Senior Innovation Manager

Senior Innovation Manager – WIK Group

We are looking for a Senior Innovation Manager to strengthen our innovation capability and drive strategic initiatives across the company. In this role, you will help shape the future of our kitchen and personal care products, contribute to our sustainability ambitions, and ensure that emerging technologies and business opportunities are evaluated and converted into impactful innovations.

What You Will Do

• Manage and steer the innovation portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategy and sustainability goals.
• Facilitate cross‑functional ideation, co‑creation, and concept development activities.
• Lead technology foresight efforts, assess emerging trends, and translate insights into technology and product roadmaps.
• Drive scouting activities and evaluate external technologies, partners, and opportunities.
• Support and challenge innovation and project teams through structured methods and clear decision frameworks (e.g., Stage‑Gate, Lean Startup).
• Contribute to business‑model innovation and strategic opportunity shaping.
• Provide thought leadership, coaching, and methodological guidance within the innovation team.
• Lead projects and act as a technical and methodological authority without having direct personnel responsibility.

Your Profile

What You Bring:

• 5+ years of experience in innovation management or technology management, ideally with exposure to both R&D and manufacturing environments.
• Strong capabilities in innovation methodologies such as technology foresight, innovation portfolio management, business model innovation, Stage‑Gate, and Lean Startup.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across all hierarchical levels and disciplines.
• Strong affinity for technical domains and emerging technologies.
• A proactive, open‑minded personality with the ability to work independently and guide others.
• A strategic yet hands‑on mindset that connects long‑term thinking with real execution.
• Excellent English skills (must‑have); German and another language is beneficial.

Why Us?

At WIK Group, you will find a work environment that is driven by innovation, teamwork and a steadfast belief in the importance of sustainability. We offer a dynamic team dedicated to developing cutting‑edge technologies, 30 days of vacation, meaningful international collaboration with opportunities to travel to our global sites, and the chance to make a real impact on sustainability as part of a forward‑thinking team.

Recruitment begins in January 2026 due to Christmas holidays.