them.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis.
• Skill in developing and managing intellectual property.
• Proficiency with electronic means for recording data.
• Proficient skill level in MS Office applications such as Word and Excel.
• Excellent ability to work cooperatively and cultivate a strong team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to interact effectively with peers, co-workers, scientists, researchers, supervisors, customers, and vendors.
• Demonstrate leadership capabilities, including people development/coaching, objective setting, and measurement skills.
• Ability to capacity to manage changing priorities and ambiguity while remaining calm and controlled.
• Ability to maintain accurate records relating to projects as they are planned, performed and completed.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to effectively present information to team members, top management, and/or public groups.
• Ability to build relationships and foster a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to prioritize and oversee multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Awareness of general regulatory requirements within the industry.

Qualifications: BA in Business Administration with 14 years of Experience

• Experience focused in client delivery and client management within a consulting organization, agency, brand, or team/league.
• Thorough understanding of the sports, media and entertainment landscape.
• Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills, combined with the ability to be a good team member and proactively add value and always possess a can-do attitude.
• Keen listening skills and a strong analytical and creative problem-solving mindset.
• Strong-minded individual with an ambition to help grow the company.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure, multitask and prioritize workload while coordinating with others to proactively meet deadlines.
• Ability to work traditional and non-traditional office hours.
• Ability to self-manage under deadlines.
• Must be comfortable working as an integral part of a team environment.
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, evolving, growing, dynamic and challenging environment.

Qualifications: BS in Computer Science with 5 years of Experience

• Experience in supporting or working with early-stage entrepreneurs, including an insight into what it takes to start a new organization, e.g., fundraising, team-building, sales,and legal.
• Personal experience of starting, managing or being part of an early-stage social enterprise.
• Strong understanding of impact measurement and evaluation.
• Strong understanding of innovation principles, practices, methods and approaches such as human-centered design, business model canvas, and theory of change.
• Knowledge of education and entrepreneurship in the Indian context.
• Strong program design and design-thinking skills.
• Strong project planning and project management skills.
• Strong program execution, session design and facilitation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills so as to foster networks and partnerships among organizations and stakeholders (at all levels of seniority).
• Ability to combine big picture thinking with attention to detail.
• Ability to think in terms of systems and platforms.

Qualifications: BA in Economics with 8 years of Experience

• Leadership experience working with customers in strategic planning, management consulting, human-centered design, digital innovation, business development, sales, and/or portfolio management.
• Experience working directly with C-suite executives and/or Board of Directors.
• Experience working effectively across internal and external organizations.
• Experience with creating and executing on strategic plans and/or innovation programs for large organizations.
• Experience identifying, shaping, winning, and executing competitive opportunities.
• Experience or strong understanding of AWS cloud technologies and business productivity tools.
• Large-scale innovation or portfolio management experience in the healthcare or non-profit industry.
• Deep understanding of the healthcare provider or non-profit sectors, with demonstrated success in building and executing business models for solutions, products, services, and offerings.
• Strong communication and networking skills, both internally in the team and externally in the tech entrepreneur and venture community.
• Ability to work on different projects and deliver high-quality deliverables in committed time frames.
• Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Qualifications: BS in Mechanical Engineering with 15 years of Experience

• Strong understanding of the business needs of various functional departments of clients (market access, contracting, sales, finance, leadership, etc.).
• Deep familiarity with key IQVIA claims-based data assets such as LAAD Rx and Mx.
• Significant expertise in custom SQL coding and strategic relational database design.
• Significant expertise in Excel-based analytics.
• Proficiency in visualization tools such as Think Cell and Tableau.
• Strong math/quantitative skills to be able to develop and implement highly conditional logic and code using multiple datasets that integrate into existing upstream and downstream processes.
• Strong communication and persuasion skills to support leadership in communicating the value proposition of the new solution capabilities to internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven track record of effective and successful project management skills.
• Ability to visualize both results and conceptual processes into executive-facing presentations.
• Willing and eager to investigate results and test hypotheses that they or other team members have developed.

Qualifications: BA in Design Management with 9 years of Experience

• Experience in design/delivery within innovation, automation, or tech solutions to include RPA/RDA.
• Experienced software engineer, with proficiency in a range of programming languages to enable the right tool to be used for the right job.
• Experience working with desk and field operational teams.
• Experience of using innovation and data to optimise process, cost, and customer experience.
• Strong financial acumen, project delivery with multi-million dollar cost savings.
• Strong thought leadership in developing new ideas, concepts, strategies and plans with the ability to cut through barriers to bring real clarity and focus to delivering outcomes.
• Track record of using transformation programmes to enable a cultural shift across large operations.
• Track record of using continuous improvement/innovation to enable a cultural shift across large operations.
• Excellent command of the Polish and English languages.
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills with the ability to develop relationships and maintain an effective network across the whole of the Babcock Group.
• Excellent project and programme management skills.

Qualifications: BS in Electrical Engineering with 12 years of Experience

• Background in product design, product development, product engineering, or agile research.
• Experience in product development/innovation in consumer products.
• Experience with continuous improvement tools such as Kaizen and 5S.
• Knowledge of and experience with product ideation and concept development tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of and experience with Lean Start Up tools and techniques.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects.
• Strong prototyping skills as well as experience managing outside model makers.
• Strong concept development skills.
• Excellence in Fusion360 or Solid Works and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong presentation development and delivery skills, communicating the value and importance of design.
• Extensive knowledge of manufacturing materials and processes.
• Ability to integrate design direction from a multitude of sources.
• Ability to function as a business leader as well as a designer.

Qualifications: BA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship with 9 years of Experience

• Experience in consumer goods
• Experience guiding custom consumer research, such as ethnographies, conjoint, IHUT, CLT and concept tests.
• Experience with a stage gate process and how it can be used for maximum efficiency.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Strong leadership and business acumen.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to perform data analysis and insights through syndicated data (Spins, Nielsen, IRI, Stackline, Mintel).
• Ability to see the big picture, as well as manage the details.
• Ability to manage multiple priority projects in tandem.
• Ability to influence and activate cross-functional teams.
• Willing to formulate an opinion, backed up by insight, and make recommendations.
• Self-starter with the ability to think like an owner and a bias for action.

Qualifications: BS in Data Science with 7 years of Experience

• Marketing, brand management, innovation, or strategy experience in fast-moving consumer goods, over-the-counter, or non-traditional health/wellness industry experience.
• Previous experience in marketing.
• Previous experience in innovation.
• Experience creating and delivering an innovation pipeline.
• P&L/budget management experience.
• Experience in digital wellness and understanding how it can be incorporated into product innovation.
• Experience in DTC/eCom, agile/digital experimentation, diagnostics.
• Working knowledge of nutrition labelling legislation.
• Knowledge of sensory evaluation.
• Ability to identify and deploy powerful insights.
• Ability to lead within a matrix organization, integrating complex multifunctional efforts crossing multiple business areas.
• Ability to effectively work with and connect with all levels of colleagues across multiple functions using active listening skills and an open mindset to understand needs.
• Ability to synthesize data from a variety of input sources into a coherent whole/clear picture to define the performance gap and to design/deliver the appropriate solutions.

Qualifications: BA in Marketing with 11 years of Experience

• Experience leading product innovation that can be translated to a manufacturing company.
• Experience leading and managing technical teams.
• Experience in partnering with customers to innovate new solutions.
• Experience developing an innovation capability from the ground up.
• Knowledge of materials science and metallurgy.
• Understanding of steel-making practices and the metals industry.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in the advanced features of Microsoft Office products.
• Effective quantitative and analytical decision-making skills.
• Leadership skills and an ability to motivate, manage, and develop a technical team.
• Strong ability to analyze and leverage market trends, data points, and other related information.

Qualifications: BS in Chemical Engineering with 14 years of Experience

• Experience in product/application innovations.
• Experience with product development, order engineering, and R&D.
• Sufficient experience in change management, especially the psychological aspect of change.
• Knowledge of key market figures and trends and the ability to put market and customer knowledge into use.
• Leadership skills, leading leaders, and leading others.
• Interpersonal skills (power of persuasion, conviction and well-argued reasoning, proven to maintain and build up relationships and networks with relevant decision makers and stakeholders, strong communicator on all levels of the organization).
• Entrepreneurial skills (clear drive to strong customer orientation and understanding).
• Leadership competencies (ability to lead and develop diverse teams, strong top line and target orientation with a strong people orientation).
• Analytical capabilities, problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically.
• Ability to evaluate new technologies regarding benchmarks and innovation level by application.
• Ability to initiate and execute strategic approaches for the area of responsibility.

Qualifications: BA in Organizational Leadership with 12 years of Experience

• Experience in brand marketing or innovation.
• Experience in project management.
• Strong B2C experience, understands brands and their relationship with consumers.
• Experience in DTC or e-commerce, demonstrating an understanding of how businesses like Smol really work.
• Marketing brand management and/or innovation experience in the consumer goods/healthcare/cosmetics industry.
• Experience with working with data/analytics to build business and consumer hypotheses, leading to strong marketing executions/innovations.
• Ability to implement business-building initiatives, e.g., new product launch, relaunch, packaging change, promotional program, etc.
• Ability to be involved in business analysis, marketing plan development, and cross-functional project management.
• Proactive, hands-on, there is no typical day, love the pace and diversity of innovation in a start-up.
• Passionate about working in a startup environment and driving eco-friendly, sustainable lifestyles for everyone.
• Curious and externally focused, excited to dig around and find out what’s possible, knowing when to stop, be decisive and move on.
• Comfortable leading a team of external and internal stakeholders, able to work quickly, smartly, to be able to pivot as project needs change, all the while leading others to an excellent launch.

Qualifications: BS in Information Technology with 8 years of Experience

• Experience in handling multiple projects at different stages by prioritizing according to strategic targets.
• Experience navigating complex organisations and building networks.
• Experience at either a start-up or a larger organization.
• Experience with insurance.
• Experience with agile methodologies as a product owner or scrum master.
• Experience working independently, managing multiple projects simultaneously and driving initiatives in a cross-functional and English-speaking environment.
• Understanding and experience of disruptive technology.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills coupled with the ability to prioritize and to work independently with a result-oriented and structured approach.
• Good tool skills (MS Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel) and ability to work easily with new tools and systems (e.g., client tools, innovation management platform).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English both written and verbal.
• Strong passion for innovation, digital and technology, coupled with a proactive and optimistic attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal skills that create a working environment of respect and trust.
• High resilience, emotional stability, and a distinct ability to multitask.

Qualifications: BA in International Relations with 7 years of Experience

• Experience in handling multiple projects at different stages by prioritizing according to strategic targets.
• Experience navigating complex organisations and building networks.
• Experience at either a start-up or a larger organization.
• Experience with insurance.
• Experience with agile methodologies as a product owner or scrum master.
• Experience working independently, managing multiple projects simultaneously and driving initiatives in a cross-functional and English-speaking environment.
• Understanding and experience of disruptive technology.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills coupled with the ability to prioritize and to work independently with a result-oriented and structured approach.
• Good tool skills (MS Office especially PowerPoint and Excel) and ability to work easily with new tools and systems (e.g., client tools, innovation management platform).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English both written and verbal.
• Strong passion for innovation, digital and technology, coupled with a proactive and optimistic attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal skills that create a working environment of respect and trust.
• High resilience, emotional stability, and a distinct ability to multitask.

Qualifications: BS in Systems Engineering with 9 years of Experience

• Experience in digital transformation, product design and/or innovation.
• Experience in leading projects and programs of activities in a technology-based context.
• Deep understanding of the link between strategy, technology and business.
• Strategic vision, knowledge of different business models and IT architecture.
• Strong communication skills and ability to empower and inspire leaders and team members to drive change.
• Strong negotiation skills with internal, public and private partners.
• Strong operational skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to influence the organization as a whole and negotiate priorities among various groups and stakeholders.
• Ability and a proven track record of success delivering client services in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.
• Agility and adaptability to change, good understanding of the micro/macro environment.

Qualifications: BA in Psychology with 11 years of Experience

• Business experience in consumer or customer marketing.
• Past experiences, including leveraging consumer insights, cross-functional team leadership, and delivering successful results, project management, and a basic understanding of process management, developing and managing all elements of the marketing mix.
• Marketing or sales experience in alcohol brands.
• Experience in product and innovation strategy.
• Experience in managing project teams.
• Experience in UX and product design.
• Understanding and experience of both qualitative/quantitative consumer research.
• Understanding of packaging or design development.
• Understanding of supply processes and critical path timeline development.
• Knowledge of the areas of banking, payments, and financial services.
• Hands-on knowledge of design thinking methodology.
• Strong track record in creating innovative products.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and effectively manage relationships with client stakeholders and BSI senior management.

Qualifications: BS in Biotechnology with 8 years of Experience

• Previous experience building external relationships through innovation partnerships.
• Previous experience delivering technical assistance to social entrepreneurs, innovators, and mission-driven international organizations.
• Previous experience in developing and implementing innovative curriculum.
• Previous experience in workshop design and facilitation in a developing context.
• Previous project management experience specifically related to early-stage social impact projects.
• Strong interpersonal and social skills.
• Exceptional communication skills in any setting and situation.
• Ability to quickly understand requirements, think outside the box and provide creative solutions.
• Flexible, entrepreneurial mindset.
• Proactive, independent, go-getter attitude.
• Passion for and deep understanding of the practice of community-led development.

Qualifications: BA in Communication Studies with 6 years of Experience

• Tax public accounting experience serving business entities with exposure to federal, state, and international tax issues.
• Experience with CCH Axcess and Alteryx.
• Experience with documenting complex tax logic and business processes for non-tax professionals to understand.
• Quantitative research experience, coupled with excellent communication and presentation skills.
• People management experience.
• Basic knowledge of software development, no-code technology, low-code technology, and agile software development.
• Demonstrated professional maturity, poise, tact, diplomacy and good judgment.
• Superior organizational and interpersonal skills, and demonstrated ability to interface effectively via written and oral forums.
• Strong skills using the MS Office suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Organizational and project management skills with the ability to direct, manage, and review the work of others.
• Be able to understand problems, think critically, and identify creative solutions with strong attention to detail.

Qualifications: BS in Management Information Systems with 9 years of Experience

• Experience in effectively navigating ambiguity.
• Experience in developing a pipeline of NPD/EPD projects from concept to commercialisation across multiple categories.
• Experience working as a development technologist with a major retailer/NPD lead with innovative food brands.
• Experience in identifying and working with innovation.
• Familiarity/experience with agile methodologies.
• Strong familiarity and experience utilizing innovation processes, tool sets, and practices to help businesses invent and/or re-think how to approach customer and colleague opportunities.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively and communicate with senior executives and/or clients.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
• Track record of challenging the status quo and influencing change.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to operate independently and thrive in a high-performance environment.
• Highly motivated and self-driven.

Qualifications: BA in Sociology with 7 years of Experience

• Experience in IT consulting (plan/build/run) on infrastructure services.
• Experience in IT service management and knowledge of tools.
• Experience in innovation/design thinking/communications/business storytelling/creativity and/or similar areas in the context of technology.
• Experience in the IT/ITES industries.
• Experience in project management for a technology organization.
• Experience in RPA, intelligent automation, machine learning, process optimization and automation.
• Exposure to emerging technologies like 5G, IOT, and blockchain.
• Knowledge of modern automation technology trends.
• Knowledge of agile project development.
• Excellent knowledge in digital processes and product strategy.
• Great communication skills for stakeholder management, presentations, and market discussions.

Qualifications: BS in Civil Engineering with 12 years of Experience

• Experience in managing and leading a team of people, providing coaching for continuous improvement.
• Experience of working in heavily regulated security sectors and the rules and legislation that come with it.
• Strong experience of the design and delivery of software systems, including software development and delivery.
• Experience in promoting innovation topics.
• Understanding and experience of working with IT systems.
• Knowledge of creativity/innovation tools, such as lateral thinking, brainwriting and co-creation, value proposition, etc.
• Knowledge of protocols, tools and methods to acquire and manage technical threat intelligence data.
• Knowledge of various security methodologies and processes.
• Strong working knowledge of offensive security, including attack methods and techniques.
• Team leadership and coaching experience/skills.
• Proficient in written and oral communication in English, with the ability to tailor the presentation of complex information to a range of different audiences.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Good attention to detail and quality of deliverables.

Qualifications: BA in Political Science with 13 years of Experience

• Professional Agilest Certification.
• Professional Scrum Master Certification.
• SAFe, Product Manager/Product Owner, PMPO Certification.
• Experience creating proof of concepts and prototypes.
• Experience with testing and product validation.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Good knowledge of lean processes.
• Experience in managing end-to-end innovation projects.
• Innovation consultancy experience in a commercial setting.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Adobe XD, or other prototyping software.
• Excellent knowledge of innovation and creative problem-solving methods across product, service and social innovation.
• Strong project management and process design skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Strong communication and the ability to drive momentum in a multi-stakeholder innovation scenario.
• Ability to broker and convene a variety of organisations, leading the facilitation of collaborative processes towards a solution.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with a diverse set of stakeholders.

Qualifications: BS in Environmental Science with 9 years of Experience

• Experience in consulting, strategy, research or innovation, with the focus being on how a business can unlock or create additional value.
• Experience of supporting innovation best practices in a multidisciplinary organisation.
• Experience in building strong working relationships across a diverse stakeholder base.
• Experience in market research or consulting.
• Robust organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
• Superior interpersonal, communication and presentation skills with the ability to package and present a compelling narrative.
• Strong collaborator who engages colleagues, business partners, external stakeholders, and employees.
• Ability to drive change and influence stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
• Strong leadership and relationship skills to collaborate with teams and network.
• Highly motivated individual, flexible and able to quickly adapt to unfamiliar, ambiguous or changing conditions.

Qualifications: BA in Philosophy with 5 years of Experience

• Experience in marketing/brand management, innovation experience.
• Product development experience within the beauty/personal care industry.
• Experience working directly and closely with R&D.
• Experience with P&Ls, budgeting and business reporting.
• Extensive knowledge of current and emerging technologies and their potential application to Babcock’s customers, suppliers, competitors and sectors.
• Strong initiative and demonstrated leadership across functions and levels.
• Track record as an outstanding problem-solver and strategic thinker.
• Outstanding communication skills, oral and written.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Strong commercial, entrepreneurial, problem-solving and creative skills.
• Ability to keep track and evaluate trends, and translate them into actionable recommendations.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset and are passionate about making an impact.
• Team player, comfortable with ambiguity and managing multiple projects/deadlines.

Qualifications: BS in Applied Mathematics with 11 years of Experience