Job Description/Specification:
🚀 Lead innovation strategy and drive creative transformation across a government ministry environment. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape ideas into impactful solutions, build innovation culture, and work across multidisciplinary teams to deliver real operational change.
💼 Key Responsibilities
✅ Lead the development and execution of innovation strategies aligned with ministry objectives.
✅ Foster a culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
✅ Facilitate ideation workshops, brainstorming sessions, and innovation challenges.
✅ Evaluate employee-submitted ideas and prioritize them based on strategic impact, feasibility, and alignment.
✅ Oversee the development of concepts into viable prototypes and innovation solutions.
✅ Assess prototype feasibility, scalability, and operational impact.
✅ Prioritize innovation initiatives based on ROI, strategic fit, and execution value.
✅ Collaborate with engineers, designers, business teams, and project managers to drive innovation delivery.
✅ Ensure structured innovation processes from idea generation to implementation.
🎓 Requirements
🎓 Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.
💼 Experience in innovation management, product development, or transformation roles.
🧠 Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
🤝 Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
📊 Ability to evaluate ideas, manage prioritization, and drive execution.
📜 Certifications such as PMP, AI, IoT, or relevant technology certifications are a plus.
🌍 Bilingual (English & Arabic preferred).
🚀 Why You'll Love This Opportunity
Be at the forefront of government-led innovation initiatives
Work on real-world transformation projects with measurable impact
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders
Help build a culture of innovation and experimentation
Gain exposure to strategic national-level initiatives
👤 Who Should Apply?
This role is ideal for professionals with experience in innovation, product development, strategy, or transformation. Candidates who enjoy turning ideas into structured solutions, facilitating workshops, and working across teams will excel in this role.
⭐ Skills That Will Help You Succeed
Strategic thinking and innovation management
Design thinking and ideation facilitation
Project evaluation and prioritization
Stakeholder management and collaboration
Prototyping and concept development
Strong analytical and communication skills
🎤 Interview Preparation
Expect questions around:
- How you build and implement innovation frameworks
- Examples of ideas you converted into real solutions
- Your approach to evaluating and prioritizing innovation pipelines
- Facilitating ideation workshops or design thinking sessions
- Managing stakeholders in government or complex organizations
- Measuring innovation impact and ROI
You may also be asked to present a sample innovation framework or case study.
📈 Career Growth
This role can lead to senior positions such as Innovation Manager, Head of Innovation, Transformation Lead, or Strategy Director roles within government or large enterprises.