VP, Chief Innovation Officer

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Job Summary

Job Description

Role Overview
The Senior Director R&D owns the enterprise R&D strategy governance and performance across innovation product development and technology exploration. The role balances strategic direction with execution oversight to ensure resources are focused on highvalue opportunities and that development programs deliver timely highquality outcomes.
This position leads directors managers and senior technical leaders and serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on innovation priorities technology roadmaps and portfolio investment decisions.

Key Responsibilities
R&D Strategy & Innovation Leadership

Define and own the enterprise R&D and innovation strategy aligned with business objectives
Establish multiyear technology and product development roadmaps
Ensure R&D priorities balance nearterm delivery with longterm innovation

Product & Technology Development

Oversee development of new products platforms and technologies
Ensure disciplined execution of development programs from concept through launch
Promote design for quality scalability manufacturability and sustainability

Portfolio Management & Investment Prioritization

Lead governance of the R&D portfolio including prioritization and resource allocation
Evaluate technical feasibility market potential risk and ROI of initiatives
Ensure effective decisionmaking across stagegate or development lifecycle processes

Innovation Pipeline & Market Alignment

Foster ideation experimentation and exploration of emerging technologies
Partner with Marketing and Business Development to align innovation with customer needs
Monitor market and technology trends to inform innovation direction

Technical Excellence & Standards

Establish R&D standards methodologies and best practices
Ensure rigorous technical reviews validation and verification processes
Promote knowledge sharing and reuse of platforms and technologies

CrossFunctional Product Realization

Collaborate with Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Quality Regulatory and Operations
Ensure smooth transition of designs from R&D to manufacturing and commercialization
Support product launches and postlaunch performance monitoring

People Leadership & Capability Development

Lead and develop a highperforming R&D organization
Build capability in research product development and innovation leadership
Establish organizational structures performance expectations and succession plans

External Collaboration & Ecosystem Engagement

Build relationships with universities research institutions suppliers and partners
Support open innovation partnerships and external research initiatives as appropriate
Evaluate opportunities for collaboration to accelerate innovation

Senior Leadership Collaboration & Communication

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on innovation strategy and technology risk
Communicate R&D performance progress and roadmap to senior leadership forums
Provide thought leadership on innovation culture and longterm technical direction


Qualifications
Education & Experience

Bachelors degree in Engineering Science or related technical field required
Masters degree or PhD (or MBA with strong technical background) strongly preferred
Typically 1215 years of progressive experience in R&D engineering or product development roles
Demonstrated experience leading enterpriselevel R&D or innovation organizations

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

Deep technical expertise and understanding of product and technology development
Strong strategic planning portfolio management and innovation leadership skills
Proven senior leadership and people development capability
Ability to influence and align crossfunctional and geographically dispersed leaders
Strong analytical decisionmaking and riskmanagement skills
Clear communication judgment and changeleadership capability

Additional Job Details

Management M5

Organizational Impact
Establishes operational initiatives that significantly influence the mid- to long-term success and performance of the overall business unit department and/or job family group
Leads the implementation of strategies set forth by executive leadership ensuring alignment with functional or business unit objectives
Develops and oversees strategic operational plans for the department and/or job family group focusing on mid-term outcomes (e.g. 3 years)
Has a substantial level of accountability for organizational resources and influences high-level business decisions made by executive leadership
Typically accountable for significant revenue generation and/or expenditures across major organizational areas with a high degree of autonomy and decision-making authority
Communication & Influence
Communicates regularly with parties within and outside of job family group department or business unit may include external clients or vendors
Works to drive influence and consensus among diverse groups advocating for the organizations vision and strategic initiatives while communicating complex concepts and practices to executive leadership on matters of critical importance to the organization
Regularly conducts briefings and presentations with executive leadership and is sometimes required to negotiate and resolve operational challenges that impact strategic direction
Innovation & Complexity
Responsible for improving upon entire processes systems or products to enhance performance of business unit and/or job family group
Addresses a wide array of complex and ambiguous challenges often involving multifaceted issues where information is scarce and difficult to ascertain
Problems are frequently complex and impact multiple business units and/or job family groups
Solutions are developed through leveraging expertise strategic analysis and innovative thinking drawing on a deep understanding of industry trends and organizational dynamics

Leadership & Talent Management
Oversees multiple departments or job families managing a large diverse team of leaders who supervise various sub-teams
Responsible for developing and implementing strategic workforce and talent management plans to ensure alignment with business objectives and the availability of high-caliber talent
Typically has hiring firing promotion and reward authority within own area in accordance with Corporate Guidelines
Knowledge & Experience
Requires proficient management and leadership acumen to spearhead complex cross-functional project teams and drive initiatives across multiple departments and job family groups
Exhibits a high level of mastery in a specialized technical domain or possesses extensive expertise across a wide range of interrelated disciplines enabling strategic decision-making and innovation
Typically requires an advanced degree or equivalent professional certification along with a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age gender gender identity sexual orientation race color genetic information religious creed national origin physical or mental disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant please visit the following website: Shift Schedule

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.