Remote Innovation Director

Summary

Join the revolootion at Who Gives A Crap, a high-growth startup making eco-friendly products and donating 50% of profits to provide clean water and sanitation. We're seeking an Innovation Director to spearhead product launches in Australia, UK, and US markets.

Requirements

• You live and breathe innovation
• You carry the torch for innovation everywhere you go. You lead with ‘what if’, embrace speed, agility, and drive projects forward - inspiring others along the way
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity and incomplete information and thrive in the space of possibility
• Through it all, you hold the voice of the customer, thinking about them each step of the way to deliver delightful products that make them feel and do good
• You clear paths and make calculated calls
• You excel at creating structure from complexity, seamlessly transitioning between big picture and finer details
• With experience navigating the messy middle of innovation, you consistently anticipate roadblocks and dust yourself off after a setback
• It’s not all go go go, you are critical and astute in applying your commercial acumen and can confidently and clearly communicate to us all when it’s time to sunset a plan

Responsibilities

• Spent time in a room with our Head of Product Strategy & Innovation, our Chief Purpose & Product Officer and a few close innovation pals to review the latest product prototypes
• Led external and internal stakeholders to develop and align on a new product commercialization project plan, identifying critical path workflows and defining key milestones
• Geeked out on interpreting and actioning consumer research results with a few Brand buddies to build new product concepts
• Built a series of contingency plans to get a project back on track and added a few more lines to your templated stage gate process to ensure we don’t miss a beat next time
• Toured our next manufacturing partner’s location with our Head of NPD Supply Chain and sat down to chat requirements, specifications and other technical stuff
• Led a cross functional brainstorm to see how we could move the next set of clever and sustainable products to our customer
• Partnered with a few innovation and brand buddies to test a few new product prototypes with customers quickly
• Shared insights with a group of Exec & Senior Leaders that identifies the biggest white spaces for development
• Began planning next quarter’s OKRs to keep yourself aligned with your team, holding yourself accountable with cross-functional projects in all the ways that ladder up to company-wide goals

Benefits

• Competitive, market informed salaries
• Meaningful support towards healthcare for our team around the world
• Generous paid leave
• Tailored learning and development opportunities
• Free toilet paper