Senior Innovation Manager, Mat Cover

5 days ago


London, UK, United Kingdom Bamboo Crowd Full time

Senior Innovation Manager (FTC Mat Cover)

One of the UK's Largest Charities

London

£50 - 52k

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About the Company

This client is one of the UK's most prominent charities and were recently recorded by YouGov as being the country's most popular. They raise over £100m a year to help tackle one of the country's most pressing issues. While the charity is UK focused, it does have an international reach.



About the Role

Reporting directly into the Head of Innovation and leading a small team, the Senior Innovation Manager is a high-impact role with the opportunity to gain some amazing, hands-on innovation experience. As part of an agile team, you will be developing new products and other fundraising strategies for the charity to continue doing their important work.


This is a maternity cover contract (FTC) starting ASAP and ending in March 2025.


Responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring innovation projects are delivered on budget and on time; the team is highly strategic and requires someone capable of effective project execution.
  • Leading and managing innovation and product development projects to enhance the charity's revenue stream, often through spearheading design sprints.
  • Leading a small team and mentoring junior members of the broader innovation team.
  • Collaborating with the research and insights team, working with them to develop and test new products and strategies.
  • Working closely with the marketing team, reporting indirectly to the Marketing Director.


About your Background


  • A strong innovation professional with experience developing new products in the charity or FMCG sectors. This is essential.
  • Experience working in an in-house environment (as opposed to an agency) is valuable.
  • A research background is preferred, to maximise the collaboration potential with the insights team.
  • Experienced in the whole gamut of innovation, from research & insights, design thinking & sprints, new product development & testing.






We are committed to helping our clients build diverse teams and we promote & and practice inclusive recruiting. All applicants will be considered without discrimination.



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