Position: Senior Consultant Innovation Strategy & Foresight
Location: Germany
Field: Banking/Finance
Type: Full-time/Full Remote
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Innovation Strategy Consultant to support the strategic and structural development of innovation management within a central banking context. The aim is to strengthen the long-term and sustainable innovation capacity of the institution, with a particular focus on future trends and technologies relevant to central banks. The consultant will play a key role in designing, implementing, and facilitating innovation-related initiatives and strategic foresight activities.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop a comprehensive innovation strategy, aligned with the overall institutional strategy, including steering and evaluation methodology
* Advance internal innovation processes and capabilities; identify structural gaps in innovation performance
* Establish meaningful innovation KPIs (e.g., based on the Digital Maturity Model) to measure digital maturity and innovation adoption
* Advise on the implementation of a permanent, systematic, and participatory trend-monitoring process with strategic relevance
* Provide methodological support for cross-departmental scenario analyses
* Conduct ongoing scanning of innovation-driving trends, including areas such as digitalization, demographic shifts, sustainability, VUCA-world challenges, and using frameworks like PESTEL
* Develop and expand a living innovation ecosystem, including partners and stakeholders (e.g., Open Source communities)
* Design, plan, and facilitate innovation workshops using creative methods:
* Micro/macro creativity techniques
* Innovation Digging
* Visual Facilitating
* Value Proposition Design
* Low-Fidelity Prototyping (e.g., Lego Serious Play, Paper Prototyping)
* Adapt workshop formats based on needs:
* Small to large group settings across departments or hierarchy levels
* Delivery in remote, hybrid, or in-person formats
* From half-day sessions to multi-part workshop series
* Support the alignment of internal innovation efforts with the broader innovation governance framework at ESCB (European System of Central Banks) and BISIH (Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub)
Requirements:
* Minimum 10 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years in strategic innovation management, preferably in finance or banking
* Proven expertise in innovation strategy, foresight methods, and workshop facilitation
* Familiarity with SAFe, agile methods, and systemic innovation models
* Experience with digital transformation, trend analysis, and scenario planning
* Strong stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
* Fluent in German (B2 level or higher) required for communication and documentation
* Availability to work remotely with occasional presence as needed