Eye Care Innovation Catalyst

VSP Vision; United States; Remote; USD 63,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PowerPoint training

Job summary

VSP Vision seeks an Innovation Specialist to advance GIC initiatives by applying core expertise and collaborating with ecosystem partners to reimagine eye care and eyewear delivery. The role focuses on learning, execution, and cross-functional teamwork under senior guidance.

You will assist in designing and executing projects, evaluating technologies, and prototyping concepts while communicating findings to stakeholders across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in Innovation, Emerging Technology, Research & Development, Product Design, or related.
• Industry experience in healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and technology is preferred but not required.
• Expertise in a relevant subject matter domain and understanding adjacent areas in healthcare, business models, and technology.
• Experience contributing to projects and adapting to changing requirements.
• Demonstrates creative problem solving and adaptability.
• Experience working in creative cultures in either consulting or large corporate environments is preferred.
• Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical people.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design and execution of projects exploring and scaling concepts related to assigned domain areas.
• Contribute to technology evaluation, business model innovation, prototyping, and proof-of-concept activities.
• Monitor assigned domain area(s) and build an understanding of their potential, maturity, and impact to our business.
• Build on existing experience to quickly understand new technology, business models, markets, consumer trends, etc needed to develop awareness of adjacent areas.
• Apply concept testing and validation, user research, or other related experimentation methodologies under the guidance of senior team members.
• Support product or business model evaluation using established scorecards and criteria.
• Support the identification and definition of problems and opportunity areas, development of hypotheses, and contribute to testing and validation of assumptions.
• Develop and pitch new project ideas and opportunities.
• Contribute to presentation of project findings to all levels of the enterprise.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners that deepen current and future knowledge between the company and emerging markets.

Skills

Innovation

Emerging Technology

Research & Development

Product Design

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Adaptability

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Equivalent experience

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

VSP Vision seeks an Innovation Specialist to advance GIC initiatives by applying core expertise and collaborating with ecosystem partners to reimagine eye care and eyewear delivery. The role focuses on learning, execution, and cross-functional teamwork under senior guidance.

You will assist in designing and executing projects, evaluating technologies, and prototyping concepts while communicating findings to stakeholders across the enterprise.