Digital Innovation Manager

Join us at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin): Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.
Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.
Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!

We are currently looking for a strategic leader to drive innovation and growth in the field of smart and digital solutions. Building on the Wavin iConnect platform this role will support the exploration and development of a range of digital solutions in water, sewer, building, and home performance.
You would join us at our locations in Amsterdam. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

The role
As an innovation manager you will be the force behind our digital solutions agenda from exploring the development of new smart products and services to deploying AI within the organization. You think in opportunities that can make a real-world impact, and you bring colleagues, customers and stakeholders together to make it happen. 

Responsibilities

• Monitor market trends, competitors and technological developments and identify opportunities for innovation within the organization.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative customer and market research: You investigate customer needs using proven methodologies such as design thinking, surveys and more.
• Build and present compelling business cases for innovative ideas in an inspiring, data-driven and convincing manner.
• Maintain a strong external network of technology providers, engineering firms, and local governments to enhance offerings.
• Monitor and report on the performance and impact of pilots and scaled solutions.
• Work closely with regional teams to support scaling efforts and ensure adoption.

Profile

• Several years of experience in new proposition development, product management, or a similar role in the digital solutions or smart products domain.
• Proven track record of scaling innovative products or services internationally.
• A strong understanding of intelligent systems, IoT, and sustainable technologies.
• Hands on, likes to go into the details but can see the bigger picture also
• Customer centric self-starter & growth mindset – fail fast, learn faster
• Creative problem solver, strategic thinker, and analytical skills
• Experience in cross-functional team management; self-confident individual who can lead a team and work collaboratively
• A bachelor/master’s degree in engineering or similar education (e.g. electronics, mechanical, or civil) with affinity with electronics and IoT technologies
• Bring expertise in smart water systems, building automation, or infrastructure asset management.
• Fluency in multiple languages (e.g., Dutch, English, and another European language).
• Certification in Agile, Scrum, or other project management methodologies.

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers
Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin)! Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organization
Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. Our key commercial brands are: Wavin, Amanco Wavin, Pavco Wavin, Plastigama Wavin, and Bow Wavin.
Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $8.2 billion in revenue in 2023.

Contact us
If you have questions or want to know more about the position, please contact Teppo Laakso, Manager Global Talent Acquisition via teppo.laakso@orbia.com. To apply, use the ‘apply’ button or e-mail your cover letter and English CV to Teppo.laakso@orbia.com.

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