- Lead technical sprint execution for assigned innovation programs, ensuring clear direction, accountability, and timely delivery of sprint objectives.
- Provide day-to-day technical leadership to team members who report through dotted-line relationships, aligning priorities, deliverables, and technical direction.
- Drive execution of innovation projects across assigned technical focus areas.
- Coordinate closely with Innovation Core Functions to ensure the right technical capabilities and resources are aligned to each sprint or project effort.
- Translate innovation priorities into actionable technical workplans, sprint goals, and execution milestones.
- Support technical problem solving, design decisions, prototyping, testing, and validation activities needed to advance innovation programs.
- Maintain strong communication with project managers, engineering leaders, and stakeholders to support alignment, issue resolution, and execution speed.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and resource constraints early and accelerate or resolve them as needed to keep sprint execution on track.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of Innovation Execution processes, tools, and team operating methods.
- Serve as a technical subject matter expert in one or more assigned innovation domains.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, or a related technical field.
- Several years of technical experience in product development, systems engineering, applied R&D, or innovation execution.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and coordinate work across direct and dotted-line team structures.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
- Experience leading technical workstreams, sprints, prototypes, or cross-functional project efforts.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence across levels of the organization.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, innovation-focused environment.
- Ability to work independently while contributing as part of a team-oriented, highly technical organization.
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in leading technical teams and executing innovation projects, with a strong focus on problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management. Proficient in translating innovation priorities into actionable plans and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Technical Leadership
- Innovation Execution
- Project Management
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Stakeholder Management
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Product Development
- Systems Engineering
- Applied R&D
- Technical Workstreams
- Prototyping
- Testing
- Validation
- Sprint Execution
- Technical Direction
- Execution Milestones
Soft Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Decision-Making Skills
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Facilitation Skills
Certifications & Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
- Bachelor's Degree in Science
- Bachelor's Degree in Technology
Industry Keywords
- Innovation Programs
- Technical Capabilities
- Continuous Improvement
- Cross-Functional Teams
- Dotted-Line Relationships