Managing Innovation Strategist

Managing Innovation Strategist

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Job type

- Permanent

Location

London

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About the job you’re considering

You will work with our UK team in our innovation exchange in the heart of the city of London. At the AIE, you'll be part of a small team of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs.

You will work alongside clients, account execs, UX designers, full stack developers and product owners to ideate, experiment, and build rapid proof of concepts, MVPs and innovations for a range of clients leveraging the latest emerging technology.







Your primary role will be to work with the business in leading the shaping and selling our innovation products and services, going on to independently lead engagements which deliver value for our clients and the business.

You will have a passion for innovation and emerging technology and embrace working with new ideas and methods. You will be comfortable working in an ambitious, start-up style culture where you will play a part in our future strategy and growth and contribute to the development of the team through a number of internal projects

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including:
identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years,





and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Your Role

Sell Innovation:

- Ignite innovation conversations with clients through bringing to life the AIE vision, methodology, and case studies
- Scope innovation opportunities with account executives and clients
- Drive innovation within a specific sector, creating growth across the market
- Create proposals for innovation opportunities using structured thinking and storytelling to bring innovation opportunities to life for clients

Explore Innovation:

- Shape and deliver client ‘Discover’ workshops with clients around their business problems and emerging technology topics, using different facilitation and ideation techniques






- Craft and lead business cases to go alongside innovation value proposition – showcasing your commercial mindset
- Bring a passion to stay on top of business model, customer, and technology trends, participate in internal and external innovation communities, and mentor other members of the innovation consulting community
- Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organisation, and diversity

Create Innovation:

- Act as the product owner / innovation lead when working with our engineers, UX designers, and product owners to build, test, and implement innovation proof of concepts for clients, documenting outcomes and credentials for future use
- Experiment with new collaboration methodologies and tools,





using Design Sprints and AI enabled Design Thinking to accelerate innovative outcomes
- Work with clients to prove the commercial business case for an innovation opportunity, proving the business value, risks, and constraints for a given innovation

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini equity, diversity and inclusion is part of everyday life, and will be part of your working reality. We have built an inclusive and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience

- Experience of workshop facilitation (as a lead facilitator)
- Experience with direct line management
- Experience of methodologies including but not limited to Design Thinking, Open Innovation, Future Foresights, Lean Start-up
- Experience of business case creation






- Experience of client success management
- Experience of primary and secondary research techniques
- Experience of project management

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role you will need to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard checks.
There are no nationality or residency restrictions, although if you have resided outside of the UK within the last 3 years, further checks may be required.
There are other criteria and check required for BPSS, and throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

What does ‘Get The Future You Want' mean for you?







You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.
To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

You’ll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You’ll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.

Capgemini. Get The Future You Want.

Why you should consider Capgemin







Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy,





but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

▶️ Managing Innovation Strategist
🖊️ Capgemini
📍 London