Innovation Specialist

The Innovation Specialist supports GIC initiatives by applying core expertise and collaborating with ecosystem partners and other domain experts to reimagine the way eye care and eyewear are delivered to the world. This role contributes to the delivery of innovation projects and programs across the GIC and helps clarify complex topics for team members. The Innovation Specialist focuses on learning, execution, and collaboration, with guidance from senior team members. Assist in the design and execution of projects exploring and scaling concepts related to assigned domain areas Contribute to technology evaluation, business model innovation, prototyping, and proof-of-concept activities Monitor assigned domain area(s) and build an understanding of their potential, maturity, and impact to our business Build on existing experience to quickly understand new technology, business models, markets, consumer trends, etc needed to develop awareness of adjacent areas Apply concept testing and validation, user research, or other related experimentation methodologies under the guidance of senior team members Support product or business model evaluation using established scorecards and criteria Support the identification and definition of problems and opportunity areas, development of hypotheses, and contribute to testing and validation of assumptions Develop and pitch new project ideas and opportunities Contribute to presentation of project findings to all levels of the enterprise Collaborat