Principal Specialist, Innovation Portfolio
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About the Role
Ma'aden Aluminium Company seeks a Principal Innovation Portfolio Specialist to manage innovation opportunities from concept to pilot readiness and scale-up. The role involves translating scouting insights into use cases, developing business cases, and coordinating cross-functional execution.
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Responsibilities
- Manage assigned opportunities through the portfolio stage gate process
- Translate scouting insights into structured use cases with problem statements and value drivers
- Conduct market and technology research, benchmarking, and vendor/startup engagement
- Develop business cases including ROI, risks, dependencies, and implementation roadmap
- Design and manage PoCs/pilots with scope, success criteria, KPIs, and governance
- Coordinate cross functional execution with BUs, Technology Enablement, Finance, Procurement, Legal, and HSSE
- Prepare executive ready materials for governance forums
- Track benefits realization and support change management and adoption
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering, Business, or Innovation Management
- 8 years experience managing innovation portfolios within large scale industrial or digital environments
- Proven success in translating pilots into scaled, production ready solutions
- Strong network across industry, startups, academia, and R&D ecosystems
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Role Summary
- The Principal Innovation Portfolio Specialist supports the innovation portfolio by progressing prioritized opportunities from concept to pilot readiness and scale up.
- Reports to the Innovation Portfolio Director and partners with scouting and market competitiveness specialists.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage assigned opportunities through the portfolio stage gate (qualification concept business case pilot scale recommendation).
- Translate scouting insights into structured use cases: define problem statements, hypotheses, stakeholders, and value drivers.
- Conduct market and technology research, benchmarking, and vendor/startup engagement.
- Develop business cases including ROI, risks, dependencies, resourcing, and implementation roadmap.
- Design and manage PoCs/pilots: scope, success criteria, KPIs, data plan, and governance.
- Coordinate cross functional execution with BUs, Technology Enablement, Finance, Procurement, Legal, and HSSE.
- Prepare executive ready materials for the Innovation Portfolio Director and governance forums.
- Track benefits realization, capture lessons learned, and support change management and adoption.
- Partner with technology and business units to embed validated innovations into Maaden's technology landscape.
- Develop mechanisms for tracking performance, adoption, and realized business value across the innovation portfolio.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering, Business, or Innovation Management (advanced degree preferred).
- 8 years experience managing innovation portfolios within large scale industrial or digital environments.
- Proven success in translating pilots into scaled, production ready solutions with measurable outcomes.
- Strong network across industry, startups, academia, and R&D ecosystems.
- Ability to link emerging technologies with Maaden's strategic and operational priorities.
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