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Job Title:    Manager – Corporate
Innovation Services

Organisation: Innovation
Village

Duty Station: 
Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The Innovation
Village is a destination entrepreneurs call home. We believe that every idea
that could transform society should be given an opportunity to see what that
idea could become. Have you ever considered a career working with startups?
Startup culture is high energy, your ticket to being a problem solver, attracts
the best minds around and lets you fast-track your career with high-growth
teams. Startup culture gives you the flexibility to explore emerging
technologies and test your limits along the way.

We enable
organisations to work with entrepreneurs, capture new value from
digital—creating products, experiences, and businesses. We bring together a
community where people can design, prototype, test, scale and launch
imaginative and solutions to big challenges – together.

Innovation as a
Service (IaaS) leverages innovation as a key driver for growth and unlock
opportunities with different ecosystem players to solve pressing socio-economic
challenges in a disruptive and scalable manner. 
We do so by adopting co-creation approaches, customizing technology
solutions and establishing strategic partnerships.

Can you initiate,
successfully lead and timely execute innovation projects for partners, clients
and sponsors spanning across different sectors? If yes, then this is for
YOU! 

We tirelessly work
to create/ add value for the corporate sector and you will need to oversee the
team’s daily tasks to ensure we are meeting our deliverables. You need to be
“switched on” to the vast opportunities and understand the priorities or
concerns within the ecosystem.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Design

·        
Design
and lead delivery of custom engagements and associated outputs, taking ownership
of day-to-day client management and the development of high-quality client
deliverables and recommendations.

·        
Coordinate
and provide support on overall innovation strategy/action plan, including
formulation, design, planning and implementation.

Customer Facing

·        
Support
all phases of customer engagements, from the strategy definition process and
development across activities and programs to post execution activities
including investment.

·        
Encourage
a collaborative, high-performing culture with a focus on customer satisfaction.

·        
Define
project schedules, allocate resources and monitor progress, align project
objectives with company goals, and make sure project team is clear on
objectives, deliver and install technology solutions.

·        
Identify
growth opportunities, forge and develop relationships to enable continued rapid
growth.

·        
Continue
to refine the companies’ value proposition and target segment.

Startup Facing

·        
Assist
entrepreneurs in market and commercialization planning, prototype design, and
production.

·        
Develop
symbiotic relationship between entrepreneurs/innovators and industry actors, by
developing a pipeline that can connect the different actors.

·        
Perform
due diligence on start-up team strengths, market size, technology, and business
model

Ecosystem Building

·        
Assist
with planning and delivering internal events to continuously engage with the
ecosystem

·        
Organise
innovation program events including kick-off, pilot strategy sessions, and
demo-days including resources to deliver on innovation projects such as mentors,
facilitators, guest speakers, investors, sponsors and partners.

·        
Gather
client and stakeholder feedback to constantly iterate and improve activities

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

·        
The
ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business
related field (MBA/Masters Degree is a plus)

·        
Two to
three years of Project management and business operations experience

·        
Highly
proficient in MS Office and G-Suite

·        
Must
have strong written communication and public speaking skills

·        
Exceptional
organizational and multitasking skills

·        
Demonstrate
integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, self-awareness, work
ethic, and empathy

·        
Passion
and understanding of entrepreneurial communities

·        
Ability
to collaborate and work effectively on a team is critical.

·        
Additional
Information

General

·        
You are
bold, appreciate direct and open conversation and collaborate freely with your
supervisor

·        
You
value freedom, actively drive your work and department and enjoy taking
initiative to suggest and won improvement and change projects

·        
You
easily fit into a youthful and informal work culture

·        
You are
collaborative and know to listen to other’s point of view finding common
ground.

How to Apply:

All candidates who
wish to join us in the aforementioned capacity should apply online at the link
below.

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