Global Innovation Scouting Lead – Tech Strategy

Hitachi; Łódź; On-site; PLN 392,000 - 548,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collective agreement

Health care

Career opportunities within Hitachi

Training and development opportunities

Diverse, international workplace

Parental leave benefits

Employee discounts and perks portal

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Sweden AB, located in Sweden, seeks a visionary Innovation Technology Scouting Lead to identify and connect emerging technologies with business needs across the transformer value chain. You will act as a global innovation radar, guiding R&D, portfolio decisions, and executive-level strategy.

You will collaborate with R&D, Product Management, Strategy, and external partners to shape early technology bets, pilot opportunities, and long-term investments, in a fast-moving global

Qualifications

• Degree in Innovation Management, Engineering, Business Innovation, Technology Strategy, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in technology scouting, innovation management, market intelligence, venture-clienting, or related roles.
• Strong understanding of emerging technologies within energy, digitalization, industrial systems, or adjacent domains.
• Proven ability to analyze complex information, synthesize insights, and distinguish meaningful signals from noise.
• Experience evaluating early-stage technologies, including maturity and risk assessments.
• Familiarity with structured scouting tools, databases, and review methodologies.
• Comfortable working in global, matrixed organizations and engaging diverse stakeholders.
• Genuine interest in open innovation, technology ecosystems, and shaping future-oriented decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain global technology landscapes, including maturity maps, benchmarking, and ecosystem overviews to support strategic and portfolio-level decisions
• Produce structured intelligence on technology trends, competitor innovation moves, and ecosystem developments to inform early strategic assessments
• Capture business and R&D needs through workshops, interviews, and discovery sessions, aligning scouting priorities with long-term roadmaps
• Develop and govern structured scouting databases covering startups, technologies, research partners, and suppliers relevant to the transformer business
• Design and apply technology assessment frameworks, including scoring models, due-diligence templates, and maturity evaluations
• Collaborate closely with R&D, Product Management, Strategy, and Business Development to translate scouting insights into early pilots and validated opportunities
• Coordinate global scouting partners such as consultancies, venture scouts, accelerators, and VCs, ensuring quality, KPIs, and high-value insights
• Facilitate engagement between internal teams and external innovators through matchmaking sessions, discovery calls, and exploration workshops

Skills

Innovation management

Technology scouting

Market intelligence

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Open innovation

Education

Degree in Innovation Management/Engineering/Technology Strategy

Tools

Scouting databases

Due-diligence templates

Maturity assessment frameworks

Job description

Hitachi Energy Sweden AB, located in Sweden, seeks a visionary Innovation Technology Scouting Lead to identify and connect emerging technologies with business needs across the transformer value chain. You will act as a global innovation radar, guiding R&D, portfolio decisions, and executive-level strategy.

You will collaborate with R&D, Product Management, Strategy, and external partners to shape early technology bets, pilot opportunities, and long-term investments, in a fast-moving global