Innovation Manager

What does he do?

Companies often rely on conflicting and dysfunctional processes that can make successful innovation difficult. Addressing these challenges and finding ways to overcome them is one of IM’s skills. Good communicators and empathetic people, they also need to understand deeply the business, including how day-to-day work is carried out in the company and the technologies used. Innovation means introducing something new, bringing about change (in a good way), both at the level of individual innovation and advance of the whole company. The second essential set of skills is to be good at managing projects and change (project management and change management). While there are some differences, these two competencies are ultimately very similar: both require good planning and communication, as well as managing different stakeholders and their expectations. Additionally, it is essential to manage programs and identify potential challenges and obstacles and lead the way to overcoming them.