Technology Innovation & Exploration Lead

Job Description

• Continuously explores and evaluates emerging technologies and assesses their potential to address business challenges and opportunities.
• PARTNERS WITH BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS AND VENDORS TO IDENTIFY, SHAPE AND REFINE USE CASES ALIGNED TO GSP PRIORITIES.
• DEVELOP CLEAR BUSINESS CASES THAT ARTICULATE VALUE, FEASIBILITY, SCALABILITY AND RISKS.
• PLAN AND LEAD EXPERIMENTS, PILOTS, PROOF OF CONCEPTS TO VALIDATE BUSINESS VALUE, TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY, DATA FEASIBILITY AND SCALABILITY PRIOR TO INDUSTRIALIZATION.
• DEFINE SUCCESS CRITERIA AND CONDUCT STRUCTURED EVALUATIONS TO DETERMINE READINESS FOR ENTERPRISE ADOPTION.
• DOCUMENT OUTCOMES, LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT INFORMED DECISION-MAKING.
• COMMUNICATE PROGRESS, INSIGHTS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO SPONSORS AND GOVERNANCE FORUMS.
• ESTABLISH AND GOVERN EXECUTION OF GSP CITIZEN DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING GUARDRAILS, STANDARDS AND OPERATING MODELS IN ALIGNMENT TO CORPORATE STANDARDS.
• DEFINE FUNDING, INTAKE AND PRIORITIZATION MECHANISMS FOR INNOVATION INITIATIVES.
• PROMOTE A CULTURE OF RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION AND AGILE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT WITHIN GSP.

You are meant for this job if:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of experience in digital innovation, technology strategy, business transformation or related roles
• DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE LEADING EXPLORATION, EXPERIMENTS OR PROOF-OF-CONCEPTS
• STRONG ABILITY TO TRANSLATE TECHNICAL CONCEPTS INTO BUSINESS RELEVANT OUTCOMES AND VALUE STORIES
• EXPERIENCE IN PARTNERING WITH IT, BUSINESS LEADERS AND EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY VENDORS

Preferred Experience

• Experience in procurement, supply chain or enablement functions