Innovation Technical Manager

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Position Overview

At Shaw the Corporate Innovation team collaborates with business partners toidentify opportunities for value creationby seeing whats nextexploring new materials technologies and experiences that shape the future of flooring and beyond. Weinform and influence business decisions and strategy including strategic risk-taking while embedding innovation processes and best practices across the organization.

As an Innovation Technical Manager II you will take on greater ownership of technical discovery prototyping and experimentation. You will independently lead portions of innovation projects translate early-stage ideas into tangible prototypes and coordinate cross-functional teams to validate desirability feasibility and viability. You will help accelerate early-stage innovation work and strengthen Shaws ability to test learn and bring forward new opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively scans evaluates and translates emerging technologies into potential innovation platforms and competitive opportunities collaborating with cross-functional partners to prioritize feasibility and strategic fit.

• Develop low-fidelity prototypes using tools and technologies at the Shaw Makerspace to help teams visualize and test new concepts.

• Coordinate with Shaw manufacturing facilities to schedule and execute small-scale trials and material experiments.

• Design and run technical experiments to validate assumptions explore manufacturability and gather early performance data.

• Establish clear learning goals timelines and success criteria for assigned project workstreams.

• Manage day-to-day execution of innovation projects and independently lead defined portions of the work.

• Facilitate collaboration across R&D Design Manufacturing Supply Chain Marketing and external partners.

• Capture learnings document technical results and synthesize insights for project teams and leadership.

• Apply innovation frameworks such as Stage-Gate Design Thinking Lean Startup and Jobs-to-Be-Done to guide experimentation and iteration.

• Assist in guiding ideation sessions and problem-framing workshops that support early-stage discovery.

• Prepare project updates dashboards and summaries to communicate status insights and recommendations.

• Provide mentorship and hands-on support to Innovation Technical Manager I roles and interns.

• Contribute to building innovation tools templates and best practices that improve team effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Design Business or a related field; advanced technical training preferred.

• 35 years of experience in innovation product development engineering R&D or a similar function.

• Experience with prototyping pilot trials or technical experimentation.

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to independently manage multiple priorities.

• Solid communication and interpersonal skills; able to collaborate across diverse teams.

• Curiosity and a growth mindset; ability to quickly learn new tools materials and technologies.

• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 Smartsheet Adobe Suite CAD tools or maker space technologies.

Success in this Role Looks Like

• You independently lead workstreams that meaningfully advance innovation projects.

• You rapidly prototype to help teams visualize possibilities and accelerate decision-making.

• Experiments you design generate credible learnings that reduce risk and clarify pathways.

• Stakeholders trust your ability to coordinate teams manage timelines and keep work moving.

• You demonstrate growing leadershipmentoring junior team members and taking on more strategic ownership.

• You contribute to Shaws mission of creating a better future through smarter more sustainable innovations.

Shaw Competencies:

• Create Strategic Plan

• Drive Results

• Drive Innovation

• Build Trusting Relationships

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