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Duration: 6 months contract with an option to extend Industry: Multinational Transportation and Mobility Solutions Work location: Kallang Summary Take on a new challenge and apply your entrepreneurship, tech product creation and management expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to Head of APAC Innovation working alongside passionate and driven teammates. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with the clients, teams across the business (project and customer directors), government agencies, start-ups and much more. You’ll specifically take care of one or several Innovation mobility projects and transform them into reality. We’ll look to you to: • Foster and strengthen open innovation ecosystem • Bring new ideas and identify new opportunities with the right team and partners • Structure the project (Scope, schedule, budget, ROI) and get project / Station approval. • Scale up the project at the regional level • Link with R&D platform and projects in the region for collaboration • Link with APAC ecosystem for collaboration (Universities, public agencies, Start Up, Suppliers, Customers..) About the Job Collaboration management • Develop communication strategy and content for client and key stakeholders • Identify external programs and funding relevant for the company • Identify and lead collaboration agreement with client, supplier, start-up and academic • Support client presentation and technical proposal Innovation Pipeline • Contribute to the development and implementation of the open innovation framework. • Develop and secure a robust network in the company and in the Region to identify pain points and opportunities for clients, projects teams and R&D to be addressed by Innovation • Design and facilitate workshop to facilitate ideation, solution design, collaboration and new solution adoption • Develop and manage the innovation pipeline, timelines and resources, ensuring a consistent flow of high-potential projects. • Be able to identify low hanging fruits and flagship projects • Communicate clearly on business value, technical proposal and market to be addressed to secure sponsorship, funding and stakeholders engagement • Be able to pivot to secure value and time to market of your innovation solution • Oversee the prototyping, testing and piloting of new products, solutions and services. Project Management • Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, including scope definition, budget management, resource allocation, risk assessment, and communication strategies • Utilize and support team in project management methodologies application (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) to ensure efficient project delivery. • Proactively address potential roadblocks. • Track and report on project progress and budget consumption, providing regular updates to senior management and stakeholders based on standard communication support and dashboard with relevant KPI. Process Improvement & Best Practices: • Secure adherence of existing company processes • Develop and implement best practices for innovation program management. • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. • Share your experience and best practices with Innovation community • Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices in innovation management and open innovation Requirements • An Engineering degree • Experience in tech product creation and management: • Tech (robotic, data, digital) product development from ideation to commercialization • Product design Business model creation • Experience in Data, AI and software development • Tech team management is a plus • DevOps, MLOps is a plus • Experience in Innovation • Experience / contacts with Tech eco-system (customers, maintainer, operator, Universities, governmental agencies, Start Up) • Business / Tech opportunities identification and assessment • Ideation and design workshop management • Patent management • Experience in Project management • Stakeholder management (customer, management, supplier, support function) • Budget management Planning Risk management Change management / deployment of new product Manage ambiguity and priorities and negotiate tradeoffs • Agile methodology • Intrapreneur skills (previous experience as an intrapreneur is valued) • Interest in Railway, green mobility • Open to business travel within APAC (minimal travel required) Ramos May Anne De Mesa - mayanne.ramos@manpower.com.sg Personnel Reg No: R1110127 Manpower Staffing Services (S) Pte Ltd EA Licence No: 02C3423
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