Propositions & Innovation Discovery Manager @DARWIN

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THE ROLE & YOUR MISSION

As the Proposition & Innovation Discovery Manager, you will be accountable for identifying potential new Propositions and areas of innovation for the team to ideate, test and potentially build and scale upon. The role will involve working across Mercer teams (as well as the Darwin Product & Propositions team that the role sits within) and drawing upon sources of insight and data to logically spot the next opportunities to be explored. It will then work with the wider Product and Propositions teams to set up the appropriate ideation, assessment and testing parameters, using a ‘fail fast’ methodology, to ensure only the best ideas with the best chance of success keep receiving oxygen.

This is an exciting new role, with the opportunity to be at the centre of everything new and help devise and adapt new processes for new future-focused propositions and innovation. It is within a complex organisation, and the role holder will require tenacity and curiosity at all times to succeed.

We will count on you to:

• Work with the Head of Propositions and wider Product & Propositions team to further develop and implement an appropriate and ‘always on’ propositions and innovation discovery process
• Research, source and analyze internal and external data to identify the next potential topics, themes and sources of propositions and innovation to work upon
• Devise and adapt a methodology to perform rapid ideation and high level assessments to ensure ideas are progressed rapidly through early stage gates, or work ceases on those unlikely to drive a positive outcome
• Assist Proposition and Product Managers to make the case for progressing ideas, including to test / PoC, scaling and full delivery
• Where appropriate, assist with project management of test and learns, including sourcing partners and clients, setting out PoC parameters and hypothesis etc and post test, creating the recommendations to stop / adapt and test again / mindfully scale / deliver the full solution

YOUR EXPERIENCE & VALUES

• High levels of natural curiosity for the art of the possible for Darwin, matched with a logic for what to consider next
• Experience and high confidence of sourcing and using market, customer and commercial insight and data to build rationale for what Darwin should consider exploring next
• Experience of devising and using ideation and innovation techniques, appropriate to the topic or area being ideated upon
• High comfort facilitating potentially senior level stakeholders through unfamiliar topics and processes, and different tactics to draw out and develop ideas, including expansive and reductive methods
• Experience of strategy development and classic strategy models preferable
• A friendly, open minded and collaborative person who enjoys the challenge of new projects and ideas, and is comfortable with ambiguity

OUR BENEFITS & CULTURE

• An opportunity to work in a fast-growing, innovative company with lots of room for progression and career growth;
• A fail-friendly environment that encourages learning and initiative;
• A yearly budget and the opportunity to build your flexible benefits package (up to 20% of your annual salary);
• 30+ days off (25 legal days off , 1 extra day off on your birthday, public holiday replacement days, extra buy/sell from your benefits budget);
• Performance Bonus scheme
• Matching charity contributions, charity days off, and the Pay it Forward charity challenge;
• Core benefits - Pension, Life and Medical Insurance, Meal Vouchers, Travel Insurance;
• We champion flexible working, and our mission is to help you find YOUR work-life balance, whether that's standard working, flex-time working, or working from home.

As a company we are committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. Our teams will jointly identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which the full team will be together in person. This unwavering policy is carefully crafted to enhance team unity, inspire creativity, and foster meaningful interactions between our colleagues, to help build our culture and local communities.

Darwin is part of Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB), a 7,000-person-strong community of specialists in health, benefits, and employee wellbeing. This affords us a massive opportunity to impact the lives of tens of millions of people around the world. Darwin is changing benefits for good in eight out of the top ten technology companies in the world and has a wealth of clients across a diverse range of sectors. More than 4 million people are already using our platform.

Darwin™ is a market-leading and specialized global platform that requires specific training and accreditation for consultants to be proficient in delivering programs and projects. Darwin is changing Benefits for Good. Our unique and innovative SaaS (Software as a Service) platform has transformed the employee benefits industry. We are fast-paced, ambitious, people-focused and on a journey to innovate and develop products that truly impact people’s lives and the market in which we operate.

Here at Darwin, we don’t just get the job done, we go the extra mile. We strive to achieve one extra degree in all we do. We can do this because we have amazing people who do awesome things.

Wherever we are in the world we inspire connections and take great care to make working at Darwin a rewarding and meaningful career experience.