Chief Innovation Strategist

5 days ago


Ottawa, Ontario, Canada J.L. Richards & Associates Limited Full time
About Us

J.L. Richards & Associates Limited is a 100% employee-owned firm with a long-established reputation for quality services in multiple sectors.

We foster a friendly, welcoming, and team-oriented atmosphere that encourages innovation and collaboration.

Compensation

The estimated annual salary for this role is between $120,000 and $180,000.

Job Description

We are seeking a talented, entrepreneurial individual to work alongside our exceptional people as a Chief Innovation Strategist.

Your primary focus will be on enabling innovation across the organization by providing a corporate framework for opportunity discovery, tracking new ideas, and defining approval requirements.

You will empower teams through the phases of conceptual scoping, feasibility design, and detailed design, ensuring the potential ROI is tracked at each stage.

As a guiding force, you will devise clever solutions to ambiguous problems using your toolkit of frameworks and ideas, along with your courage, tenacity, and entrepreneurial spirit.

You will also act as historian to corporate change, recognizing duplication or understanding where past initiatives may have renewed application.

Additionally, you will manage and implement software projects leveraging proven experience in IT, software, data management, and digital and technological topics.

Finally, you will measure innovation performance through tangible metrics and evaluations, reporting honest and useful findings.

Required Skills and Qualifications

15 years of experience in consulting engineering

Resourceful, dynamic, and driven individual

Strong leadership skills with a personal vision and big-picture mindset

Inventive ideas and ability to use tools like AI effectively

Benefits

Flexible career direction with opportunities to choose your own path

Competitive salaries reviewed annually

Mentorship-focused community with unique opportunities for driven individuals

100% employee ownership

Why Join Us?

We provide interesting and exciting assignments ranging in size and type.

Employee Ownership and Career Growth

  • Share ownership opportunities at all levels
  • Merit and profit bonus program

Work-life Balance and Employee Wellness

  • Immediate health and dental benefits
  • RRSP/DPSP matching program

Community Engagement and Social Responsibility

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
  • Environmental Sustainability Committee


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