Global Tech Innovation Manager

Job Location

Tel Aviv

Job Description

Who we are?

Procter & Gamble is one of the largest and fastest-growing consumer goods companies in the world. We are the proud owners of iconic brands like Gillette, Always, Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Tampax, Oral-B, Lenor, Fairy, Ariel, Tide, Pampers, and many others. With 100,000 employees operating around the world, we serve over 5 billion consumers!

At P&G, Information Technology is where business, technology, and innovation come together to create a competitive advantage for P&G. We are focused on harnessing technology to better serve consumers, customers, and employees. The Information Technology Innovation Group (ITIG) was established to create a sustainable competitive advantage for P&G’s Technology function, through the identification of new tech solutions that drive efficiency, and growth, and creating new capabilities by tapping into global VC networks and maintaining P&G technology group expertise by further expanding our knowledge based on latest IT developments and breakthroughs.



What you’ll do?

As Global Tech Innovation Manager at P&G, your focus will be on delivering new solutions to the IT function. You will play an integral role in defining the innovation strategy and long-term vision of the function. Working collaboratively with the central technology leadership team, functional leaders, and decision-makers across the different business units, you will be expected to nurture key internal relationships and uncover the biggest challenges they face in their day-to-day operations. Using this knowledge and your relationships in the global tech ecosystem, you will perform startup mapping and tech due-diligence to identify and assess the best startups for us to partner with.

Your Main Responsibilities

• Proactively engage with internal technology business units’ leaders to map current and future needs
• Conduct landscape assessment and prepare startup mappings according to the identified needs
• Maintain close relationships with a vast network of VCs & Accelerators in key innovation markets
• Perform tech due-diligence and risk assessments on relevant startups
• Maintain focus on new technologies and identify new trends and opportunities
  
  

• Software engineering/computer science degree is a must
• Well-versed in technology, familiar with market trends and key players
• Ability to conduct tech due diligence in a broad range of areas
• Strong interpersonal and team leadership skills
• Strong analytical skills, fast learner
• Ability to think strategically and translate to actions to ‘get things done’
• Fluency in English and effective communication skills (both written and oral)