Your new company

My client is seeking a commercial-minded Strategic Innovation Manager to drive long-range, future-focused innovation activities across a wide range of industrial and specialty markets. This role is ideal for someone with strong commercial instincts who can identify emerging trends, evaluate long-term market opportunities, and translate them into actionable business concepts.

Your new role

• Identify emerging trends across multiple industries (e.g., materials innovation, sustainability, specialty chemicals, environmental solutions).
• Identify new markets, unmet needs, and early‑stage opportunities that align with long‑term strategic directions.
• Analyze customer insights, regulatory shifts, and macro trends to anticipate future demand.

• Translate high‑level market insights into concrete innovation themes and business opportunities.
• Develop structured business cases assessing customer desirability, commercial viability, and strategic fit.
• Prioritize opportunities based on scalability, competitive advantage, and long‑term value creation.

• Engage customers, industry partners, distributors, and solution providers to validate emerging needs.
• Build relationships with startups, research institutes, technology accelerators, and other external stakeholders.
• Support early pilot activities, co‑creation discussions, and proof‑of‑value explorations with customers.

• Work closely with global innovation, marketing, strategy, and product teams to ensure alignment on opportunity direction.
• Prepare and deliver pitches, presentations, and insights to senior leadership.
• Support the transition of validated concepts into product development or commercial pipelines.

• Support long‑term innovation roadmap development.
• Provide transparency across global and regional innovation activities.
• Monitor industry movements, competitive signals, and technology developments across multiple sectors.

What you'll need to succeed

• Degree/ Master's in Engineering, Natural Sciences, Business, Sustainability, or related fields.
• Experienced in commercial strategy, product management, and innovation within materials, chemicals, environmental solutions, agriculture, construction, or related industries.
• 5 years of experience in commercially driven or cross-functional roles.
• Effective communicator capable of influencing cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with entrepreneurial mindset.

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