Innovation Manager (f/m/x)

Join RBI's dynamic innovation team and play a pivotal role in transforming continuous innovation into superior customer experiences. As an Innovation Manager, you'll create and execute cutting-edge programs, facilitate creative workshops, and engage a vibrant innovation community, all while honing your skills in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment. 

 

Your Mission at RBI

 

  • Develop and implement programs to support Explore and Exploit Innovation activities using existing corporate innovation frameworks. 
  • Setup, plan, and facilitate workshops to foster creativity among project teams, ensuring collaborative and forward-thinking environment. This includes room bookings, participant management, and logistics coordination. 
  • Prepare effective meetings with stakeholders and top management using excellent communication and presentation skills. 
  • Keep stakeholders (e.g., internal coaches) engaged and informed, connecting program participants with other departments to promote collaboration and resolve roadblocks. 
  • Engage the RBI’s internal innovation community by planning meetups and supporting large company-wide events (e.g., Innovation Day) to maintain excitement and foster a vibrant innovation culture. 
  • Serve as an Innovation Coach to guide teams through ideation and creation processes using design thinking and business modeling and provide feedback and support to enhance innovation capabilities. 

 

Your core competencies  

 

  • 2-5 years of work experience, preferably in corporate innovation   
  • University degree, ideally with a focus on innovation management, entrepreneurship, or similar fields   
  • Basic knowledge of Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and other innovation principles, as well as project management 
  • Strong aptitude for design, visual concepts, and typography 
  • Excellent communications skills in English; proficiency in German and CEE languages is a plus 

 

Nice to have  

 

  • Hands-on team player with strong collaborative and project management skills
  • Experience in designing and managing the performance of corporate communication activities e.g., innovation programs  
  • Passionate about empowering employees and helping them elevate their ideas  
  • Eager to explore new perspectives, learn about innovation methods, and tap into the field of facilitating team activities  

 

What's in it for you 

 

  • Work Life Balance: flexible working hours & extensive hybrid working possibilities 
  • Meaningful Career Options: to develop personally & professionally 
  • Learning: as part of our DNA & culture  
  • Easy Moving: relocation allowance & work permit support 
  • Easy Commuting: free public transport pass 
  • Canteen: healthy, tasty, and heavily subsidized 
  • Leisure time activities: attractive sports and cultural offers (free museum tickets, reduced gym membership, etc.) 
  • Saving: with vouchers / discounts from our staffs' council (eg. for supermarkets) 
  • Family Friendly: family allowances, gender-neutral parental leave, part-time work, bilingual company kindergarten etc.  
  • Salary: starting at EUR 44,800- gross p.a. excluding overtime (market-compliant overpayment is provided dep. on experience / qualification) 

 

 

For questions regarding our application process, please feel free to take a look on our website or check out our FAQ.

 

Your contact:

Kwai Ching YU
Talent Acquisition Team

Foto Christina Stolz

 

 

At Raiffeisen Bank International, we are pleased to have more than 17 million customers in Austria and 12 other CEE countries – what got us here, are our talented people. From the moment you join RBI, you will notice our commitment to creating a working environment where everyone can thrive. We are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin color, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation, or origin. Diversity and inclusion are essential components of our vision and mission and are reflected in our values: collaboration, proactivity, learning and responsibility. Our shared mission is to provide a superior customer experience by tackling new issues such as digitalization and changing needs. 

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