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Where an innovation officer can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an innovation officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Innovation officers are the link between industrial production and innovation strategies for a company. They work to improve the company responses to sudden change in the markets through innovation with the aim of prevent and deal with business disruptions. They manage and train a team of workers who focus on innovative projects or ideas. They supervise and plan changes in products and process to achieve better organizational efficiency and help the company to be more competitive. They work side-by-side with other executives to make sure they would support initiatives aimed at fostering innovation.

Also known as technology innovation manager, innovation specialist, open innovation manager, innovation process manager, innovation implementation coordinator, innovation consultant, coordinator of innovation, innovation project manager, business innovation specialist, technology innovation consultant, technology innovation specialist, strategy and innovations project coordinator.

Managers 23 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: innovation engineer, 39%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 3 nearest destinations from innovation officer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an innovation officer already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An innovation officer needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

consult with industry professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
innovate in ICT communication, collaboration and creativity
keep updated on innovations in various business fields information skills
identify potential markets for companies management skills
implement procurement of innovation communication, collaboration and creativity
promote innovative infrastructure design communication, collaboration and creativity
develop business plans management skills
emergent technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
improve business processes management skills
collaborate with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an innovation officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Innovation officer is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an innovation officer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.