TruStage

Director, Innovation Enablement

TruStage

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $154,100 - $286,600 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Partnership and Opportunity Identification: Build and maintain partnerships, serving as trusted advisors to business leaders, technology teams, and corporate stakeholders.
  • Proactively identify, shape and evaluate high-value innovation opportunities that drive business transformation, efficiency, and competitive advantage.
  • Collaborate across functions to translate business goals and challenges into scalable technology-enabled solutions.
  • Program Delivery, Metrics and Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Research & Development, and other technology functions to ensure a cohesive, enterprise-wide approach to emerging technologies.
  • Maintain an active innovation pipeline, regularly communicating progress, performance metrics, and realized business value to stakeholders.
  • Define, track, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness, adoption, and impact of innovation initiatives.
  • Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement: Lead comprehensive change management and communications strategies that facilitate successful adoption of new solutions and transformation of ways of working.
  • Serve as a visible advocate and ambassador for innovation, inspiring stakeholders across the enterprise and driving sustained organizational impact.
  • Innovation Literacy: Develop and lead an Innovation Literacy program that educates, inspires and engages employees at all levels of the organization, increasing awareness, adoption, and empowerment through technology.
  • Cultivate a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and growth by promoting agile innovation methodologies and best practices.
  • Governance, Compliance and Responsible Innovation: Collaborate with legal, compliance, and governance teams to embed responsible innovation principles, ensuring all initiatives comply with corporate policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Lead efforts to define and implement governance frameworks that balance innovation velocity with risk management and ethical considerations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, design, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and/or related professional work experience; advanced degree preferred
  • 12+ years leading technology enablement, innovation, digital strategy, or transformation initiatives in complex, multi-stakeholder organizations
  • Experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, insurance)
  • Demonstrated success in building, scaling, and embedding programs that deliver measurable business outcomes
  • Proven ability to partner effectively with senior executives, technology leaders, and cross-functional teams to translate business priorities into impactful technology solutions
  • Strong change management expertise, with a track record of driving adoption of new solutions and influencing cultural and behavioral shifts
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience in program governance, portfolio management, and defining and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Deep understanding of innovation processes, emerging technology trends, and the organizational enablers required to deliver at scale
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • employee assistance program
  • life insurance
  • disability plans
  • parental leave
  • paid time off
  • 401k
  • tuition reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
technology enablementdigital strategytransformation initiativesprogram governanceportfolio managementkey performance indicatorsinnovation processesemerging technology trendschange managementagile innovation methodologies
Soft Skills
communication skillsfacilitation skillsstorytelling skillsstakeholder engagementcross-functional collaborationleadershipinfluencing skillscultural shift managementorganizational impactcontinuous learning