Innovation Program Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the Innovation Program's complete process for idea intake, evaluation, portfolio management, and daily operations.

• Assess submissions for their technical feasibility, relevance to AEC/MEP, business value, required effort, strategic alignment, and potential for broader adoption.

• Maintain a prioritized portfolio consisting of submissions, investigations, proofs of concept, active development projects, awards, adoption decisions, and closed items.

• Document and make decisions regarding the advancement, redirection, pausing, consolidation, return, or rejection of ideas.

• Lead regular Innovation meetings by setting agendas, facilitating decision-making, documenting outcomes, and tracking action items.

• Collaborate with the Operations & Innovation Program Specialist on record-keeping, metrics, logistics, communications, awards, and portfolio management.

• Oversee the award workflow and monitor approvals until completion.

• Utilize Revit and AEC expertise to evaluate MEP workflows, families, templates, shared parameters, add-ins, automation concepts, and design-technology practices.

• Conduct structured investigation meetings with submitters and translate findings into actionable recommendations.

• Engage various subject-matter experts such as software engineering, product, AI, automation, and data specialists as necessary.

• Ensure the health, quality, throughput, and strategic alignment of the portfolio across affiliate companies.

• Identify duplicate initiatives, overlapping submissions, recurring Revit/MEP challenges, automation opportunities, and internal tool requirements.

• Guide ideas toward proof of concept, limited pilot, further investigation, formal development, or enterprise-supported adoption.

• Coordinate ownership, documentation, support expectations, and transition planning for adopted solutions.

• Prepare and present polished monthly Innovation updates for leadership and staff.

• Facilitate live discussions, manage inquiries, and communicate decisions, successes, lessons learned, and portfolio themes.

• Recommend and spearhead enhancements to rubrics, investigation frameworks, decision records, portfolio taxonomy, adoption criteria, and lifecycle workflows.

• Design and implement a unified application or automated workflow for managing the idea lifecycle.

• Establish program metrics that cover portfolio health, decision-making timeliness, participation, proof-of-concept progress, consolidation opportunities, and enterprise adoption.

• Develop a trusted partnership with the Operations & Innovation Program Specialist and review outcomes throughout the entire pipeline.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in AEC across various roles.

• Significant hands-on experience with Revit/AEC design or BIM.

• Proficient understanding of Revit families, templates, shared parameters, add-ins, and automation concepts.

• Capability to evaluate technical or process-improvement ideas for feasibility, effort, value, adoption potential, and strategic alignment.

• Experience managing a program, portfolio, review process, or cross-functional pipeline.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and make informed disposition decisions.

• Strong facilitation skills, including setting agendas, structured discussions, documenting decisions, and following up on action items.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to create executive-level presentations and confidently address leadership and large employee audiences.

• Experience in reviewing software applications, scripts, databases, integrations, or technical solution designs.

• Familiarity with software development lifecycles, product management, application support, or the transition from prototype to enterprise ownership.

• Proficient in Microsoft 365, including Teams, Outlook, Excel, and SharePoint.

• Comfortable using Microsoft Lists or Power Automate.

• Experience in identifying duplicate technology efforts and guiding reuse, consolidation, or shared solutions.

• Experience leading internal innovation, continuous improvement, citizen development, design technology, or recognition programs.

• A process-improvement mindset with a proven track record of implementing improvements.

• Experience collaborating with a support-level colleague while providing functional direction without formal management authority.

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Building/Construction Technology, or equivalent experience preferred; equivalent AEC industry experience and Revit expertise may substitute for formal education.

• Willingness to travel up to 5%, potentially to any or all 50 US states.

• Authorization to work in accordance with AI2IO's E-Verify participation requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plans, including two PPO-style options and an HDHP with HSA option.

• Flexible spending accounts (FSA).

• Dental and vision plans.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for spouse/domestic partner and dependent children up to age 26.

• 401(k) with company match and the option for a self-directed brokerage account.

• Paid time off (PTO), including additional time off during the last week of the year.

• Company-paid life insurance for employees and eligible dependents.

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Assistance with professional licensing.

• Paid parental leave after one year of employment.

• Remote-first team culture.

• Up to 5% business travel.