Innovation Manager Job at Wema Bank Plc

Wema Bank Plc is hiring to fill the position of Innovation Manager. Please make sure you read the job requirements before applying for this position.

Wema Bank Plc – Widely reputed as the longest surviving and most resilient indigenous bank in Nigeria, Wema Bank Plc has over the years, diligently offered a fully-fledged range of value-adding banking and financial advisory services to the Nigerian public.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Innovation Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• The ideal candidate will interpret business strategy, identify innovative solutions, support strategy implementation, act as a strategic partner to other businesses and functions, contribute and influence strategic direction for the bank.

Responsibilities

• Interpret business strategy and identify innovative solutions supporting strategy implementation.
• Develop an Innovation Strategy that fits into the bank’s corporate strategy.
• Contribute and influence strategic direction for the bank.
• Act as a strategic partner to other businesses and functions to identify and implement innovation opportunities, new products/processes.
• Proposing innovative products and business models aimed at enhancing the bank’s offerings.
• Support critical functions in strategic decision-making and Go-to-Market process
• Design, research, develop, analyze, and suggest new concepts and strategies, introducing new products or services for internal and external customers.
• Support and influence the design and launch of value propositions that fulfil customer expectations.
• Design and model solutions for customer innovation and experience
• Manage and evaluate innovation portfolio and pipeline.
• Manage the bank’s headline innovation events.
• Coordinate all cross-functional activities, engage customers internally and collaborate with leaders across the bank on allocation of resources across key innovation initiatives.
• Shape learning and development of key skills and competencies supporting innovation across the organization.
• Reimagining the experience of new customers in relation to the company’s products and services
• Proposing and implementing new experiences for internal collaborators
• Providing best practices in strategic design for new products/services
• Defining the guidelines and policies that must be met in relation to innovation in the Bank.
• Implementing and leading the plan to create a culture of innovation in collaboration with Human Capital Management.
• Monitoring, analyzing, and communicating innovation metrics to senior management to seek opportunities to improve the company’s innovative performance.
• Analyzing internal processes or developments to turn them into profitable “products” for the market.

Requirements
Educational:

• Minimum requirement is a Bachelor’s Degree in any course from a reputable University.
• Certifications in Project Management, Agile, Scrum, Business Analysis and Product Management are an added advantage.

Other Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of Cross-industry experience:
• Fintech
• Non-financial technology Startups
• Venture Capital
• Accelerators and Hubs
• Banking.

Technical:

• Verbal and Written Communication
• Presentation Design & Delivery
• Strategy
• Market Research
• Stakeholder Management
• Business Analysis
• Product Design
• Software Development Lifecycle
• Entrepreneurial Drive
• Leadership.

Behavioral:

• Empathy
• Passion
• Curiosity.

Application Closing Date

31st October, 2021.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online