InnoCentive Seeks Experienced Innovation Consultants

Founded in 2001, InnoCentive built the first global web community for open innovation, enabling scientists, engineers, professionals and entrepreneurs to collaborate to deliver breakthrough solutions for R&D-driven organizations. InnoCentive Seekers, who collectively spend billions of dollars on R&D, submit complex problems to the InnoCentive Marketplace where 180,000 engineers, scientists, inventors, business people, and research organizations in more than 200 countries are invited to solve them. Solvers who deliver the most innovative solutions receive financial awards ranging up to US$1,000,000. InnoCentive’s Seekers include commercial, government and non-profit organizations such as Avery Dennison, SAP, Procter & Gamble, Pendulum, Eli Lilly, Janssen, SCA, Solvay and The Rockefeller Foundation.

For several years, InnoCentive has offered client services that are tightly coupled with their Marketplace and @Work solutions. InnoCentive is now offering clients strategic innovation consulting services, with the goal of making innovation repeatable and predictable.

Reporting to the Vice President of Strategic Consulting, this individual will be responsible for helping InnoCentive’s Global 1000 clients create a pervasive innovation mindset. In addition to direct client work, the selected candidates will participate in sales efforts and methodology creation. The selected candidate must be comfortable interacting with senior management and must have deep experience in creating cultures of innovation.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Delivering innovation consulting to several clients at the same time. Our unique “catalyst” model reduces the amount of time spent with any one client while improving results.
• Participating in sales activities of the company. Although this involves some lead generation (no cold calling), most leads will be generated by a dedicated sales team. The consultant’s primary sales role is focused on proposal development.
• Creating intellectual property and methodologies that will help the consulting team be more effective and ensure consistency of delivery.
• Working closely with other functions in the Company (Client Services, Marketing) to achieve goals
• Minimum expected travel required is 40%; more may be required.

The successful candidate must possess:

• Proven experience as an innovation expert either from within a company or as an external consultant. The ideal individual will have had both line innovation responsibilities as well as consulting experience.
• Minimum 10 years experience leading large scale innovation within all areas of an organization. Ideally this is not limited to just product development or R&D.
• An interest in working with a small entrepreneurial company that is dedicated to changing the world…one challenge at a time.
• BA or BS degree
• All Visas required for working in the United States. Although the candidate must live in the United States, no relocation is required.

* We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package and encourage you to visit our website. To apply, please submit credentials to: steve@24-7innovation.com. EOE.