Football Innovation

vor 3 Monaten

Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) Vollzeit

These are your key tasks:

  • Ownership, management, and development of the FIFA Innovation Programme
  • Establish a strategy and mechanism for managing requests, identifying promising new avenues and assessing new technology innovations across the Professional Football Division
  • Direct the decisionmaking process that results in the transformation of ideas into concrete innovative initiatives & design validation studies for empirical assessment of merit
  • Ensure impactful outcome, documentation, and communication of Innovation Projects
  • Support the FIFA Research Team in structuring, designing, and managing multidiscipline research projects
  • Maximize the outcome of research projects through the publications of studies and the assimilation of findings through innovative means
  • Promote and represent the technology innovation strategy at selected conferences and events
  • Assist the Head of Department and Research team with the overall innovation management process for assessing, deploying, and standardizing technology globally
These tasks are a good start. Time will change. Take it and shape it.

Your Profile:

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

The specific competencies we require for this position are:

  • Master degree or similar higher education in technical studies, e.g. engineering or business studies with a strong focus on research methods
  • Previous experience working with innovation in football or another sector with transferable knowledge
  • Experience in business development and launch of new projects
  • Fluency in English and another FIFA language (French or Spanish) is an asset
  • Problemsolving attitude, cultivates an innovation mind set, open to try new approaches
  • Strategic thinker who understands the bigger picture and longterm objectives
  • Team player, willing and able to learn from others as well capable of sharing knowledge and experience
  • Sound presentation skills in front of large audiences
  • Understanding of technological landscape in sport and key drivers for FIFA Technology Innovation
  • Outofthe box thinking
  • Willingness to travel occasionally
  • Readiness for standby duties