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Position Summary: We are seeking a Director of Strategy and Business Development for an innovative initiative within an established ecosystem. Key Highlights: 1. Strategic role with cross-cutting impact and influence capability 2. Innovative, dynamic, and collaborative environment 3. Expanding project with significant potential and forward-looking vision Would you like to lead the strategic evolution of an innovative initiative born within a benchmark ecosystem—innovative and delivering tangible impact in its surroundings? This initiative—resulting from an intrapreneurship process and the creation of new value models within the organization—integrates services, capabilities, and experiences developed over more than a decade. Its purpose is to amplify the ecosystem’s impact, strengthen new activity lines, and generate greater value for the sector. The organization seeks to appoint a person to assume the Directorship of Strategy and Business Development for this internal initiative, contributing to its consolidation, growth, and alignment with the ecosystem’s global strategy. **What do they offer you?** -------------------- A strategic role within an established ecosystem: You will work on an initiative embedded within an institution comprising multiple departments, projects, and activity lines, contributing a holistic perspective, strategic coherence, and capacity to connect across units. Cross-cutting impact and influence capability: You will play a key role in reinforcing internal coordination, generating synergies, and contributing to the sustainable and profitable development of the initiative. An innovative, dynamic, and collaborative environment: You will join an environment featuring R\+D projects, entrepreneurship, knowledge transfer, and advanced training, actively participating in its evolution. A project with trajectory and forward-looking vision: The initiative is currently undergoing expansion and maturation, enabling you to directly influence its consolidation and strategic positioning. **What will be your primary mission?** ----------------------------------- Drive the development, evolution, and sustainability of this internal initiative, ensuring its coherence with the ecosystem’s global strategy and strengthening its value contribution. Your mission will be to foster its growth, improve integration across departments, and design new business opportunities leveraging existing internal capabilities. **What will your day-to-day look like?** ---------------------------- * Develop and consolidate the initiative’s value proposition, ensuring alignment with the ecosystem’s global strategy. * Maintain a cross-departmental operational outlook, guaranteeing coordination and coherence among all involved areas. * Drive economic growth and profitability, monitoring performance across each activity line, identifying optimization opportunities, and promoting improvements. * Design strategies and new business opportunities, integrating services and capabilities from various internal units. * Lead sectoral and international positioning strategy, including driving and coordinating an advisory board. * Direct the entrepreneurship unit linked to the ecosystem, ensuring its integration and enhancing its capacity to generate new projects. **You’ll be a strong fit for this position if you bring…** ------------------------------------------ * University degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Innovation, Economics, or related fields. * Over 8 years’ experience in strategic leadership roles, innovation, business development, or directing strategic units. * Experience working within complex organizations or ecosystems comprising multiple units and services. * Proficiency in Spanish, English, and Basque (C1\ level). * Strategic vision, systems thinking, collaborative leadership, continuous improvement orientation, and analytical capability. * Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and multiple simultaneous initiatives. **Moreover, you’ll stand out if…** -------------------------------------- * You hold a PhD. * You have worked in innovation, entrepreneurship, training, or knowledge transfer environments. * You have led international positioning or outreach processes. * You demonstrate sensitivity toward impact-driven projects and possess the ability to build connections within complex organizational structures.
