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Rawand Almadi

Senior Innovation Manger
Dubai

Summary

Growth-focused business professional skilled at synthesizing creative and digital ideas into a viable business proposition. Experience in formulating creative project strategy, corporate innovation, and managing internal innovation ideas.

Work History

Senior Manager

Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai
02.2020 - Current
  • Reporting to Innovation Vice President
  • Responsible for building innovation strategy & roadmap under three main pillars (ESG, Digital
  • Transformation and Data Analytics)
  • Managing the full innovation cycle from Ideation to acceleration and pilot launch
  • Translating stakeholders’ insights into solutions that are commercially viable
  • Managing cross functional innovation projects members to guarantee delivery
  • Working similarly close with both; business and technology stakeholders; constantly interviewing business units to identify areas for innovation based on customer insights and parallelly researching & evaluating relevant solutions and startups in the market
  • Partnerships opportunities., Contact Details:

Innovation Manager

Majid Al Futtaim
Dubai
02.2018 - 02.2020
  • Advised upper management on Innovation strategy& roadmap for the first Carrefour Innovation Lab and managed the full innovation cycle from Ideation to implementation
  • Performed tasks central to project management including scheduling and resource management
  • Managed development of the internal Innovation Mobile App with internal and external technical teams
  • Updated content of the innovation mobile app and managed discussions with idea owners to help evolving their ideas on the platform
  • Monitored all ideas submitted internally, screened & shortlisted them in collaboration with evaluation committee
  • Lead implementation and innovation projects delivery
  • Delivered Innovation training and awareness sessions for all employees across stores
  • Organized Hackathons/Ideathons and provide employees with platform, tools and techniques that helped them innovate.

Innovation Program Manager

Mixed Dimensions, Amman
09.2016 - 07.2017
  • Built relationships with universities and research centers to work on collaboration opportunities in the field of 3D Printing
  • Managed national Hackathons that helped in identifying top talents to work on innovation projects along with our R&D team
  • Supported R&D department in sourcing skilled talents to work on innovation projects
  • Delivered training sessions on 3D Printing 101 for 1,000 university students and coordinated monthly Innovation Talks with experts from different industries.

Senior Innovation Executive

Aramex
03.2014 - 08.2016
  • Amman Governorate, Jordan
  • Supported Innovation Director in establishing Aramex
  • Innovation Center; Developing and managing innovation road- maps, encompassing work from multiple cross-functional teams
  • Established relationships and managed communications with all internal and external stakeholders of the Innovation Center
  • Collaborated with others teams to conduct insights and design outputs
  • Provided orientation and training to new employees from all departments
  • Reviewed, screened and shortlisted ideas posted on Aramex
  • Innovation Management System
  • Managed content and discussion on the innovation platform.

Project Manager

Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship, Amman
09.2011 - 02.2014
  • Was the official representative project manager of the Global
  • Entrepreneurship Week in Jordan
  • Supported in connecting startups in Jordan with mentors and potential investors
  • Built strategic, long-lasting relationships with various organizations and key universities (50+ partners)
  • Raised funds up to 100K Dirhams from local resources to aid the development of technology entrepreneurship
  • Supervised project communications and marketing campaigns ofthe projects.

Education

BA - Computer Science

Princess Sumaya University for Technology
01.2007 - 01.2011

Skills

Innovation Managementundefined

Certification

Organizational Design for Digital Transformation

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Rawand AlmadiSenior Innovation Manger