Head of Innovation and Technology Projects

Position: Head of Innovation and Technology Projects

Key Objective:

To build from scratch and lead an internal New Ventures Laboratory that will systematically develop business ideas initiated by the owners and the team, transforming them into real solutions - products, services, MVPs, or independent technology units. The Head ensures the full cycle: from analysis and decomposition of ideas to prototype creation and testing, selection of executors, scalability assessment, and preparation for implementation or market launch.

Functional Responsibilities:

• Receive, analyze, and critically evaluate new business ideas and hypotheses coming from shareholders, top management, and external sources.
• Conduct a structured review of each idea in terms of product, technology, cost, market, business logic, and risks.
• Develop step-by-step implementation roadmaps: stages, architecture, performers, timelines, and approximate economics.
• Create the department’s methodology: how ideas are selected, validated, advanced to the next stage, and which metrics are applied.
• Search for and engage external contractors, technology partners, agencies, and specialists for each idea.
• Form project teams for each idea:
  – Involving experts in necessary roles: analysts, engineers, project managers (PM), UX/UI designers, product trackers, researchers, tech architects, etc.
  – With a flexible engagement model: permanent employees, temporarily allocated resources, as well as external contractors, freelancers, and outsourcing teams.
  – The team’s composition and structure are tailored individually to the needs and stage of each project.
• Organize managed development: task setting, hypothesis testing, launching POC (Proof of Concept), MVP (Minimum Viable Product), and pilots.
• Prepare and present project, technical, and investment documentation: concepts, briefs, reports, business cases.
• Maintain documentation for both internal and external solutions.
• Cooperate with specialized universities, teams, studios, research centers, and startups.
• Search for and evaluate new technologies, solutions, and approaches that can serve as the foundation for future products.

Types of Projects:

Projects cover a wide range of areas, including:

• IT, digital products, automation, AI, data platforms
• Business services and B2C solutions
• Smart devices and engineering solutions
• Experimental technology solutions for hypothesis and approach validation
• Technology modules reusable across multiple products
• Sustainability and renewable energy projects — energy-efficient solutions, environmental monitoring, recycling, ESG tools
• Medical, educational, and social initiatives — provided they have business potential

Candidate Requirements:

• Deep understanding of product and technology design. Not necessarily a developer but must be well-versed in architectures, APIs, business logic, technologies, and product life cycle.
• Ability to quickly dive into any topic — from digital platforms to hardware and biotech.
• Proven experience in launching projects: from ideas to MVP, implementation, or commercialization.
• Background in R&D, technology labs, hardcore startups, or deep tech projects.
• Strong systems thinking: ability to structure chaos, set up processes, and turn ideas into manageable tasks.
• Experience working with contractors and technology companies: task setting, quality control, budgeting.
• Willingness to act as the key executor at the start and only then build a team.
• Ability to work under uncertainty and with multiple parallel ideas.
• Cross-disciplinary mindset, curiosity for new markets and trends.
• Understanding of product metrics, investment logic, Lean Startup approaches, TRL (Technology Readiness Level).
• High autonomy, internal motivation, and a role of co-creator rather than observer.