Innovation Manager

JoVE; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impact on scientific research

Innovative and collaborative work environment

Promotional path within the company

Job summary

A world-leading video solutions provider is seeking an Innovation Manager to identify, prototype, and validate new product ideas on JoVE’s platforms. The role requires over 5 years of experience in strategy and product management, with a strong bias toward execution and innovation. Candidates should be skilled in modern AI-native tools and possess analytical abilities. This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in scientific research and education.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in strategy and product management roles.
• Ability to prototype and validate ideas independently.
• Fluency with modern AI-native products and prototyping tools.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to extend JoVE’s platform.
• Generate ideas through first-principles thinking.
• Build wireframes and functional demos.

Skills

Product management

Strategy development

Execution and experimentation

UI/UX design

Analytical skills

Tools

SQL

Excel

Prototyping tools

Job description

Global Talent Acquisition | Corporate Headhunter | Ex-Superset | Ex-3M

JoVE is the world-leading producer and provider of video solutions, with the mission to improve scientific research and education. Millions of scientists, educators, and students at thousands of universities, colleges, hospitals, and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide use JoVE for their research, teaching, and learning.

Our institutional clients comprise over 1,200 universities, colleges, and biopharma companies, including global leaders such as Harvard, MIT, Yale, and Stanford. As a rapidly growing company with offices in the USA, UK, Australia, and India, serving customers in over 60 countries, JoVE is building products and platforms at the intersection of science, education, and technology.

The Role

The Innovation Manager will identify, prototype, and validate new product ideas, business models, and revenue opportunities on top of JoVE’s existing platforms—operating like an internal founder from idea to MVP.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to extend JoVE’s platform into new use cases, customer segments, and revenue models.
• Apply first-principles thinking to challenge assumptions and generate differentiated ideas.
• Build wireframes, clickable prototypes, and lightweight functional demos using modern, AI-native tools.
• Validate ideas through customer conversations, rapid user testing, and market analysis.
• Test willingness-to-pay, adoption signals, and perceived value early.
• Bring external insights into ideation and prioritization to keep JoVE ahead of the market.
• Build business models and financial projections.
• Partner with Product and Technology teams to hand off and support early scaling.
• Remain accountable beyond ideation through early execution and learning.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in strategy and product management roles.
• Demonstrated ability to take ideas from concept to prototype and validation independently.
• Strong bias toward execution, experimentation, and learning in ambiguous environments.
• Fluency with modern AI-native products and prototyping tools (e.g., Lovable, v0, Cursor, Replit, or similar); able to adapt quickly to new tools.
• Strong UI/UX judgement; able to design user flows, wireframes, and clear, usable prototypes.
• Strong analytical skills: Excel / Google Sheets, working SQL knowledge, and basic Python.
• Experience building and shipping 0→1 or early 1→N products (founder, early operator, PM, technical builder, or similar).

Why JoVE?

• You will make a direct impact in accelerating science research and in improving student learning in science and business education for users around the world.
• Opportunity to work in an environment that promotes innovation and collaboration.
• Opportunity to work with a diverse and international team across North America, EMEA and APAC.
• Our strong promotion from within culture draws a clear path to advance your career with us.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Strategy/Planning, Product Management, and Project Management

Industries

• E-Learning Providers, Education, and Software Development

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