Innovation Lead
Leads zero-to-one innovation at Celonis Labs by sourcing, validating, and championing disruptive B2B software ideas. The role requires startup product-building experience, technical literacy, strong customer discovery skills, and the ability to persuade executives in English and German.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Source and curate a pipeline of disruptive ideas, using first-principles thinking to identify high-potential opportunities and pitch them for activation as Labs projects.
- Pressure-test assumptions about market feedback, technical feasibility, and strategic fit to prune weak ideas or transition validated concepts into execution.
- Use AI capabilities and rapid mock-ups to turn abstract concepts into tangible, interactive experiences for executives and customers.
- Build relationships with decision-makers at Fortune 500 customers to create feedback loops, validate radical ideas, and shape disruptive concepts.
Requirements
- Hands-on startup experience and a proven record of building and launching B2B software products from scratch as a founder, co-founder, founder's associate, or intrapreneurial product manager.
- Ability to bring abstract concepts to life with cross-functional teams and rally teams behind a shared vision.
- Strong trend acumen and technical literacy, including empathy for software architecture.
- Comfort with radical ambiguity and unstructured, rapidly changing environments.
- Bias for action, high agency, and a demonstrated ability to create momentum.
- Exceptional communication and persuasion skills, including C-level relationship building in both English and German.
- Resilience and intellectual honesty, using data to test assumptions and treating customer feedback as a guide.
Compensation & Benefits
- Full-time employees receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and merit-based refresh grants.
- Inclusive parental leave: 24 weeks of fully paid leave for primary carers and 12 weeks for supporting carers.
- Unlimited PTO in applicable regions and generous PTO globally.
- Flexible hybrid work model.
- Learning framework, mentorship programs, and access to a dedicated learning platform.
- Subsidized Wellhub memberships, mental health counseling, and Wellness Weeks.
- Paid annual Impact Days for community and environmental volunteering.
- Inclusion Think Tank and annual Inclusion Days.
Skills
B2B Software, Product Management, Artificial Intelligence, Rapid Prototyping, Software Architecture, Market Research, Product Strategy, Customer Discovery, Startup Building
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