Innovation and Partnerships Role

Summary

Bottom-line focused Engineer with 13+ years of experience in Innovation, Design Thinking, New Ventures Incubation, Innovation Partnerships, M&A, Automotive R&D as well as Automotive Manufacturing.
Some highlights include ;-
- Took a business idea from paper idea stage to a fully executed USD 25 Million/year incremental revenue business.
- Hands-on with Qualitative (ethnography, design thinking, co-creation, focus groups) as well as Quantitative (Ipsos) market research.
- Developed and patented a technology critical for the launch of a different USD $25 Million/year business.
- Drove innovation partnerships with start-ups, universities, labs etc. to accelerate the go-to-market timing.
- Drove a portfolio of ~250 projects through the stage-gate new product introduction system.
- Worked 3 years on assembly line as a quality engineer earlier in the career, to win JDPower No.1 award for the company.
Worked for 10 years in the US, had to leave the US because of layoffs, currently in India.

Expectations

Looking for a job that utilizes my skills in automotive innovation, new business conception, technology development and in-market execution.

Employment Preferences

Expected Base Salary

**0,000 USD

Expected Hourly Rate

** USD/hr

Academic Degree

Experience

Skills

• Automotive
• Innovation
• Design Thinking
• OEM
• Strategy
• Business Case
• Ethnography
• Primary Research
• Secondary Research
• Partnerships
• Alliances
• Start-ups
• Technology
• NPV
• M&A