Technology Innovation & Exploration Lead
About The Position
The Technology Innovation & Exploration Lead is responsible for identifying, shaping, and validating emerging technologies that can deliver measurable business value for the Global Sourcing & Procurement organization. This role partners closely with business stakeholders, IT, and external vendors to explore new capabilities, develop use cases and business cases, and transition successful concepts into delivery teams for industrialization or enterprise rollout. This role will also help establish GSP innovation programs such as citizen development, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, controls, and value realization objectives.
Requirements
- 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
Nice To Haves
- Preferred experience in procurement, supply chain or enablement functions.
Responsibilities
- Continuously explores and evaluates emerging technologies and assess 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 with corporate standards.
- Define funding, intake, and prioritization mechanisms for innovation initiatives.
- Promote a culture of responsible innovation and agile continuous improvement within GSP.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
