At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world, to and through, our global hub in Dubai; and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’. Join us in cosmopolitan Dubai as an Innovation Specialist and make your mark on the aviation world by taking our products to the next level!
Oversee the development, management, and continual improvement of the innovation office. Work with internal IT teams, business stakeholders, and external partners to identify opportunities to address business IT innovation needs thereby improving throughput, idea conversion, and outcomes.
Job Outline:
- Define and deliver Emirates Group Web3/Metaverse/Blockchain product roadmap to serve the best user journey & experience.
- Work with management team for the efforts to research, design, develop, and test blockchain technologies to enable Web3/Metaverse/Blockchain platforms features.
- Helping to ensure partners success in building and migrating applications, software, and services on Emirates Group Web3/Metaverse/Blockchain portfolio.
- Develop the innovation funnel in coordination with the innovation channel managers by working with IT colleagues and business partners across the IT portfolios. Organize design thinking sprints to identify problems and opportunities for innovation.
- Assess the progression of work through various stages of the innovation funnel by collaborating with different innovation channel managers (e.g. strategic technology partners, incubator start-ups, academic partners, and hackathons) and provide regular status reports to the Innovation Leadership Team.
- Identify, develop, and utilize the necessary tools and reports (Metrics) to manage the innovation office and the innovation funnel.
- Conduct innovation workshops, training events, and presentations. Develop training and workshop materials for external and internal programs. Organise and coordinate internal IT and business forums for innovation.
- Drive a positive change in the innovation culture and identify opportunities to develop employee crowdsourcing of innovation ideas including the creation and maintenance of an employee portal/hackathon platform to promote employee engagement and a culture of innovation.
- Work closely with the projects team on developing and executing innovation aspects and scope of projects as well as conduct research on innovation ecosystem and contribute to potential projects for stakeholders.
