Director of Innovations

📍 Remote (USA)
🏢 Industry: Technology, AI & Advanced Digital Platforms

About the Role

We are a global, innovation-driven enterprise operating at the forefront of technology, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation. Our organization invests heavily in future-focused capabilities—emerging technologies, new business models, and breakthrough customer experiences that shape markets rather than follow them. Innovation is not a side initiative here; it is embedded into how we build, scale, and compete.

The Director of Innovations will catalyze enterprise-wide innovation, responsible for identifying disruptive opportunities, accelerating experimentation, and translating bold ideas into scalable business impact. This role bridges strategy, technology, and execution—partnering with senior leadership to ensure innovation is disciplined, measurable, and aligned with long-term growth objectives.

This position offers visibility, influence, and the mandate to challenge assumptions while building repeatable innovation engines across the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Innovation Strategy & Roadmap: Define and lead the enterprise innovation strategy, aligning emerging technologies and new concepts with business priorities.
• Opportunity Identification: Scout trends, technologies, startups, and market shifts to identify high-potential innovation opportunities.
• Experimentation & Incubation: Design and manage pilots, proofs of concept, and incubation programs from ideation through validation.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, Operations, and Commercial teams to move innovations toward scale.
• Innovation Governance: Establish frameworks for prioritization, funding, stage-gating, and measurement of innovation initiatives.
• Portfolio Management: Manage an innovation portfolio balancing near-term wins with long-term transformative bets.
• External Ecosystem Engagement: Build relationships with universities, startups, accelerators, and technology partners.
• Executive Communication: Present innovation insights, progress, and recommendations to senior leadership and strategy forums.

Job Qualifications and Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in innovation, digital transformation, strategy, or advanced product development roles.
• Proven track record of driving innovation initiatives within technology-led or large enterprise environments.
• Experience working with emerging technologies such as AI, automation, data platforms, or cloud ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of design thinking, agile experimentation, and lean innovation methodologies.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Experience in influencing without authority and leading initiatives across complex organizations.

Personal Capabilities and Qualifications

• Visionary thinker with strong commercial and execution instincts.
• Curious, adaptable, and comfortable operating in ambiguity.
• Strong storytelling skills to inspire, influence, and secure buy-in.
• An analytical mindset paired with creative problem-solving abilities.
• Resilient leader who can balance experimentation with accountability.
• Collaborative approach with the confidence to challenge the status quo.

Strategic Support

• Partner with the Chief Strategy Officer, CTO, and senior leadership to align innovation with enterprise growth goals.
• Support long-range strategic planning, transformation initiatives, and new venture exploration.
• Provide innovation insights for M&A evaluation, partnerships, and capability build-outs.
• Enable a culture of experimentation and learning across business units.
• Translate innovation outcomes into measurable business value.

Working Conditions

• Remote role with periodic travel for innovation workshops, leadership sessions, and external ecosystem engagement.
• Requires flexibility to collaborate across time zones and global teams.
• High-visibility role operating in a fast-moving, exploratory environment.
• Balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution.

Job Function

• Lead enterprise innovation strategy, experimentation, and incubation efforts.
• Drive discovery and development of new capabilities, products, and business models.
• Act as a connector between strategy, technology, and execution.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $204,000 – $309,000
• Performance Bonus: Annual incentive tied to innovation outcomes and strategic impact
• Long-Term Incentives: Equity or long-term incentive eligibility
• Comprehensive Benefits Package:
  • Premium medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Retirement and financial planning programs
  • Paid time off and wellness benefits
  • Learning, development, and innovation conference support

Why Join Us

• Innovation with Authority: Lead initiatives that influence enterprise strategy, not side projects.
• Executive Visibility: Direct engagement with senior leadership and decision-makers.
• Future-Focused Mandate: Work on technologies and ideas that shape long-term growth.
• Scale & Impact: Turn bold ideas into solutions that reach global markets.
• Remote-First Flexibility: Autonomy paired with meaningful responsibility.
• Career Legacy: Build sustainable innovation engines that outlast individual projects.