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Company Name : MiQ Digital
Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Job Description : ABOUT MiQ
MiQ is the leading marketing intelligence company with technology and people that help businesses win. They are
experts at ingesting large amounts of data, modelling data to convert into insights and then actioning these insights
through a variety of products and services. Our People have an endearing and unique quality that sets them apart
from the rest and that is why our product inspires. Our People make the difference, and our values make the people.
In short, MiQ makes data valuable, insightful, and intelligent, which helps clients engage customers, grow sales and
generate revenue. MiQ offers its clients products and services across Media (which is their programmatic managed
media offering), Analytics (custom engineering and data science solutions for business challenges in digital marketing
space) and Technology (their technology and analytics capabilities geared for their customers use). They enjoy a 97%
client retention rate globally across brands such as Walmart, Barclaycard and Ford.
MiQ was built 10 years ago by Gurman Hundal and Lee Puri, with its original base in London, UK. Remaining a
self-funded business, the company has now grown to over 700 employees, with 15 global offices covering 4
continents. Our business vision is to empower the marketing divisions with the relevant insights so that they can shape
the overall business strategy. It is for this reason MiQ has very exciting and realistic growth expectations over the
coming years. It is a great opportunity to work across a global business while becoming a key contributor within a
growing, winning organisation.
QUICK FACTS
Represent over 450 Client’s Globally97% Retention Rate of Client’s since Launch700 Global Employee’s, with a 100% Staff Retention Rate in the first 3 years of the business, currently 93%Offices in London, Manchester, Hamburg, 10 cities in the US, Toronto, Australia and BangaloreAward Winning Infrastructure – Recently voted for the ‘Best Use of Data’ as well as ‘Best Trading Team’ in UK
and ‘Most Innovative Brand in Mobile’ in North America
SECTION 1 – WHAT WE VALUE AT MiQ
PASSION – We love and live what we doDETERMINATION – We always find a way to “figure it out”UNITY – We back each other and challenge one anotherAGILITY – We anticipate the unexpected, embrace and adapt to changeCOURAGE – We dare to think unconventionally You can find out more about
SECTION 2
Job title – Sr. Manager InnovationTeam – CentralReports to – COORole Type – Individual Contributor
SECTION 3 – ROLE PURPOSE
Innovation and Future Proofing solutions and platforms are at the core of MiQ’s DNA. You will have the opportunity to
create the strategy and culture required for employees to share ideas, prototype and experiment ideas with the right
resources and support for experimentation. You should be capable of fostering individual and collective creativity
besides creating processes and procedures for ideation, prototyping and production. You should have previous
experience of balancing risks against the potential rewards of teams’ work, based on organisational objectives, as well
as other factors. We are looking for a Leader who has evolved and matured a well-defined Innovation platform
architecture to harness our organic Innovation experience.
Our Vision for Innovation includes building a platform for our employees with a whole range of innovation theatres,
tools, programs to up-level and harness intrapreneurial skills covering Research and Innovation Offsites, Local and
Global Hackathons, Tech Talk, Internal Accelerators (MiQxLabs) and other site level theatres for Spark24, B2B, Demo
Day, Patent Roadshow, etc.
You will not only get the opportunity to launch our above Vision but continually mature the platform with more
theatres and programs to improve the participation and the effective innovation yield across the board. The programs
and theatres dovetails Business Units Innovation and roadmap agenda and help them accelerate the pace and
maturity of organic innovation at CoE level.
MiQ CoE is looking for a Senior Manager, Business Innovation who could help us evangelise corporate innovation
agenda among the R&D and non-R&D functions, be the cheerleader for our India site level and global hackathons and
programs, smartly plan and manage these programs to continually improve the intrapreneurial experience for P&T and
non-P&T teams at various touchpoints and provide *product management* support to MiQxLabs team
opportunistically. He/she will report to COO leadership chain and will work closely with IMT, DS, Tech, DnA and Global
Commercial Teams and Leaders to build our Global Innovation Office Charter. You will connect and build relationships
across MiQ that will help the innovators to collaborate effectively
The ideal candidate will be responsible for strategy development and Ideas concept creation which can lead to product
commercialization with commercial teams by utilising a deep understanding of Technical processes, Brilliant marketing
judgement and flair that drives strong launch planning and marketing development through coordination with various
teams. Harness the existing Innovation programs to improve participation from R&D and other local functions.
Analytical rigour around Measurement & Evaluation and sustained product launches, fantastic relationship building,
deep collaboration and effective communication to inspire brand partners and key stakeholders behind innovation
agenda. Effectively partner with local functional units (R&D and non-R&D) leaders and evangelise the innovation
theatres and programs within and across business units. Become a trusted advisor for the product team helping to
anticipate and remove roadblocks, identifying and tracking dependencies, facilitating meetings. Expand your domain
knowledge across all operations teams to help teams succeed with their innovation efforts
Success in the Role for next 6-12 months
Innovation Activity calendar (both local and relevant global programs) and well aligned and timed execution
plan for them
Host 3 design-led user workshopsOrganise 2 Global Hackathons and 6 local HackathonsLaunch MiQxLabs in collaboration with R&D, Commercial, Product and Markets stakeholdersEffective yield – idea to roadmap conversion ratio of at least 2 solutionsLaunch the structure and platform for regular idea collation/ generation from employees, centralise white
paper submissions and identify opportunities for patent creations
The Work
Innovation Program Planning & StrategyBrand Management, and/or Market ResearchWillingness to take risks and the ability to stay persistentProposing innovative products and business models aimed at enhancing the company’s offeringSetup program governance required for successful execution of the innovation programsReimagining the experience of new customers in relation to the company’s products and servicesMonitoring/Documentation, analysing, and communicating innovation metrics to senior management to seek
opportunities to improve the company’s innovative performance
Analysing internal processes or developments to turn them into profitable “products” for the marketBe proactive in holding stakeholders accountable for delivering on the plan laid outEnsure our organisation and stakeholders have an effective operating rhythm to make decisions and ensure
information is disseminated to the right people
Program Execution: Manage all phases of program through successful deliveryWork closely with Product Development and PMO with an understanding of product life cycle, customer and
partner engagement, commercial engagement for the different product life-cycle phases
Manage the change control mechanism setup to track and address changes to different aspects like
technical/functional changes to scope, program cost or its schedule
Update and maintain tools/documents (e.g. Confluence, JIRA) so stakeholders can view the status of critical
initiatives, meeting forums, goals, etc. at any time.
Working closely with experts from the different areas of the company, detecting improvements, and new
opportunities
Leadership
You will be reporting to COO and work closely with IMT and Global Strategy Officer on a need basis. This department
will be responsible for Research and Innovation culture within CoE enabling and delivering some of MiQ’s most
strategic forward-looking high-risk initiatives. Leaders at MiQ will be able to help you navigate the MiQ landscape,
coach, and support your career objectives providing clear direction so that you are successful in this role. We are a
values-driven organisation and holding ourselves and each other accountable to those values and what we stand for
through our values-to-behaviour framework.
Qualifications & Experience
12+ years’ experience in Innovation and development with R&D and non-R&DEducational: Master’s Degree: Engineering/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Science/MBA (Systems &
operations) /M. Tech / Ph.D. from leading institutes
Must-Have Skills
Experience in providing best practises in strategic design for new product/serviceExperience with Innovation, Agile delivery processes and Design-led thinking is a mustMust have led an cutting edge AI/Innovation team (End to end Product development including Test Driven
Development In Data Science (TTD))
Hands-On experience in developing Machine Learning and Deep learning enabled AI solutionsExcellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Good to Have Skills
Strong working knowledge and experience in Enterprise & Data Architecture, Database Design, Star-Schema,
Profiling & Modelling
Familiarity with browser testing and debuggingExperience in application & integration development experience with Web Services, microservices.Familiarity with lean six sigma and its application to data interpretation
Tools Expertise
Tool Expertise: Hands-On Working Experience in Python/R, Tensor flow/Pytorch, Cloud Platform (Azure, AWS),
Visualisation tools(Power BI/Qlik Sense/Tableau), NET, Web APIs etc
Hands-On Working experience in Big Data platforms such as Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Java, Web API, GPU Clusters
for deep learning. Implemented more than 4-5 Big projects.
Strong Software Product Development experience using JavaScript , CSS, HTML
Behavioural attributes
Continuous learning is our way of life.Stay abreast with the latest technologies and then apply them in relevant productsCome with a purpose and go extra miles to achieve stretch goals.Have a never give up attitude.We respect and complement each other to build an inclusive and diverse culture.Be explorative and show resilience in difficult situations.Be bold. Believe in yourself and make a difference.Excellent analytical and problem-solving skillsGood communication and presentation skillsAbility to collaborate across multiple functionsExtreme attention to detailAbility to meet tight deadlines and prioritise workload
At MiQ, we don’t just accept the differences of our people, it is what builds us as a community. MiQ is very proud to
be an equal opportunity workplace.

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