Innovation Leader

Schneider Electric; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking an innovative Innovation Leader to drive offer creation in the Control & Signalling (C&S) Innovation team in Singapore. This role requires creativity, strategic thinking, and strong leadership skills to manage product development initiatives and cultivate a customer-centric innovation culture.

The ideal candidate will have an engineering degree, at least 5 years of experience, and proficiency in Agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in product development.
• Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Capable of interpreting technology and market trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology road-mapping efforts to establish leadership in strategic markets.
• Manage patent portfolio and explore new patent opportunities.
• Facilitate Agile processes and manage team impediments.

Skills

Strategic thinking and planning

Excellent communication skills

Leadership

Agile mindset

R&D technology development

Education

Engineering degree or related field

Job description

About the role

Working within the Control & Signalling (C&S) Innovation team, the Innovation Leader drives innovative offer creation in the C&S Signaling and Relay product families in Singapore. The role requires creativity and business acumen, leading initiatives that cultivate an innovation-friendly culture, streamline new idea execution, and unlock value for the organization and its customers. This position reports to the C&S Innovation Project Director.

What will you do?

• Fully understand all stakeholders and functions involved in the design and development process of an innovative product
• Act as a catalyst for customer‑centric innovation, aligning teams around Design Thinking and VoC practices across disciplines
• Guide the Innovation team to create high‑value releases within committed time
• Cultivate strong relationships with partners and stakeholders
• Lead technology road‑mapping efforts; identify, acquire, or develop key technologies to maintain or establish leadership in strategic markets
• Break down features, organize functions, identify interfaces between systems/features and propose architectures
• Manage ambiguity, priorities and negotiate trade‑offs for the team
• Ensure smooth execution of backlog within the agreed timebox in compliance with innovation project process milestones
• Facilitate and lead all Agile rituals and key events such as Sprint planning, Squad updates, reviews & retrospectives, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness
• Provide progress status and regularly escalate impediments
• Identify, escalat e, and help resolve team impediments
• Establish, implement, and continuously improve team ways of working
• Manage patent portfolio and explore new patent opportunities

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

• Engineering degree or related field
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in product development
• Strategic thinking and planning skills
• Excellent communication skills; proficient in written and spoken English
• Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills, with ability to coach people in a diverse environment
• Broad exposure to HW/SW/Systems design across engineering disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Firmware, System Architecture, etc.)
• Interest in early‑stage product development, ability to cope with highly uncertain conditions, and being highly resilient and adaptable
• Ability to lead and guide R&D technology development and innovation initiatives
• Culturally aware, self‑motivated, autonomous with an Agile mindset
• Capability to interpret technology and market trends as the basis for technology and product development
• Scrum Master or cross‑functional team/project lead experience

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.