Job Description

Innovative Business Opportunity (IBO) Manager - ( 220003YF )

Description

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that accomplishes operational excellence. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our 26,000 team members in over 400 locations worldwide are vital to making our Company stronger.

Your Opportunity

The Innovation Office is currently seeking an Innovative Business Opportunity (IBO) Manager to join our team. The role of an IBO Manager will be to manage an IBO portfolio and be an active member of the Innovation Office management team.

Your Key Responsibilities

Identification of IBO candidates

• Work with the Creativity and Ideation Director to identify funded projects that are, individually or as a bundle, good candidates for an IBO
• Take a lead role in the evaluation of IBO candidates and the C-Suite application for the creation of an IBO
• Take a lead role in preparing an IBO candidate team for Blue Ocean Strategy sessions and assist in moderating the sessions

Oversee the operation of a portfolio of IBO's

• Provide direction and assist in hiring/assigning the leadership team for the IBO's in your portfolio
• Assist the IBO leadership team in the preparation and annual update of IBO Business Plans
• Help lead the creation and support the IBO leadership in achieving the IBO KPI's
• Ensure the creation and update of 4-blocker diagrams for each IBO
• Actively participate on IBO operation and M&BD as required including supporting strong internal channel partnerships
• Supervise the creation and maintenance of IBO Pipeline tracking
• Review monthly financials, identify issues and concerns and assist the IBO leadership team in resolving any financial issues to remain on budget.
• Review and approve IBO hiring and offer requests
• Lead regular IBO leadership meetings
• Assist in the creation of IBO Steering Committees and chair Steer Co. meetings
• Provide IBO updates at bi-weekly Innovation Office meetings as requested
• Prepare quarterly IBO update summaries for inclusion in board reports
• Communicate and coordinate BOU support/integration with the respective IL(s) and BOUL(s)
• With the assistance of the IBO Director, lead the IBO graduation process

Innovation Office leadership

• Participate in leadership discussions regarding the vision for/direction of the Innovation Office
• Lead activities/presentations/workshops for Stantec BOU leaders to promote innovation internally
• Assist the IBO Director with external innovation content including, but not limited to articles, press releases, videos and social media content.
• Assist in the selection of Innovation Summit presentations and provide coaching to presenters as required
• Support the assessment and selection of Idea Machine submissions for funding as requested

Be a pragmatic blue ocean thinker that helps to future proof Stantec from market changes and disruptions.

• Must demonstrate understanding of what creates a sustainable competitive advantage.
• Provide thought leadership to the Office that balances futurism with reasonable return on investment advice.

Stay current on state-of-the-science technology development associated with Stantec services and offering. Enlist in Stantec's e-library with a focused peer-reviewed literature feed.

Be an innovation ambassador within Stantec, increase the visibility of our innovations and creativity in the internal Stantec and external design community for the purposes of staff recruitment and retention.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree is required.

Minimum of 10 years of design, engineering, planning, leadership, and business development experience.

As part of your application, please include a 500-word narrative on how you will execute on and prioritize implementing the role and responsibilities as shown in the above posting.

Stantec offers a flexible, remote work environment and we are open for this role to be based in any Stantec office across North America.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Primary Location : Canada-Alberta-Calgary

Other Locations : Canada-Saskatchewan-Regina, Canada-Nova Scotia-Dartmouth, Canada-Manitoba-Winnipeg, Canada-British Columbia-Vancouver, Canada-Ontario-Toronto, Canada-British Columbia-Victoria, Canada-Alberta-Edmonton, Canada-Quebec-Montreal, Canada-Ontario-Waterloo

Organization : BC-1298 Innovation-Canada

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Nov 17, 2022, 11:58:06 AM

Req ID: 220003YF

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