Team Lead, Innovation Opportunity Management at First Bank of Nigeria Limited

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Lead, Innovation Opportunity Management

Job Identification: 1234
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Duties & Responsibilities

• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external partners to identify innovative opportunities that align with the Bank’s strategic objectives
• Review emerging trends within the Banking industry as well as other applicable industries 
• Assess and prioritize potential innovation opportunities in line with approved evaluation criteria
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders in developing detailed business cases for identified innovation initiatives
• Coordinate the implementation of innovation initiatives across BUs through Innovation Champions to ensure adherence to approved implementation guidelines.
• Proactively manage changes in initiative scope, identify potential crisis/risks, and devise contingency plans to provide solutions and take corrective action
• Review executed innovation initiatives against approved Business Case and prepare relevant reports /presentations for the Bank’s Innovation committee.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by Head, Enterprise innovation unit
• As part of the Bank’s Information Security requirements, maintain the security of all Information entrusted to the staff and comply with the principles and policies in the Information Security Handbook.

Requirements
Education:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree, with a minimum grade of 2.2
• Project Management certification will be an added advantage

Experience:

• Minimum of ten years relevant working experience working in an innovative environment covering a range of multiple functional areas
• Experience with managing idea generation and management process
• Experience that spans across start-ups and large corporate environments with extensive network within the startup ecosystem
• Experience with Program Management or Project Management Office desirable
• Supervisory experience.

Application Closing Date
19th February, 2025 (06:06 PM).