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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Req Id : 99472

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : Yes

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: Yes

Why Black and Veatch

Recognized by Glassdoor as a 2023 Top 100 place to work , Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life.

At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.

The Opportunity

As the Global Innovation Leader, you will have the opportunity to:

• Strengthen relationships with key senior management with clients
• Serve as mentor and provide guidance to multiple teams who are working on first of kind projects for Black & Veatch
• Identify new trends, evaluation of emerging technologies, development of new business models, and establishing partnerships with internal and external entrepreneurs
• Guide development and implementation of vision and strategies on multiple growth initiative projects
• Lead project teams through the incubate and pilot phases; mentor through launch phase

The Team

As part of BV Strategic Growth, you will have the opportunity to drive agility, innovation, and hold BV accountable as an organization to our commitment to transform and grow. You are passionate about growth, client-centric, and work seamlessly across all areas of BV.

Key Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with industry experts and both new and existing customers
• Builds strong relationships with industry experts; strengthens contact network to support growth
• Leads cross-business workshops and strategic planning sessions around various topics
• Has established network and referral contacts
• Serves as mentor and provides guidance to multiple teams who are working on first of kind projects for Black & Veatch
• Responsible for reviewing and approving project spend
• Is recognized as a thought leader in the external market, and plays a critical role in business development efforts for assigned growth initiatives
• Assists in the strategic planning process
• Provides guidance on development and presentation of proposals to clients
• Identify and develop new strategies, business opportunities, and technologies that can lead to innovation and consequently growth within a company

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in business development and leadership, combining in-depth sales and marketing knowledge with deep operational experience, technical savvy and cross-functional communication abilities. Extensive experience driving sales, managing profit margins, managing teams, controlling costs, and maximizing profitability.

Preferred Skills:

• Demonstrates strategic agility; sees ahead clearly, can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately, has broad knowledge and perspective, is future oriented, can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods
• Demonstrates innovative forward thinking; is good at bringing the creative ideas of others to market, has good judgment about which creative ideas work and suggestions will work, has a sense about managing the creative process of others, can facilitate effective brainstorming, and can project how potential ideas may play out in the marketplace
• Conducting IP valuations to determine the potential value of an IP asset for licensing or monetization purposes
• Strong analytical skills; has a knack for converting insights into creative actionable recommendations
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Ability to evaluate and assess potential IP-related partnerships and collaborations to support technology or product development efforts
• Extensive experience driving sales, managing profit margins, managing teams, controlling costs, and maximizing profitability
• Strong communication skills; has an ability to communicate effectively in written and oral form and build trusted internal and external relationships
• Is a change agent; demonstrates the ability to research, design, and build organizational support for and implementation of programs.
• Collaborative leadership orientation; is skilled at coaching and mentoring others
• Experience conducting due diligence on potential licensees or purchasers of IP assets

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of emerging technologies and past work with R&D teams to identify and protect novel technologies and inventions.
• Strong project management skills to oversee IP-related initiatives. Experience in managing IP portfolios and developing IP strategies, policies and procedures.
• Strong business acumen and knowledge of the product development lifecycle to align IP strategies with business goals.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively communicate IP concepts to non-IP stakeholders
• Degree in law, business, engineering or a related field with past work experience focus on Intellectual Property (IP).
• Experience developing strategies for licensing and monetizing IP assets, such as royalty-based licensing or IP sales.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including outside consultants and partners.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Typical office environment.

Salary Plan

GRO: Growth

Job Grade

003

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