PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Maintain a view of the broad technology landscape. Find and cultivate relationships with external organizations that own or are developing technology and/or methods with potential commercial value.

• Establish a presence within target ecosystems – attend events, participate in conferences, maintain and develop connections with individuals, etc.

• Develop ecosystem maps via: Search Tools (Google, PatSnap, etc), conference/consortium engagement, and visits with target institutions (govt, NGO, companies and universities).

• Consolidate ecosystem learnings to identify and provide actionable insight regarding: Technology/market trends, potential solutions for current market challenges, new market opportunities and potential domains of strategic intent and gauge viability.

• Propose technologies and partnerships to explore, and prepare technical briefs to support Innovation Development Manager’s efforts define the strategy and drive business adoption.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to make emerging technology recommendations that can improve organizational performance. Includes MVP exploration, and determining business fit.

• Apply technology principles, theories, and concepts across many fields. Provides technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. 

• Support Due Diligence activities as they relate to target technology acquisitions 

• Works under general direction, but must be comfortable with ambiguity and takes the initiative to determine and develop approaches to solutions.

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

• 12+ Years engineering, research, scientific or related experience with Bachelor’s Degree 

• 10+ years with a Masters Degree.

• 8+ years with PhD.

• Strong curiosity, creativity, and futuristic thinking about business possibilities. Ability to deal with ambiguity.

• Strong ability to interface effectively internally and externally with cross-functional groups to define and execute overall requirements.

• Good early stage project management skills.

• Driven entrepreneur with a high risk tolerance.

• Ability to express new technology in terms of business/market value propositions

• Experience working with Marketing and Operations preferred.

• Experience conducting technology analysis and determining fit to business needs.

• Ability to lead the day-to-day execution of technology assessment efforts, including analysis of alternatives, characterization and quantification of performance, and comprehension and development of requirements based on mission needs

• Demonstrate proficiency in multiple scientific fields, either thru work experience or documented publications (patent or paper)

• Understanding of applicable computer systems, such as the Google suite of products.

• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Additional Information

Who we are!

• Our Story:

Avery dennison is everywhere you look:

• We not only embrace change… we drive it.
• Our culture is innovative and collaborative - where bold ideas turn into action.
• We are committed to workplace diversity, both for employees and for the business.
• We are a force for good, embedded in industries and communities worldwide.
• We are challenging ourselves and others to reach higher and think bigger to improve the quality of all life.

Avery Dennison is a great place to work for everyone.

We offer:

• Structured learning and development
• Mentoring program
• Competitive total rewards
• Commitment to Sustainability

At Avery Dennison we do what we love and we love what we do.

We look forward to receiving your application.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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