Key Responsibilities
1. Innovation Program Management
- Monitor innovation programmes to ensure alignment with processes, timelines, budgets, KPIs, and commitments.
- Identify and mitigate risks or roadblocks to ensure smooth programme execution.
- Track and report project progress using dashboards, standardised reports, and stakeholder updates.
- Manage the innovation pipeline, ensuring consistent evaluation and flow of high-potential initiatives.
2. Innovation Communication & Awareness
- Develop and execute communication strategies for clients, partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Drive internal awareness of innovation initiatives through campaigns, storytelling, and engagement activities.
- Create and manage innovation newsletters highlighting achievements, trends, and upcoming initiatives.
- Maintain and update innovation platforms (e.g., intranet, toolkits, case studies).
- Coordinate community engagement activities such as workshops, hackathons, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Develop communication assets including presentations, visuals, videos, and narratives.
- Support planning and execution of internal and external innovation events.
- Coordinate governance meetings and follow-ups across APAC and global teams.
3. Open Innovation, Partnerships & Ecosystem Development
- Conduct ecosystem and market analysis to identify: Government grants and funding opportunities Innovation challenges and programmes Start-ups, universities, and research partners Strategic ecosystem partnerships (incubators, accelerators)
- Support evaluation and alignment of opportunities with regional strategy.
- Coordinate engagements, meetings, and follow-ups with external partners.
- Assist in client presentations, solution demonstrations, and proposal development.
- Support funding applications and pitch documentation.
Requirements
- Experience in innovation management, programme/project management, or open innovation environments.
- Experience in communication content creation and event management.
- Experience in stakeholder and partnership management across innovation ecosystems (government, start-ups, academia, etc.).
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills across technical and business audiences.
- Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional, and regional environments.
- Proficiency or strong interest in AI tools and digital productivity technologies.
- Knowledge of APAC innovation ecosystems is an advantage.
Thanks,
Saghana Sithara
BusinessManager, Recruitment| Quess Selection & Services, Singapore
EA LicenseNumber: 23C2060 Registration ID is R1550224
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