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Innovation & Incubation Program Manager (m/f/d) - parental leave replacement

  • Lapp Holding SE
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LAPP

LAPP is a family-owned company headquartered in Stuttgart and a global leader in cable and connection technology. Founded in 1959, we are still fully family-owned today. With around 5,700 employees, we are operating in over 80 countries – globally connected and regionally rooted. Working at LAPP means more: this is where inventive spirit and a hands-on mentality meet cherished values and tradition.
 
We offer all employees the freedom to develop and pursue new opportunities. Flexibility and personal responsibility are just as important to us as a family-friendly work environment. We value all our colleagues with their talents, ideas and perspectives.
 
After all, every personal contribution counts when it comes to meeting the needs of our customers from various industries together. Together we keep the industry alive: alive by LAPP – alive by YOU!

Your tasks

As "Incubation Program Manager", you will play a central role in the operational management and strategic development of our LAPP Incubation Program. The aim of the program is to test creative business model ideas at an early stage and turn them into scalable, market-ready solutions. The aim of the position is to ensure the smooth running of the program, provide comprehensive support to the project managers, further develop the program, and manage stakeholders effectively. Specifically, this means: 
  • You will ensure the successful execution of all program activities. This includes supporting projects and employees, coordinating service providers, maintaining the meeting structure, including Steer-Co meetings at the highest management level, and communicating within the company. 
  • You will continuously develop the incubator program, which is still in its early stages. This includes implementing standards in methods, designing the HR concept, expanding the external network, and integrating new technologies. 
  • You are responsible for generating ideas in the incubator program and develop new business ideas for the program through targeted measures. You achieve this by identifying relevant customer problems and analyzing relevant areas for innovation. 
  • You are the point of contact for the incubation program across the company and globally.

Your profile

  • Successfully graduated in business administration, innovation management or a related field.
  • Initial experience in the corporate start-up sector desirable
  • Knowledge of the lean start-up method: experience in applying lean start-up principles to develop and validate new business ideas. 
  • A high degree of creativity, commitment, responsibility and determination, as well as flexibility
  • Good knowledge of Office 365 and collaboration tools
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills, as well as very good written and spoken German and English
Professional experience in the field of corporate incubators, business development, innovation management or the start-up ecosystem is desirable. We are also interested in motivated career starters. The position is initially limited to one year as a parental leave replacement.

Good reasons for LAPP

  • Variety of tasks and responsibilities & plenty of scope for ideas
  • Value-based family business
  • Global player with flat hierarchies
  • Flexible working hours models & home office
  • Work life balance
  • Social benefits and discounts such as job train ticket & private parcel acceptance
  • Personnel development, onboarding & individual support
  • Annual international soccer- & volleyball tournament
  • Public transport connection directly at station „Lapp Kabel“
  • Sports- & health activities and healthy canteen
  • Consulting in social and care services

Contact

Lapp Holding SE · Oskar-Lapp-Street 2 · 70565 Stuttgart

We are happy to answer any questions you may have in advance
  • Rafaela Laux
  • HR Business Partner
  • +49 711 7838-3293