Innovation Program Analyst

Derrick Corp • Buffalo, NY

11h

About The Position

The Innovation Program Analyst helps turn new ideas into successful products by combining analytical business case development with structured innovation program coordination. This role evaluates market opportunities, builds ROI-driven investment cases, and provides leadership with clear insight into project value, risk, and readiness. In parallel, the Innovation Program Analyst supports the innovation stage-gate process by tracking schedules, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and ensuring teams have the documentation and visibility needed to move projects from early concept through validation and launch. This role is highly cross-functional and best suited for someone who enjoys driving alignment, communication, and follow-through across teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Analytics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in business analysis, FP&A, corporate development, or commercial analytics (industrial/manufacturing environment preferred).
• Strong analytical background in market sizing, ROI/value analysis, and sensitivity modeling.
• Working knowledge of project management tools, supporting projects through structured processes, and managing cross-functional timelines.
• Advanced Excel skills with experience building financial models; other modeling tools is a plus.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate between technical engineering teams and commercial stakeholders.
• Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable working across departments in fast-moving innovating environment
• Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable working across departments in a fast-moving innovative environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar data visualization tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop business cases for innovation projects, including financial models (NPV, IRR, payback period) and ROI analysis.
• Translate Voice of the Customer and market insights into market sizing and adoption assumptions.
• Build Value-in-Use models showing customer impact (performance gains, energy savings, total cost of ownership).
• Conduct sensitivity and risk analysis to validate and strengthen investment decisions.
• Track innovation projects from concept through validation using stage-gate governance.
• Maintain project schedules, milestones, and launch readiness updates across teams.
• Coordinate documentation and readiness for Go/No-Go reviews, ensuring leadership has the input needed for decisions.
• Serve as a communication bridge between cross-functional teams.
• Support recurring innovation sync meetings by preparing updates, tracking action items, and reporting progress.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level