Senior Innovation Project Management Professional

Role Overview

• Operationalize open innovation offerings, ensuring each product (e.g. innovation startup challenges, venture‑clienting, entrepreneurial activities, etc.) is delivered consistently and professionally.
• Manage end‑to‑end project execution for innovation activities: planning, timeline control, reporting, stakeholder alignment, risk identification, and delivery quality.
• Run global startup challenges: coordinate scouting inputs, manage submissions, prepare evaluation committees, track funnel conversion, and ensure smooth communication with startups and internal sponsors.
• Drive open innovation projects: organize exploration calls, facilitate problem‑statement definition, schedule experiments or pilots, and ensure evidence and learnings are captured.
• Plan and deliver high‑quality events and sessions such as ideation workshops, innovation sprints, customer co‑creation sessions, and webinars — ensuring readiness of speakers, materials, logistics, and communications.
• Translate product blueprints into execution plans with clear milestones, roles, and deliverables.
• Ensure reporting and transparency by tracking KPIs, progress, outcomes, and risks — connecting closely with product governance standards defined in the Open Innovation architecture.
• Be the “glue” across teams, connecting Innovation Operations and Technology, with R&D, Product Management, and business sponsors.
• Continuously improve delivery quality by documenting lessons learned, proposing enhancements to playbooks, templates, and toolkits.
• Represent the innovation program externally when engaging with startups, universities, incubators, and partners.

Requirements

• Degree in Innovation Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3–6 years’ experience in project management, innovation operations, startup programs, consulting, or coordinating cross‑functional activities.
• Practical, hands‑on experience in delivering innovation activities (startup challenges, pilots, workshops, events) is a strong plus and highly valued, we are looking for someone who enjoys driving real execution and seeing tangible outcomes.
• Experience running innovation challenges, hackathons, accelerators, venture‑clienting pilots, or hands‑on ecosystem engagement is a strong plus.
• Strong organizational and execution skills, you enjoy planning and delivering end‑to‑end projects with clarity and discipline.
• Ability to drive structure, priorities, and alignment in complex, global, matrixed environments.
• Skilled communicator who is comfortable interacting with startups, engineers, executives, and cross‑regional teams.
• Practical problem‑solver with a “get‑things‑done” mindset — you move from idea to execution rapidly.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once under tight deadlines.
• Passion for open innovation, startup collaboration, and accelerating impactful ideas.

Benefits

• Collective agreement
• Flexible working hours
• Health care and wellness allowance
• Fantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy, both within Sweden and globally
• Various training and education supporting employee development
• Diversified company with over 70+ nationalities working in Sweden
• Supplementary compensation for parental leave
• Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks