Senior Innovation Program Lead
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Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of strategic, cross-divisional innovation programs from concept through global scale-up.
- Drive business integration into a global matrix organization, ensuring adoption, alignment, and sustainable value creation across divisions and regions.
- Build and lead strategic partnerships, including co-development and co-investment models with leading external partners.
- Lead program governance, milestones, and decision-making processes at executive level, including preparation of board-ready materials.
- Ensure successful rollout, scaling, and handover into robust global operating models.
- Provide functional leadership to international, cross-disciplinary project teams.
Education and Experience
Strong experience in integrating innovation outcomes into a global matrix organization and driving adoption across business units.
Proven track record in leading complex, high-impact global programs in innovation, venture building, corporate development, or transformation.
Deep expertise in building and managing partnerships and co-development setups with major global players.
Excellent program leadership, structuring and stakeholder management capabilities in complex environments.
Strong understanding of digital platform models, scalable service architectures, and new business models.
Willingness to travel frequently across Asia and globally.
What We Offer
- A highly visible global role with direct reporting line to the Head of Group Innovation at HQ Munich.
- End-to-end ownership and accountability for high-impact strategic innovation programs.
- Opportunity to shape global innovation initiatives and future business models at scale.
- Collaboration with leading international partners and exposure to top management.
- At TÜV SÜD Group, we have employees from more than 100 different countries collaborating together. People of different backgrounds, skills, and pursuing different life goals. Our strength comes from these countless and varied perspectives.
- We are committed to be an inclusive and diverse workplace by welcoming people of all backgrounds. We want Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) to be a foundation of our company and create an environment where all our employees can trust they will be treated with respect, regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic background, faith, beliefs, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, or identity. As such, our employees are expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with TÜV SÜD Group Code of Ethics and Company values.
- We firmly believe embedding D&I in the heart of what we do will inherently contribute to the success of TÜV SÜD Group. Click here to find out more about Diversity at TÜV SÜD Group.
About TÜV SÜD
Technical services provider for testing, inspection, and certification.
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