Head of Innovation Programs

The Head of Innovation Programs is a senior technical leadership role collaborating closely with the CTO to translate complex challenges into actionable, solution‑driven plans. The role ensures disciplined execution, technical governance, and alignment across the Innovation Unit (Software, Hardware, R&D, Applications), ensuring innovation programs framing and execution discipline. This is a full-time individual contributor role that operates across technical domains and works closely with functional leaders to ensure the company’s technology roadmap is clearly defined, aligned, and delivered. You will act as a technical integrator and execution leader, supporting the CTO in shaping roadmaps, identifying capability gaps, and ensuring innovation programs progress efficiently from research to engineering development, pilot programs, and commercialization. This role requires the ability to think strategically across disciplines, while ensuring alignment and execution across teams without replacing functional leadership. The position combines: System-level technical thinking; Technology roadmap development; Portfolio and program leadership; Innovation lifecycle management; Cross-functional coordination; Executive decision support. The role is execution-driven and requires strong technical judgment, structured thinking, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving deep-tech environment.