Global Innovation lead

We invite you to bring your expertise and leadership into play as you contribute to strengthening, streamlining, and reinforcing our Innovation and Digital Transformation organization and focus across Transport. Are you our new Innovation Lead? Click the apply-button to send your application.

You will be part of Ramboll Transport’s Innovation and Digital Transformation Organisation

You will be part of the global market unit Ramboll Transport and as Innovation Lead you will be responsible for day-to-day steer, development, and management of innovation within Ramboll Transport and across our Country Market Units. You will for this role report to our Innovation and Digital Transformation Director in Transport.

Your main responsibilities

As the Innovation lead in Transport, you will take a lead on all matters relating to innovation activities in the Transport market and supporting in our Strategic Market-driven Innovation objective.

This will include:

• Working together with our Innovation and Digital Transformation Director in building and developing structures, capabilities, and resources & capacity to empower Innovation in the Transport market.
• Creates and leads an open and transparent portfolio of innovation ideas for the market.
• Communicating about innovation across Transport market and run specific innovation initiatives and campaigns.
• Chair our innovation board and drive strategic decision-making regarding innovation for the Transport market.
• Actively supporting the innovation teams and activities e.g., by creating action plans and budgets for technologies and innovations and monitoring progress, value and outcomes.
• Drive Transport’s innovation processes and methods to increase awareness on innovation.
• Represent Transport in the cross-market forum for Innovation & Business development and actively align with the Heads of Innovation in the other markets to ensure knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Contributes to identify opportunity spaces for innovation investments by monitoring market activities and external trends to ensure that the market continuously gain competitive advantages.
• Identifies and engages with start-ups and other entities to keep an overview of market direction, and to also investigate opportunities for acquisitions in this space.
• Monitoring and managing the portfolio for all innovation projects and coordinating innovation activities across all Transport country market units.
• Reporting status and focus areas on an ongoing basis to the Transport leadership team and to Ramboll Group Innovation team.
• Coordinate our engagement with academic institutions and research programs, including following up on Transport investments and disseminate outcomes.
• Work alongside the Head of Automation and the Head of Technology and Digital Design to support innovation initiatives.

Your starting point for constant growth

From the moment you join our organisation, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:

• Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills and experience in driving change
• Superior communication skills in English
• You have experience with the Lean Startup methodology and/or design thinking
• You have +3 years of experience working with innovation or related areas
• Well informed about Transport and wider engineering and consulting industry trends, new technologies and start-ups and understand the threats and opportunities.
• Experience in working in a consultancy engineering environment is preferential.

Personal qualities that will ensure you succeed in this role include:

• A confident communicator with strong stakeholder management skills.
• You can manage tasks independently, and when needed, you make decisions to reach out for support.
• An external network with clients, knowledge institutes and funding institutions that can enhance the innovation ambition of Ramboll Transport

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realise their full potential.

Ready to join us? Please submit your application. Be sure to include all relevant documents including your CV, cover letter, etc.

We recognise that some candidates only apply when they tick every box. However, passion and potential often outweigh a perfect resume and Ramboll’s supportive learning culture can help you grow. So if this role resonates with you but you don't meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for this opportunity or another within our team.

Deadline: 20.03.2024

Thank you for taking the time to apply! We look forward to receiving your application.

About Ramboll Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned people company. We have more than 18,000 experts working across our global operations in 35 countries. Our experts are leaders in their fields, developing and delivering innovative solutions in diverse markets including Buildings, Transport, Planning & Urban Design, Water, Environment & Health, Energy, and Management Consulting. We invite you to contribute to a more sustainable future working in an open, collaborative, and empowering company. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we together shape the societies of tomorrow.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion is at the heart of what we do We believe in the strength of diversity and know that unique experiences and perspectives are vital for creating truly sustainable societies. Therefore, we are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment where everyone can flourish and reach their potential. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and encourage you to contact our recruitment team to discuss any accommodations you need during the application process.