Head of Innovation

vor 1 Tag

Zürich, Schweiz General Motors of Canada Vollzeit

Job Description

The Head of Innovation & Business Development embodies the mentality and is driven to actively identify key areas for innovative transformations, develop plans according to varying timelines, and aligning strategy & innovation goals with the company’s broader business objectives. To ensure success as Head of Innovation and Business Development, you should be strategic, motivated, detail-driven and have a forward-leaning approach to the business. Bringing a growth mindset, this position will lead the development of our 10-year strategic objectives and plans, partnering with groups such as Marketing, Customer Experience, Digital Business Teams, Product, Network & Distribution. This position requires someone who is an innovator beyond any category. A dynamic track record with a shown ability to lead change, collaborate across all functions, and effectively prioritize in an ambiguous / fast-paced environment is a must.

Key Leadership Requirements:

  • Innovator Attitude: Ability to use insights to build strategic plans that will disrupt in order to win and exceed objectives.
  • Maverick Mentality & Strategic Thought Leadership: Ability to embrace the ‘art of the possible’ to create organizational change and impact allocation of resources. Possess business and strategic foresight with ability to communicate broader business vision to cross-functional and technical teams.
  • Team Building & Leadership: Ability to influence at all levels. Possess strong partnership skills with a history of collaborating across organizational boundaries, working with and influencing others, and creating clarity from confusion.
  • Outcome-Oriented: Ability to clearly articulate desired outcome(s). Possess ability to assess complex situations quickly, assess risks and be decisive. Works collaboratively to create a path to achieve it.
  • Eye For Business: Ability to formulate a strong POV and adjust plans strategically in a changing environment. Possess strong business agility.
  • Analytical & Forward-thinking: Ability to effectively communicate and translate business needs to technical partners. Proactively identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner. Can synthesize complex or diverse information, use intuition and experience to complement data. Adaptable to dynamic situations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Define, develop, activate, and drive growth strategies, end-to-end by defining and prioritizing, together with senior leadership core strategic plans.
  • Overcome blockers to enable maximum sales.
  • Identify critical stakeholders, internally and externally to develop the path forward on critical strategic issues.
  • Engage the business in defining and refining business strategies with a focus on designing and implementing new approaches, ideas, and processes that will grow the business and provide measurable results.
  • Redefine the status quo and drive innovation to transform the way business is conducted.
  • Identify long-term trends and outlooks, collating long-term planning.
  • Conduct competitive intelligence beyond the core business.
  • Explore potential partnership opportunities to strengthen the portfolio of mission-aligned growth initiatives.
  • Work in close collaboration with key internal business partners such as Planning, R&D/GM Ventures, Innovation, Customer Experience, Corporate Development, among others.
  • Activate external networks as ‘sensory nodes’ to identify new areas of growth, joint business development, and compelling adjacencies for GM’s future business.
  • Align cross-functional groups and drive to outcomes.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, Commerce, Management, Marketing or equivalent - required.
  • Master’s degree in business administration or equivalent – preferred.
  • Strong understanding of European countries/markets, competitive OEMs and Mobility solutions, and customers.
  • Shown and successful track record of developing and driving strategic and purposeful growth initiatives for a global organization of significant size and scale.
  • Strength and depth of experience in strategy: formulation, activation, and execution coordination. Demonstrated strategy DNA developed from significant experience in strategy consulting or internal strategy leadership roles. Strong business and financial savvy.
  • Strong leadership skills including team management, building relationships internally and externally, influencing others, collaborative problem solving, and effective partnership with key internal collaborators.
  • Operates with a sharp eye towards understanding customer/market needs and ability to translate into initiatives that shape offerings to address those needs. Approaches strategy with the objective of delivering a quality experience for customers.
  • Goes beyond strategy definition and into effective execution. Demonstrated ability to drive ideas that continuously improve on core business and adept at optimal allocation of resources towards strategic priorities. Strong project management skills with a keen attention to detail and operations with a sense of urgency to move from ideas to action.
  • Ability to make quick decisions with incomplete or ambiguous data. Able to make sound decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment.
  • Ability to make/recognize effective trade-off decisions and can negotiate strategically in tough situations with both internal and external groups, can win concessions without damaging relationships.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

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