In Schneider Electric everything we do promotes progress and sustainability for all - our colleagues, customers, partners, and the communities and societies where we live and work. From the products, software, and services driving the digital transformation of energy management and automation to corporate citizenship and volunteer activities, we make an impact by helping people and organizations become more resilient and efficient, more electric and digital.
Which is where you come in. Working at Schneider Electric means working toward a cleaner, better world. You're part of a global team built on inclusion, mastery, purpose, action, curiosity, and teamwork, turning sustainability ambitions into actions.
We are looking for Innovation Leader for IA to make an impact!
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What will you do?
With the rapid pace of technological advancement and the growing competition in our industry, the role of innovation leader has become more crucial than ever before.
Working within the C&S Innovation team, the Innovation Leader drives innovative offer creation in the C&S Signaling and Relay product families in Singapore. You will operate with both creativity and business acumen, driving initiatives that cultivate an innovation-friendly culture, streamline the execution of new ideas, and ultimately unlock value for the organization and its customers.
Based on the observations, the innovation leader creates strategic plans for innovation with the innovation marketing leader and the innovation technical team members. You will manage the customer-centric innovation activities following Design Thinking, Voice of Customer (VoC), and Listen & Discover approaches in both the marketing and technical aspects. You will lead Offer Exploration, Technology Exploration, and New product offer preparation to transfer to the Product Development project team. You will also manage the patent portfolio and explore new patent opportunities.
You will directly report to the C&S Innovation Project Director and, hierarchically, the C&S Offer Marketing Director.
- Lead and inspire a cross-functional team in developing customer driven and innovative industrial products
- Develop and implement innovation strategies with the innovation marketing leader
- Cultivate strong relationships with partners and stakeholders
- Fully understand all the stakeholders and functions involved in the design and development process of an innovative product
- Translate customer insights and offer requirements into high level technical requirements,
- Manage ambiguity and priorities and negotiate tradeoffs for the team,
- Establish, implement, and continuously improve team ways of working,
- Breakdown features, organize functions, identify relationships (interfaces) between systems/features and propose architectures,
- Lead technology road-mapping efforts. Identify, acquire, or develop key technologies to maintain or establish leadership in key strategic markets.
- Manage patent portfolio and explore new patent opportunities
What qualifications will make you successful for this role?
- Engineering degree or a related field
- Relevant professional experience in product development
- Strategic thinking and planning
- Excellent communication skills and proficient in written and spoken English.
- Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills, capability of managing and coaching people in an environment for variety,
- Broad exposure to HW/SW/Systems design in one or more engineering disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Firmware, System Architecture etc.)
- Interest in early-stage product development, being highly resilient and adaptable
- Ability to successfully manage R&D technology development and innovation initiatives,
- Culturally aware, self-motivated, autonomous with Agile mindset,
- Capability to interpret technology and market trends as a basis for technology and product roadmaps.
Let us learn about you! Apply today.
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values - Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork - starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric - apply today!
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You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
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