Sr. Director of New Market Innovation

Sr. Director Of New Market Innovation

Collaborate with innovative 3Mers around the world. Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The impact you'll make in this role :

The Senior Director, Incubator Leader will report directly to the Consumer Business Group R&D SVP, refine and lead a cutting-edge innovation incubator that accelerates disruptive products, breakthrough technologies, and transformative business models within CBG. This role is a catalyst for growth combining deep technical expertise with sharp business acumen to identify emerging trends, rigorously test bold ideas, and scale winning solutions that deliver significant commercial impact. The leader will evolve the incubator's strategy, strengthen its operating model, and ensure it continues to drive meaningful innovation and unlock new growth opportunities.

As a Sr. Director of New Market Innovation, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by :

• Lead the incubator's technical strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate and CBG growth objectives.
• Establish and maintain frameworks for technology scouting, feasibility analysis, and commercialization pathways.
• Drive decision-making using data-driven insights, market analytics, and technical risk assessments. Source and evaluate early-stage technologies, platforms, and business models from internal R&D and external ecosystems.
• Lead technical due diligence and proof-of-concept development for high-potential ideas.
• Lead the structured stage-gate processes for rapid prototyping, validation, and scaling.
• Lead product development team to ensure technical viability.
• Collaborate with finance, marketing, and commercial teams to build business cases, and go-to-market strategies.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear business implications for executive stakeholders.
• Manage incubator infrastructure
• Apply agile methodologies and lean startup principles to accelerate innovation cycles.
• Optimize resource allocation across multiple technical projects with varying risk profiles.
• Represent the incubator within CBG and the enterprise.

Your skills and expertise :

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include :

Work location :

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

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