VIE - Innovation Assistant Project Manager - Geneva

Job description

  

Cartier, l'artisan des passions.

Main Mission

Cartier is a world-renowned global luxury brand. We enhances people’s lives with our curiosity, our eye for beauty and our independence. The philosophy of our innovation department is about value creation through human centric solutions.  Human is at the core of our innovation mission, we apply a human centric approach when we explore new technologies, partner with commercial teams in providing transversal solutions and in fostering an innovation culture at the Maison globally.

We are seeking for an Innovation Assistant Project Manager under a 18-month VIE contract to join the Innovation department in Geneva to provide transversal project management support to the team across multiple key projects with a focus on Blockchain topics.

 

Key responsibilities 

·  Update and sharing of all innovation projects schedules, track project progress in terms of time, results, budget
·  Follow up on technology watch, share outside benchmarks to nourish the teams’ initiatives
·  Manage innovation projects on his/her own with a strong focus on Blockchain / digital projects and/or support other team members in their planning and execution of proof of concept. 
·  Coordinate interactions with all Innovation department’s internal and external stakeholders
·  Follow the BU/YTD/LE budget and support the Innovation Team to assess and change the priorities, manage accordingly relations with external providers

 

Your profile

·  Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, or Communication with a strong focus on innovation management in an international environment
·  First experience with Digital and/or Blockchain innovative projects is highly preferable 
·  Experience in project management
·  Fluent in English and French
·  Strong communication and interpersonal skills
·  Curious, open-minded and passionate about innovation topics
·  Strong organizational and analytical skills
·  Team-player also able to work independently

 

Eligibility to the VIE Program

·  Candidates between 18 and 28 years old
·  Nationals of Member States of the European Economic Area (EAA), who have fulfilled their national service obligation