Innovation Lead, Operations Development

Are you that person who usually asks a lot of the questions? Do you see possibilities in a disruptive and ever-changing world? Are you a visionary with a holistic and long-term perspective? With a curious mindset and eagerness to learn new stuff? Maybe you even have a solid track record of creating actual change through innovation? Then keep on reading because you might be the one we're looking for. And WE might be the ones that YOU are looking for.

What is this?
As an Innovation Lead at Operations Development, you will have the responsibility of leading innovations, from a fluffy idea to something solid that we test and evaluate. At Axis innovation is central and most often connected to our products and services. This role is different! You will work with organizational innovation i.e., concepting new technologies, workways and methods to pave the way for managing Operations future challenges.

You will report to the Director of Operations Development but have a dotted line to the Innovation Lab Manager in our Operations Development team. Daily work will be done in close collaboration with Innovation Lab Manager.

What will you do? Are you the one we are looking for?
We are looking for someone with an engineering education, most likely from Industrial Engineering & Management, Innovation Management, or a similar background. Your studies were probably focused on Supply Chain Management with good academic results, and you have at least 5 years professional experience of Project Management in an innovative context. You are ambitious and social - teamwork and collaboration are essential in the role as Innovation Leader. In addition, you need to have the ability to inspire others and paint the bigger picture.

The role has three areas of responsibilities (roughly!):

* Lead new innovations from definition to prototyping, testing and evaluation. The best ideas will need to be prepared for handover. A typical innovation team consist of 3-5 experts, dreamers, and doers.
* Find new ideas in our organization through workshops, lectures and by "being out there".
* Bring new ideas through innovation scouting. Find out what's the latest (and sometimes greatest) through benchmark, external networking and reading lots of relevant publications.

To be successful you need to have a strong drive and the ability to work independently. You thrive in an environment where you plan your own activities and take responsibility for the result. Most of the ideas will not drop down on your feet but will need some digging to be found. Strong communication skills in English is an absolute requirement. You enjoy holding creative workshops and have previous experience of innovation management methodologies such as design thinking. It will certainly be an advantage if you have driven change in a cross organizational context of Axis' size before. Since we are a truly global company some international travelling must be expected.

What´s in it for you?
At Axis, we strive for a smarter, safer world. We thrive in a friendly, open and collaborative environment that welcomes and embraces new perspectives, making the complex simple and creating industry-leading, cutting-edge solutions.

Yes, we might be a little biased, but working at Axis is indeed a privilege. We are surrounded by great colleagues, and our culture is characterized by openness, curiosity, trust, and honesty. At Operations Development you will share experiences and support from a group of senior colleagues within Project Management, Business Analytics, Systems Management, and off course Innovation. A great environment for inspiration and learning!

We care about your individual progress and about you as a person. While we love what we do and work hard during office hours, we also value other things in life: our bike parking tends to be quite empty after five o'clock.

In this role you will get the possibility to create actual change through innovation. You will test technologies, workways and methodologies that are completely new to Axis and Operations and by that playing an important role for Operations' future. Does this spark your interest? If yes, apply now!

Don´t take our words for granted - Come and interview us!
Axis is an open, conscious, and engaged company. This is reflected in our recruitment process: it is probably slightly different than what you have heard of before. This is important, remember that you have an equal role in this process, and that you need to build your perception of future colleagues, manager, and our company culture. Make sure that you have spent some time before your interview to find out what you would like to know when we meet. Remember that you are interviewing us as much as we are interviewing you!
Do you have any questions? Please find out more from Anders Drott, Operations Innovation Lab Manager, at +46 46 272 18 00.