Frontloading Innovation, Senior Manager, Domestic Building Services

Are you an innovative leader with a burning passion for transforming ideas into ground-breaking products and solutions?

Join our newly formed innovation team as a Senior Manager and become an integral part of an organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of homeowners worldwide.

What’s the job about

As the Senior Manager, you will spearhead and cultivate frontloading innovation playing a pivotal role in facilitating idea generation and validation within our Domestic Building Services Division.

 Your primary responsibilities include leading and contributing to the development of the Frontloading Innovation Process in Domestic Building Services and ensuring innovation with a clear focus on delivering novel solutions for our homes of the future.

 The ideal candidate should demonstrate:

• Commercial mindset.
• Advanced analytical abilities.
• Unwavering commitment to innovation and excellence.
• Proven and Outstanding leadership skills (as you will supervise the Frontloading Innovation team).
• Experience in customer involvement and co-creation in innovation projects
• Communication and stakeholder management skills

Your main responsibilities

As the Frontloading Innovation Senior Manager your critical responsibilities include documenting and developing processes, leading, and testing new ideas and concepts with customers and communicating key learnings across divisions.

You will lead the DBS Frontloading Innovation Team our ideation and idea validation process,  oversee recruitment and retention, and be responsible for training, process ownership, and quality assurance. Additionally, you will validate new ideas through direct interaction with customers, document learnings, and represent Grundfos Domestic Building Services  in relevant external forums.

Your Background

As the DBS Frontloading Innovation Senior Manager, success in this role hinges on your adeptness at navigating change, effective leadership and supervision, and the ability to forge connections across diverse backgrounds.

 We imagine that you also may have: 

• A higher education in commerce, innovation or technology is preferred.
• An entrepreneurial mindset.
• A deep understanding of both applications and customer needs.
• Pproficiency in networking is crucial, and an affinity for AI and NLP would be advantageous.

 If you are energized by the prospect of making a substantial impact and possess the outlined skills, we encourage you to apply for this dynamic opportunity at Grundfos.

Do you want to Learn More

If you have questions or would like to know more about this position, please contact the hiring manager Jesper Olesen, Vice President, DBS Solutions & Marketing on +4540379022 or jesperolesen@grundfos.com

If this opportunity resonates with you, please submit your resume by clicking “Apply.”

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 We look forward to hearing from you.