Head of Beijing Innovation Center

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Job Responsibilities:
Formulates and implements a long-term vision and strategy to maximize future business value aligning with current and future customer needs and contributes to cross-organizational innovation projects.
Oversees departmental capabilities ensuring a long-term focus on necessary competences and knowledge for new technology introduction while also overseeing resource allocation technology and architectural responsibilities.
Cultivates an engaged innovative and inspiring work environment by motivating challenging and coaching employees fostering innovation entrepreneurship and engagement.
Provides guidance and oversight to ensure exceptional project execution by continually enhancing project management practices aiming to exceed customer expectations consistently.
Collaborates with relevant parties outside the department formulating strategies/project proposals across departmental borders establishing networks with scientific and business entities to gather input on technological advancements and trends.
Harnesses in-depth customer insights to drive informed decision-making and effective strategy implementation ensuring alignment with customer needs and market dynamics.
Takes the lead in driving data-driven decision-making processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across operational functions leveraging analytics and metrics to optimize performance and drive continuous improvement.
Plays a role in formulating parts of the product development policy and manages a software or hardware development group integrating development processes with industrial marketing or purchasing processes.
Guides the development of systems/products and technology roadmap optimizes competencies against product development projects and product creation process within organizational and market dynamics.
Leads succession planning and comprehensive talent management driving employee selection performance management compensation management and career development in alignment with organizational operational goals.

Minimum required Education:
Bachelors / Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computer Science Engineering Innovation Business or equivalent.

Minimum required Experience:
Minimum 8 years of experience with Bachelors OR Minimum 6 years of experience with Masters in areas such as Manufacturing Production Engineering Management System Design R&D or equivalent.

Minimum required Certification:
N/A

Preferred Education:
N/A

Preferred Experience:
N/A

Preferred Certification:
Lean Six Sigma or equivalent

Preferred Skills:
Hardware Engineering
Operational Excellence Methodologies
Strategic Planning
Project Management
Budget Management
People Management
Product Development Lifecycle Management
Systems Engineering
Business Acumen
Configuration Management (CM)
Stakeholder Management
Operations Management
Change Management

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