Innovation Leader

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At Trane Technologies

TM and through our businesses including Trane and Thermo King, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and  boldly go.

Where Is The Work
The position has been designated as a Hybrid work schedule with work performed onsite 3 days each week in Davidson NC.

The Team
The Enterprise Innovation Team’s mission is to be a growth engine for Trane Technologies by partnering with the company’s Strategic Business Units (SBUs) as the innovation foundry for the company. Team members are hyper-connected externally to an ecosystem of external partners and customers aligned to our strategic themes. They uncover, develop, incubate, and accelerate (scale) the adoption of transformative innovation – challenging what is possible for a sustainable world.

Joining the Innovation Team at Trane Technologies provides a distinctive experience where you work on high-impact innovation projects, collaborating across various Strategic Business Units (SBUs) to reduce the world’s carbon footprint. This opportunity will expose you to product portfolios and product growth teams, which will help you better understand how SBUs operate and develop strong influencing skills. You will interact with senior leaders through project steering committees and enhance your executive leadership and communication skills.

The Role
The Innovation Director will report to the VP of Innovation in the Office of the CTO. Their primary role will be accelerating the growth and development of HVACR systems and solutions that leverage hybrid and alternate approaches to decarbonize the heating and cooling buildings and industrial processes. They will work closely with our Commercial, Residential, Transport Refrigeration, and Life Sciences business units to achieve successful matriculation of new technology offerings.

They will lead the development of these offerings using the company's Business Operating System (BOS) using our Innovation execution framework to ensure disciplined execution and successful scaling.

Responsibilities

• Execute innovation projects to incubate high-potential ideas under the guidance of the Executive Leadership Team through a project steering committee.
• Scan internal and external ideas to find high-potential ones that align with the company's strategic focus areas. Maintain internal partnerships and interact with external innovators, such as strategic partners, accelerators, venture capitalists, start-ups and universities.
• Develop domain expertise and thought leadership in the market and business aligned to assigned innovation programs. Understand customer segments and unmet needs to identify emerging market opportunities.
• Continuously advance Trane Technologies' culture of innovation by coaching SBU talent and leading by example throughout innovation projects.

Qualifications
The ideal candidate for Trane Technologies should be a highly collaborative executive who can bring fresh and dynamic thinking to drive innovation. Key qualifications include:

• A bachelor's degree is required with an advanced degree preferred; degrees in both technical and business-related fields are preferred.
• Over 10 years of experience in innovation and/or product management roles, including building, growing, and managing strategic product and technology portfolios that support complex mechanical systems.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly analyze, understand, segment, and size complex markets and combine market-led and technology-led innovation strategies.
• Ability to execute discrete projects in an environment of high ambiguity; apply & coach structured methodologies to reduce ambiguity and bring projects to a conclusion.
• Ability to assign priorities in a fast-paced and changing environment and make strategic, fact-based choices to start, stop, or continue priorities as circumstances evolve.
• Experience…