Product Innovation Manager

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🇳🇱 Netherlands – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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IMI Norgren

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1919

🚘 Automotive

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

Automotive • Food & Beverage • Healthcare

IMI Norgren is an integral part of the IMI brand uniting with Bimba and Bahr to offer advanced solutions in the industrial automation sector. The company is dedicated to improving speed, productivity, reliability, and efficiency across various industries by providing high-performance products such as pneumatic and electric motion control systems, pressure switches, valves, actuators, and more. With a focus on sustainable initiatives and a strong foundation in breakthrough engineering, IMI Norgren aids in creating smarter, safer, and more productive industrial processes with extensive service offerings and a powerful distribution network. By integrating sustainable and cutting-edge technologies, IMI Norgren supports industries like packaging, rail, food and beverage, and more in their automation and motion control technology needs.

📋 Description

• Lead innovation sprints from opportunity discovery through customer and market validation • Apply Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and experimentation methodologies to test ideas and develop MVPs • Drive evidence-based Go/Pivot/Stop decisions and present recommendations to leadership • Facilitate workshops, hackathons, design sprints, and co-creation sessions across the business • Personally lead multiple sprints per year from discovery to Go/Pivot/Stop decision • Promote a practical test-and-learn culture throughout the organization • Build relationships across sectors, functions, and regions • Connect teams with internal and external experts to accelerate innovation • Act as a Growth Hub ambassador through showcases, pitch events, and leadership forums • Report to the Growth Hub Director and transfer validated opportunities to relevant sector teams for scaling

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Innovation, Design, Technology, or a related field • 4-8 years of experience in innovation consulting, venture building, growth strategy, business transformation, startups, or innovation-focused corporate roles • Proven experience leading innovation sprints, customer discovery, MVP validation, and cross-functional workshops • Experience in B2B environments is preferred • Exposure to industrial, automation, manufacturing, or technology sectors is an advantage • Strong practitioner of Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Agile, customer discovery, and rapid experimentation • Excellent facilitation skills and ability to influence stakeholders at all levels • Ability to use data and evidence to test assumptions and drive decisions • Strong relationship-building skills across the organization • Fluency with AI tools and rapid prototyping solutions

🏖️ Benefits

• Inclusive employer with a stated commitment to diversity • Opportunity to work with senior leaders, experts, and innovators across the organization • Opportunity to help shape innovation within Process Automation • Opportunity to build innovation capability and turn ideas into future businesses