DescriptionLead and drive innovation activities as well as encourage the right conditions for creativity and innovation, with the purpose to create value from ideas within a defined strategic scope, including new products, services, business models, processes, and ways of working. Identify and develop new business opportunities with the purpose to capture value in new areas, typically outside and beyond current core businesses.Main Responsibilities
Manage a team of innovation and business development experts across multiple countries
Help build and define the ways of working for this new business unit wirh the Ericsson GCU
Work with technical experts to help our customer’s maximize the benfits from the existing technologies in the network
Work closely with customer teams to develop the next generation of products and services that will drive the customers business.
Establish a relationship with stakeholders inside and outside the company to promote an innovation ecosystem
Help define and set the strategy for the teams and ensure there is a robust mechanism for tracking and measuring success.
Promote and position Ericsson as a leader in the ICT area
Drive and create new business opportunities for Ericsson by creating new customer offerings and sourcing 3PP partner solutions
Build a close relationship with customer CIOs and CMOs in order identify business needs
Promote knowledge sharing and solution re-use across the innovation teams
Typical Interfaces
Relevant LTs and boards, including strategy, technology and portfolio management
Customers CIO and CMO teams
Partners for jointly exploring new business opportunities
Internal subject area experts, e.g. product, solution and innovation managers, innovation coaches, new business development & innovation
Behavioral competences
Creating and innovating
Commercial thinking
Persuading and influencing
Analyzing
Leading and supervising
Relating and networking
Qualifications and Experience
MBA, MSc or similar theoretical background
Business building, entrepreneurial experience
Opportunity and business case development, and business modeling experience
Coaching and facilitation experience
Qualification as an Innovation coach would be an advantage.
Experience working in a marketing or related role
Previous Management experience and experience leading teams
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