Strategic Business Innovation Lead

Assignment description We are looking for an experienced Strategic Business Innovation Lead to accelerate strategic innovation initiatives at the intersection of business strategy, product development, data, architecture and emerging technology, with a particular focus on agentic AI. The role is aimed at strengthening the organization’s ability to move from strategic intent to decision-ready and implementable initiatives. Working across products and business areas, you will facilitate discovery together with Product Owners, business stakeholders, architects and delivery teams, and translate strategic opportunities into hypotheses, business cases, initiative definitions and implementation options. You will identify dependencies related to shared platforms, machine and customer data, integrations, security, governance and organization. A key part of the assignment is to establish reusable approaches and help ensure that isolated experiments do not become disconnected solutions. The role also includes coordinating approved experiments and pilots, including scope, success criteria, stakeholder alignment and value measurement. You will project-manage approved cross-functional implementations, maintaining the overall plan and coordinating teams, dependencies, risks, budgets, decision points, pilots, rollout and benefits realization. You will prepare decision-ready material for the Product Owner and Program Management Team, and ensure that implemented and validated initiatives are transitioned into normal product operations under the appropriate Product Owner and delivery team. The role reports to the Head of Tech Ecommerce Portal and supports the Product Owner, without assuming product ownership. The Product Owner remains accountable for product vision, roadmap, backlog prioritization, delivery sequencing and product scope decisions. Qualifications: You have a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science or a related field. You have 8+ years of relevant experience from strategic innovation, product strategy, business development, management consulting or similar roles. You are experienced in taking complex opportunities from early discovery through business case, experiment, implementation and transition into operations. You have strong project and program management experience involving multiple delivery teams and business stakeholders. You are skilled in developing hypotheses, business cases, implementation options, success criteria and value-measurement frameworks. You have a strong understanding of digital product development, product ownership, customer research, security, compliance and legal requirements connected to delivery and governance. You are able to explain complex business and technical dependencies clearly to senior decision-makers. You are experienced in facilitating workshops and coordinating cross-functional teams. You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.