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Head of Innovation Programs

Denmark, Copenhagen · Job Posted March 19, 2026
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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.

Job Responsibility

  • Ensure the development and continuous refinement of integrated technology roadmaps across Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Technology R&D, and Applications R&D in collaboration with the CTO and functional leads
  • Translate strategic technology objectives into structured development roadmaps with clear milestones, dependencies, and delivery timelines
  • Ensure alignment between research initiatives
  • hardware and software platforms
  • and application deployment
  • Provide structured technical analysis and decision frameworks to support the CTO’s technology strategy
  • Implement structured innovation processes with oversight and governance across Technology R&D, Hardware, Software, and Applications R&D, maintaining portfolio visibility through activity-based reporting that aligns with PMO guidelines
  • Establish and enforce lean, efficient processes that support innovation velocity, while ensuring stage-gate discipline, technical readiness assessments, and milestone governance
  • Define and maintain key innovation performance metrics across the technology portfolio, including stage progression, delivery reliability, resource utilization, and program risk indicators
  • Monitor the health of the innovation lifecycle from initial concept through pilot stages by establishing reporting frameworks that provide leadership with real-time visibility
  • Ensure technical quality, documentation rigor, and validation discipline across projects
  • Act as readiness authority before executive reviews, customer pilots, FAT/SAT, and scale-up initiatives
  • Ensure technology initiatives across Technology R&D, Hardware, Software, and Application R&D remain synchronized and aligned with the overall roadmap
  • Support the CTO in evaluating trade-offs, resource allocation, and execution priorities across technical programs
  • Define clear ownership models and acceptance criteria during handovers
  • Align project prioritization with strategic technical objectives and resource capacity
  • Identify critical path risks, cross-functional dependencies, and execution bottlenecks, proactively recommending solutions and mitigation strategies to resolve issues before they impact program delivery
  • Facilitate structured transitions from R&D to Engineering and Applications, while also addressing manufacturability, scalability, and validation of readiness early
  • Embed IP protection and documentation discipline into all innovation phases while coordinating pilot program governance and early commercialization readiness
  • Support technical alignment with customers, strategic partners, and pilot program stakeholders to ensure innovation programs translate effectively into real-world applications
  • Help identify capability and skill gaps across R&D, Hardware, Software, and Applications required to support the technology roadmap
  • Work with the CTO to define and introduce new roles, temporary task forces, or external expertise to close critical capability gaps
  • Support hiring prioritization and capability development aligned with future technology needs
  • Ensure the organization maintains the technical capacity required to scale innovation programs and product development

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Engineering, Software, Systems, Automation, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline
  • 7+ years in deep-tech R&D, advanced hardware-software systems, or complex engineering environments
  • Strong understanding of: Product development lifecycles
  • Hardware–software integration
  • R&D to commercialization transitions
  • Quality validation processes (FAT/SAT)
  • Structured project governance (Agile, Stage-Gate, hybrid models)
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating complex technical programs across multiple engineering domains
  • Ability to operate at system-level thinking similar to engineering and technology leaders
  • Strong portfolio oversight and execution management experience
  • Ability to synthesize complex technical inputs into structured strategic decisions
  • Experience working closely with senior technical leadership
  • Proven ability to work under pressure and manage multiple critical initiatives simultaneously
  • Strong communication, analytical, and structured problem-solving skills

Nice to have

  • Experience in startup or scale-up deep-tech environments
  • Exposure to advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, nanotechnology, or automation systems
  • Familiarity with ISO-aligned documentation practices
  • Experience implementing portfolio governance or PMO structures in technical organizations
  • Exposure to intellectual property strategy or patent development processes

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