Front-End Innovation Lead: Prototyping & Validation

Magnera Corporation; la Selva del Camp; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Magnera Corporation seeks a Front End Innovation Specialist to identify and validate future growth opportunities using a hypothesis-driven approach. You will explore emerging technologies, translate observations into testable hypotheses, and transform promising ideas into validated opportunities.

Working at the intersection of technology, insights, and market needs, this role contributes to discovery and development of disruptive platforms shaping the business.

Formación

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Industrial or Product Design, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Typically, 3-7 years of experience in innovation, product development, engineering, technology development, startups, research organizations, or similar fast-learning environments.
• Demonstrated experience in experimentation, prototyping, structured problem solving, and learning through iterative testing.
• Experience with workshop facilitation, jobs-to-be-done, design thinking, lean startup, or similar innovation methodologies are considered a plus.
• Industry experience in nonwovens, materials, hygiene, medical, or related sectors is beneficial.

Responsabilidades

• Identify and explore emerging technologies, scientific advances, market signals, and innovation opportunities.
• Translate observations, insights, and unmet needs into learning hypotheses and validation plans.
• Identify critical uncertainties and design experiments to rapidly generate evidence and accelerate decision-making.
• Build, coordinate, and test prototypes to validate assumptions and accelerate learning.
• Lead learning cycles following an evidence-based, hypothesis-driven innovation process.
• Analyze experimental results and translate findings into actionable insights, recommendations, and next steps.
• Collaborate with consumers, customers, suppliers, startups, universities, and technology centers to generate insights and identify opportunities.
• Facilitate ideation, co-creation, and innovation workshops.
• Lead selected disruptive innovation projects and actively contribute to others.
• Support the identification and development of future growth opportunities beyond today's business.
• Communicate learnings, findings, and recommendations to project teams and leadership.
• Travel: approximately 15-25%.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Conocimientos

Experimentation

Prototyping

Structured problem solving

Workshop facilitation

Design thinking

Lean startup

Iterative testing

Hypothesis-driven validation

Educación

Engineering/related discipline degree

Descripción del empleo

Magnera Corporation seeks a Front End Innovation Specialist to identify and validate future growth opportunities using a hypothesis-driven approach. You will explore emerging technologies, translate observations into testable hypotheses, and transform promising ideas into validated opportunities.

Working at the intersection of technology, insights, and market needs, this role contributes to discovery and development of disruptive platforms shaping the business.