Job title: Innovation & Patents Leader
Company: Alstom
Job description: Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwideOVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: [Job Code : SM-IN-02 – Innovation Managers]
- Find novel ways of fostering a culture of Innovation, Learning and Development.
- Manage the deployment of multiple Innovation Races and Contests, both global and local, along with the co-ordination and communication with the participants and business stakeholders.
- Work with Innovation Local Contacts and Innovation Champion to track the evaluations and closely monitor completions and status and aid in segregation and next steps of all submissions.
- Work with Patent Officers to understand and enhance quality of disclosures.
- Review and work with Platforms and Experts to get sponsorship for disclosures.
- Work with the Expert Community to ensure right level of nominations from Site
- Design and develop and work with stakeholders to deploy programs to aid competency growth of the Expert Community.
- Manage the deployment of multiple training programs in Alstom India along with the co-ordination and communication with the participants and business stakeholders for training deployment.
- Acquire a complete technical understanding of the Job Code / Job Description for the competencies, skills and knowledge. Ensure Training Plan for New Joiners – Freshers and Lateral Hires
- Understand Target and Assessed levels of Competency, Gaps, Individual Development Plans and associated KPI and visualization tools.
Organization: This position reports to Innovation Champion and or Leader and works with Métier Managers, Domain and EDU Leaders, HR Business PartnersYou will be responsible for:
- Organizing briefing sessions and workshops related to Innovation and Competency and Expertise
- Ensure proper timeline of deployment plan in line with the Race / Contest deadlines
- Apply continuous improvement initiatives to ensure qualitative submissions.
- Provide efficient communication to stakeholders.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives for all certification programs whether internal or external to Alstom
- Support all aspects of updates in the Innovation and Competency ecosystem.
- Understand and clarify all requirements and phases of Collaborative Innovation.
- Familiarize all stakeholders with the associated tools and trainings related to innovation Academy.
- Build a strong link between the Innovation Local Contacts across the various Sites in India and aid in developing platform to share best practices.
- Ensure that all good ideas / projects are analysed and actions taken to spread good practices.
- Lead by example by being part of the projects during the various phases of development.
- Actively lead University Relations.
- Based on RSC Engineering India training gaps and learning orientation roadmap, coordinate training developments or updates/enhancements of training material with Subject Matter Experts and potentially external agencies
- Build a strong link between the Engineering competency matrixes for each Metier and the learning curriculum
- Manage and coordinate the implementation and deployment of the global training curriculum for the Engineering community
- Support the communication and sharing of updates/best practices and associated tools to Engineering Metier leaders and other academies
- Monitor training quality and participation by following up KPIs and other reports as per requests
- Reflect any metier job structure changes and competency updates in training offer
- Conduct yearly competency assessment gap analysis based on Qlik Sense / Power BI / Equivalent dashboard currently for all Engineering metiers and present results
- Consolidate and follow-up on global and regional action plans for competency development improvements
- Monitor all training quality and participation for global training offer based on existing reports and follow-up on KPIs and other reports as per requests
- Support any training development needs or certification activities as needed in collaboration with Training Manager or Learning Certification Coordinator
- Support the communication and sharing of any updates regarding training offer changes due to metier Structure update to the Engineering Community
- Coordinate yearly global métier structure update for Engineering Métiers with métier owners to ensure simplification and harmonization across various métiers
- Maintain job code structure and associated job descriptions up to date as per latest organizational changes
- Coordinate competence and matrix simplification with métier owners based on any process updates or feedback for improvement received
- Monitor Onboarding page statistics and activity participation by following up KPIs and other reports as per requests
- Support any training development needs or certification activities as needed in collaboration with Training Manager or Learning Coordinator
People Analytics
- Analyse, Design and establish meaningful metrics and dashboards to report on monthly basis, in order to monitor important people metrics and the progress for Alstom People Strategy KPI
- Develop a good level of understanding of the business challenges, organization structure & talent issues to identify relevant analytics needs.
- Analyse, Summarise by studying generated People Analytics based on multiple internal and external data sources and convert into compelling visual stories
- Review and present presentations and supporting materials to propose recommendations and influence change related to People topics
- Serve as an internal expert in Engineering Community to use and interpretate people data and metrics; encourage the adaption of data mindset when making decision; provide training for People Analytics self-service tools (ex. Qlik Sense / Power BI / Equivalent)
- Work with HR Process & Tool to promote data governance and stewardship to improve overall data quality on people topics
- Proactively anticipate requirement for planned and adhoc clean-up of data and repositories
- Identify trends and opportunities for growth through analysis of complex datapoints.
Your Profile:
- Business Master’s degree with Bachelors in Engineering.
- Exposure to Innovation and Patents.
- Competency development and training experience.
- Technical knowledge of digital tools used to manage large quantities of data, sharepoint and digital learning platform
- Project execution experience
- Comfortable in an international and a multi-cultural environment
- Multi-Tasking in project mode on multiple projects at once
- Strong communication and powerpoint presentation skills with all levels of the organization
- Ability to challenge the status quo
- Critical Thinking / Problem solving
- Conflict resolution
- Business Acumen
- Teamwork / collaboration
- Technical competences regarding digital learning tools is a big asset
Mandatory:
- 15 – 20 years’ of hands-on experience in Projects and People related functions
- At least 2 years of experience in Analytics domain, having solid experience hands on doing analytics from scratch
- Aptitude and enthusiasm to work with data in order to present metrics, results, progress updates and compliance information
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Desirable:
- Influence and resilience within a matrix organization structure
Competencies & Skills
- A confident and articulate communicator with strong collaboration skills
- Excellent problem-solving capabilities and analytical skills with a strong attention to detail.
- Deep interest and aptitude in data, metrics, analysis, and trends.
- Excellent communication and presentation skill, lead and facilitate conversations on data & analytics
- Able to work in a highly diverse and fast paced environment with a sense of urgency
- Ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills.
- Ability to manage simultaneous projects, tasks and meet deadlines
- Open mindset, curious, willingness to learn
Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Day after day, we are building an agile, inclusive and responsible culture, where a diverse group of people are offered opportunities to learn, grow and advance in their careers, with options across functions and geographic locations. Are you ready to join a truly international community of great people on a challenging journey with a tangible impact and purpose?Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
Expected salary:
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Job date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 22:23:25 GMT
Apply for the job now!
