Enterprise Incubator Foundation
TITLE: Innovation Manager for Microsoft Innovation Center
DURATION: Long term
LOCATION: Yerevan, Armenia
JOB DESCRIPTION: The role holder will be responsible for implementation
of the MICs innovation activities and must work across the ICT sector in
Armenia to get sustainable results from the MICs cross-sectoral
cooperation. In addition, the role holder must be able to work
effectively with current and potential MIC stakeholders. He or she must
take a holistic view of MIC projects and be able to truly manage the end
to end process encompassing all elements of the innovation cycle from
idea generation to product development and testing and access to markets.
A key part of this role is to ensure that creative excellence,
disciplined project leadership and management are balanced in crafting
new business opportunities and brands resulting in creation of new start
ups in the ICT sphere.
The Innovation Manager will be responsible for identification,
development and promotion of new ICT products, technologies and
applications in Armenia and abroad.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
– Coordinate development and implementation of MICs Innovation/Business
Strategy in close consultation with MIC staff, partners and stakeholder;
– Identify and deliver strategic, scalable and sustainable ideas to
ensure MIC sustainability;
– Identify and engage with potential and existing MIC clients and
beneficiaries, including representatives from various sectors of the
Armenian economy, businesses, students, government, NGOs, etc.;
– Organize and conduct innovation contests and idea generation
competitions;
– Organize regular sectoral discussions resulting in generation of new
viable ideas that have a potential of becoming a demanded product in the
market;
– Work with key MIC stakeholders to ensure engagement leading to project
delivery;
– Generate powerful innovation concepts based on deep consumer insight
against an agreed innovation strategy which are commercially and
financially viable;
– Identify commercialization potential of MIC-supported products and
technologies and guide to the development teams in project
implementation;
– Deliver clear market plans and leadership in testing and
commercialization efforts of MIC-supported products;
– Perform other duties as assigned by MIC Project Manager.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
– Education: Master’s degree in areas of Business Administration,
Marketing or equivalent;
– Prior Work Experience and Knowledge: Successful candidates will have a
significant level of IT, innovation and marketing experience. Familiarity
with business planning and programming procedures, as well as project
management principles. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in
working with the private sector. More specifically, the applicant must
have demonstrated skills and knowledge in the following areas:
a) Strategic penetration use of analytical skills and intuition to
generate strategies that deliver focused growth driving innovations;
b) Knowledge of the Armenian IT industry understand industry
development trends, key players, and initiatives; knowledge of
IT-specific strategies and programs in Armenia;
c) Market insight identify most powerful consumer opportunities and
ensure penetrative consumer understanding and insights are applied to
unlock most powerful innovation ideas;
d) Project management deliver high quality results through deployment
of effective and efficient management approaches;
e) Innovation judgment understand the impact of MIC’s innovation output
by using clearly defined logical criteria balanced with
instinct/intuition to judge and express in a compelling way all elements
of an innovation idea;
f) Commerciality use sound financial understanding to build innovation
ideas whilst balancing commercial, customer and consumer motivations to
deliver outstanding results;
g) Motivating and inspiring MIC partners, beneficiaries and stakeholders
understand what drives and motivate MIC teams and constantly strive to
build great relationships by breaking down barriers to performance;
– Fluency in English, Armenian and Russian languages;
– Excellent written and oral communication skills. The applicant should
have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work effectively and
collaboratively in teams;
– Word and data processing skills;
– Familiarity with a variety of computer programs and applications will
be very useful.
REMUNERATION/ SALARY: Competitive, based on work experience and
educational background.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: To apply for this position, please submit the
following:
– A cover letter addressing with specificity the applicants professional
experience that makes him/her best suited for the position;
– A CV or Resume that lists the applicants educational background and
provides a detailed summary of the applicants professional experience
and relevant qualifications for the job.
The above information should be sent to: apply@… . Please
mention in the subject field your name and the name of the position for
which you are applying.
No personal visits or phone calls, please. Only shortlisted candidates
will be notified for the interview.
Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of
this job opportunity through Career Center and mention the URL of its
website – www.careercenter.am, Thanks.
OPENING DATE: 01 April 2011
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 18 April 2011
ABOUT: MIC/Armenia promotes new product development and sale through
establishment of innovative environment and provision of access to
resources, expertise and facilities for collaboration and skills
development.
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Enterprise Incubator Foundation
Yerevan, Armenia
– Coordinate development and implementation of MICs Innovation/Business
Strategy in close consultation with MIC staff, partners and stakeholder;
– Identify and deliver strategic, scalable and sustainable ideas to
ensure MIC sustainability;
– Identify and engage with potential and existing MIC clients and
beneficiaries, including representatives from various sectors of the
Armenian economy, businesses, students, government, NGOs, etc.;
– Organize and conduct innovation contests and idea generation
competitions;
– Organize regular sectoral discussions resulting in generation of new
viable ideas that have a potential of becoming a demanded product in the
market;
– Work with key MIC stakeholders to ensure engagement leading to project
delivery;
– Generate powerful innovation concepts based on deep consumer insight
against an agreed innovation strategy which are commercially and
financially viable;
– Identify commercialization potential of MIC-supported products and
technologies and guide to the development teams in project
implementation;
– Deliver clear market plans and leadership in testing and
commercialization efforts of MIC-supported products;
– Perform other duties as assigned by MIC Project Manager.
The role holder will be responsible for implementation
of the MICs innovation activities and must work across the ICT sector in
Armenia to get sustainable results from the MICs cross-sectoral
cooperation. In addition, the role holder must be able to work
effectively with current and potential MIC stakeholders. He or she must
take a holistic view of MIC projects and be able to truly manage the end
to end process encompassing all elements of the innovation cycle from
idea generation to product development and testing and access to markets.
A key part of this role is to ensure that creative excellence,
disciplined project leadership and management are balanced in crafting
new business opportunities and brands resulting in creation of new start
ups in the ICT sphere.
The Innovation Manager will be responsible for identification,
development and promotion of new ICT products, technologies and
applications in Armenia and abroad.
