Innovation & Strategic Programmes Manager

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At Ayvens, we have an opening for an Experienced Innovation & Strategic Programmes Manager.

As our new Experienced Innovation & Strategic Programmes Manager, you will play a leading role in shaping the future of mobility. Working within the Innovation & Strategic Programmes Team, you will drive innovation initiatives across the Group, identify new growth and margin opportunities, and help accelerate the adoption of emerging mobility solutions. With an immediate focus on electrification, charging, connected vehicles, autonomous mobility, and robotaxi, you will transform market insights into scalable business opportunities and support the development of a future-ready mobility ecosystem.

Defining and driving the innovation roadmap by monitoring mobility trends, identifying market opportunities, country best practices and providing strategic recommendations to senior leadership.

Leading innovation acceleration initiatives by identifying successful local innovations, supporting pilot projects, and scaling best practices across the Group.

Managing cross-functional and international innovation projects, including business case development, pilot design, governance, KPI definition, and implementation planning.

Manage senior stakeholders when it comes to project development and sponsorship, on a central and local level.

Building and engaging a global innovation community, fostering collaboration between local entities and sharing innovation insights and learnings.

Driving the autonomous mobility and robotaxi workstream by assessing business models, use cases, ecosystem partnerships, and pilot opportunities.

Preparing executive-level presentations, analyses, and decision-making materials while supporting innovation governance and strategic programme deployment.

Supporting the launch and management of strategic mobility products and services,

The ideal candidate combines strategic vision with a hands-on approach and has a genuine passion for innovation in mobility. You are comfortable navigating complex international environments, building relationships across multiple stakeholders, and transforming ideas into scalable business opportunities.

You will have relevant experience in a similar role, preferably holding a Master's degree in Business Administration, Management, Innovation, Strategy, or a related field.

Minimum 5 years of experience in mobility, automotive, leasing, fleet management, strategy, innovation, consulting, business development, partnerships, or operations.

Strong understanding of mobility ecosystems, including fleet services, connected vehicles, EV charging, data-enabled services, and emerging mobility models.

Proven experience developing business cases, innovation pilots, and scalable solutions with clear financial, operational, and strategic outcomes.

Strong project management skills with experience leading cross-functional and international initiatives.

Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, including exposure to senior leadership and matrix organizations.

Analytical mindset with the ability to translate market insights into actionable strategies and recommendations.

Experience in innovation ecosystems, partnership development, autonomous mobility, robotaxi, ride-hailing, or advanced mobility solutions is considered a strong advantage.

Fluent English is required. Additional languages are considered an asset.

We're on this journey together. By investing in professional growth, rewards and incentives, plus plenty of training and experience on the job, we create an inspiring environment for our colleagues that fosters high performance with positive impact.

Enjoy comprehensive rewards and recognition.

We believe in rewarding you holistically, through compensation, competitive benefits and rich development opportunities.

Discover your talent.

We enable you to reach your full potential by offering you the opportunities and support to reach the next level in your career.

Benefit from a healthy, positive work atmosphere.

We offer a wide variety of benefits to help keep you mentally and physically strong and to find the perfect work–life balance.

Find a shared sense of belonging.

We create an engaging environment where you can be your authentic self and harness your commitment, curiosity and collaboration.

Build a sustainable future.

We’re conscious of our environment and the societies we’re part of and we work together to drive electrification and lead the way to decarbonisation.