Sr. Innovation Manager
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Job Location:
Washington, AR - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 112000 - 130000
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Background
The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1876 and chartered by the U.S. Congress. ACS is committed to improving all lives through the transforming power of chemistry. Our mission is to advance scientific knowledge empower a global community and champion scientific integrity. Our vision is a world built on science.
There are two major operating locations with approximately 1850 addition the ACS has a representative foreign office in China and several field representatives throughout Europe and Asia who promote the use of ACS programs products and services. A dozen field offices in the United States and abroad also serve as news gathering centers for Chemical & Engineering News the monthly ACS magazine. Global operations are managed through ACSI Ltd. The Societys annual operating revenue is approximately $800M.
The Societys membership is composed of individuals of widely diversified interests and objectives ranging from undergraduate students in the chemical sciences to the highly experienced chemical professionals in industry academia government and elsewhere. The Society has over 180 local sections and over thirty technical divisions as well as student chapters and international chapters.
Position Summary
Under the Societys Business Strategy and Operations (BSO) unit the Research and Innovation (R&I) department serves as stewards of the Societys research and innovation efforts across functional areas such as Membership Education and Career Development Science Research & Sustainability and Meetings & Expositions among others. The R&I department advises on defining what we want to learn or solve; gathers relevant data from internal systems new research or external sources; and uses qualitative and quantitative data analysis to generate insights that drive and validate decisions and identify trends. The department also leads the Society Units innovation governance strategy and implementation.
Reporting to the R&I Director the Senior Innovation Manager will lead the execution of innovation initiatives aligned with ACSs strategic priorities and mission. This role is pivotal to developing and maintaining innovation governance frameworks advising and supporting pilot programs and guiding the Society Units on when and how to scale programs products and services for optimal impact. This role will design implement and enhance innovation governance frameworks to assess prioritize and manage initiatives across ACS portfolios.
Position Responsibilities
- Establish clear decision rights and processes to ensure alignment between innovation efforts ACS strategy and stakeholder needs.
- Facilitate portfolio reviews and stage gates setting and tracking metrics (e.g. desirability feasibility viability impact) to guide go/no-go decisions.
- Cultivate a culture of continuous innovation championing high-impact opportunities and embedding best practices across teams.
- Guide the development launch and evaluation of pilot programs ensuring pilots are structured to generate meaningful insights and business value.
- Run cross-functional experimentation cycles (hypothesis setting test design customer research prototype/MVP builds learning reviews) to de-risk before scale.
- Collect and synthesize customer and member feedback with partners to refine initiatives pre-scale.
- Develop scale-up playbooks (business cases operational readiness change management resourcing plans and KPIs) to guide transitions from pilot to execution.
- Advise executive stakeholders on investment priorities risk management and expected outcomes; prepare materials for governance bodies and senior leadership.
- Track and report innovation portfolio performance including learning outcomes impact metrics and recommendations to start stop or scale.
This role is based in our Washington D.C. office. A reasonable rate of compensation for this position is between $112000-$130000 per year.
ACS currently provides the following benefits for this position: paid vacation leave paid sick leave paid holidays health insurance flexible spending account or health care savings account dental insurance life insurance vision insurance retirement benefits short- and long-term disability and 4-week work from anywhere; each benefit is subject to the terms of the applicable program. Additional benefits may apply based on skills experience and location.
Any actual offer of employment reflecting the total compensation package and benefits will be made in the sole discretion of ACS. ACS reserves the right to amend or modify its employment benefits and compensation structure at any time.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Restaurant Experience
- Customer Service
- Employee Evaluation
- Management Experience
- Math
- Employment & Labor Law
- Sanitation
- Leadership Experience
- P&L Management
- Mentoring
- Supervising Experience
- Restaurant Management
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