Technology Innovation & Exploration Lead

TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as equal opportunities, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 21,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go.

Job Purpose

The Technology Innovation & Exploration Lead is responsible for idnetifying, shaping and validating emerging technologies that can deliver measurable business value for the Global Sourcing & Procurement organization. This role partners closely with business stakeholders, IT, and external vendors to explore new capabilities, develop use cases and business cases, and transition successful concepts into delivery teams for industrialization or enterprise rollout. This role will also help establishe GSP innovation programs such as citizen development, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, controls and value realization objectives.

Job Description

• Continuously explores and evaluates emergin technologies and assess their potential to address business challenges and opportunities
• Partners with business stakeholders and vendors to idnetify, shape and refine use cases aligned to GSP priorities.
• Develop clear business cases that articulate vlaue, feasibility, scalability and risks.
• Plan and lead experiments, pilots, proof of concepts to validate business value, technical feasibility, data feasibility and scalability prior to industrialization.
• Define success criteria and conduct structured evaluations to determine readiness for enterprise adoption.
• Document outcomes, lessons learned and recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Communicate progress, insights, and recommendations to sponsors and governance forums.
• Establish and govern execution of GSP citizen delveopmentincluding guardrails, standards and operating models in alignment to corporate standards.
• Define funding, intake and prioritization mechanisms for innovation initiatives.
• Promote a culture of responsible innovation and agile continuous improvement within GSP.
  
  

You Are Meant For This Job If

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Engineering or related field
• 5 years of experience in digital innovation, technology strategy, business transformation or related roles
• Demostrated experience leading exploration, experiments or proof-of-concepts
• Strong ability to translate technical concepts into business relevant outcomes and value stories
• Experience in partnering with IT, business leaders and external technology vendors
  
  

Skills

Preferred experience in procurement, supply chain or enablement functions.

Storytelling

Data Storytelling

Agile/SAFE

Digital Literacy

Digital Innovation

Innovation Leadership

Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matters and we encourage you to add to our culture.

TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain.