Principal Innovation Consultant, Apac

Board of Innovation is an independently owned business design and innovation strategy firm. We have a hybrid work policy that allows us to attract the best talent. Our hubs are located in Antwerp, Amsterdam, New York, and Singapore but our talent is globally distributed. This diversity allows our business designers to uniquely help the world's largest organizations navigate fundamental shifts. And we do this by developing growth strategies, innovation capabilities, and new businesses with many of the world's largest organizations (have a look at our cases [ Link removed ] ).As a member of our team we do expect you to buy-in and exemplify our values & culture. So, if the following statements resonate with you, please keep on reading Make it personal: help others. Be yourself. Leave your ego at the door. Make it better: think, and think again. Raise the bar. Listen, learn, share, repeat. Make it happen: be entrepreneurial. No buzzwords, no theatre. Ideas are nice, but impact is everything.[ Link removed ] is expanding and is looking for talent to join forces to manage big/complex innovation projects (f.e. designing and running corporate accelerators A to Z), as well as to develop new business opportunities) We consider the job description below a starting point for yours : You work closely with prospective corporate partners and our teams to design, structure and execute corporate innovation programs and transformations You support corporate innovation teams in their quest for new business opportunities. Jointly, you turn these opportunities into significant business value and results (by breaking down a problem into smaller chunks and smoothing out the front end of the ‘innovation funnel’, coaching corporate innovation teams in agile, lean startup, design thinking methodologies, etc.). You facilitate product & innovation teams in a structured and agile way. You guide them through the different phases of innovative product or service developments. You grow meaningful long-term partnerships and anticipate their challenges in innovation, you develop successful innovation strategies, as well as identify, conceptualize and create new product-market combinations. You analyze your current account management strategy and processes and are able to spot bottlenecks and opportunities You deeply understand the needs of clients and translate these into compelling solutions and sales proposals You coach and support the consultants in innovation consultancy and account management and help with hiring the best profiles for our teamsRequirements You have startup or innovation experience: you thrive in ambiguity, enjoy working at start up speed, are results orientated and get things done You have a strong background in (corporate) innovation (eg as an innovation consultant, business model innovation expert, business designer, human-centered designer, design strategist, start-up founder, product manager,) and you can comfortably challenge C-level on their innovation strategy You have an academic background in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Design, Business, Technology or a related field Having worked in a consultancy or agency is a big plus You are fluent in English and a second professional proficiency language would be a plus You identify strongly with our [ Link removed ] You are credible, you easily connect with people and you have a to-the-point communication styleBenefitsWhy work at Board of Innovation? You enjoy working on the most amazing innovation projects with Fortune 500 corporates (like Roche, AB Inbev, Adidas, Philips, Danone, ING, Unicef, Toyota, Almarai and many more) You thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and want to contribute to our overall business strategies and growth. You want numerous on-the-job-and-beyond learning opportunities You look for a place where you can be your whole self, and become part of a highly talented, ambitious, (from time to time hilarious) international and diverse team (+30 different nationalities and counting) You are eager to build a global professional network through our offices and clients worldwide (New York, Singapore, Antwerp). You will get a market-conform remuneration package, benchmarked with local standards. Every year, we gather our colleagues from around the world for a week of team bonding, workshops, strategy sessions, and unwinding - we call it ‘[ Link removed ] ’.

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