Entrepreneurship and International Business Development

Innovation Manager

The Innovation Manager drives creativity and strategic growth by supporting teams in developing expansion strategies and exploring new markets, technologies, and legislation. They lead cross-functional projects, evaluate performance, and represent employee interests in executive meetings. Acting as a key internal communicator, they connect departments and facilitate innovation. Success in this role requires creativity, strategic thinking, adaptability, and emotional intelligence, with strong knowledge of digital tools and market awareness.

The role of the Innovation Manager (Head of Innovation) – Manager de l’Innovation

The Innovation Manager is primarily responsible for fostering creativity within their teams. Indeed, they must leverage all available resources to enhance their department’s innovation potential and broaden the company’s scope of activites.
Among their missions, the Innovation Manager should:

Support teams in developing expansion strategies
Conduct research on emerging markets, new technologies, new regulations
Lead marketing and sales development projects
Evaluate economic and financial performance
Represent employees’ interests during executive meetings

The Innovation Manager also acts as an internal communication officer, serving as a key point of contact between departments.

Furthermore, the Head of Innovation should be familiar with the different technologies to support the implementation of new strategies within the company.

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How to become an Innovation Manager

Headhunters and Companies tend to prefer profiles who graduated with a university diploma in business management or digital marketing. A key asset during job interviews is creative thinking and emotional intelligence.

The American Business College Paris offers a BBA, an American MBA, and a MSCI in Digital Marketing, higher education programs, ideal for acquiring the key assets to become an Innovation Manager.

These programs help talents develop their creative thinking and competitive research skills thanks to core disciplines with a specialization in project management, communications, and data analytics.

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The qualities that an Innovation Manager must possess:

Creativity: companies expect Heads of Innovation to find and establish multiple strategies that follow or override the trends – the ability to think outside the box
Strategic thinking: aligning innovative initiatives with business goals and market trends
Team leadership: inspiring cross-functional teams, fostering open dialogue, and encouraging co-creation
Adaptability: navigating change, uncertainty, and emerging technologies with agility.

Otherwise, resilience, problem-solving, curiosity, communication skills.

Salary and job outlook for Innovation Manager

An Innovation Manager’s salary depends on their technological expertise and understanding of various markets. An Head of Innovation typically begins their career with an annual salary of 40.000€+ here in France.

The median national salary in France: 60,000€.

The worldwide median salary (as of 2024): 93,000$.