Head of Technology & Innovation
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Expert
Bachelor's, Master's, MBA
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
In Person
Business & StrategyCorporate Strategy
About the job
Requirements
- Significant leadership experience in technology, innovation, engineering, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, or a closely related field.
- Strong understanding of emerging technologies and the ability to assess their technical, commercial, and operational relevance.
- Demonstrated experience incubating new capabilities, offerings, products, or technology initiatives through to business adoption.
- Ability to translate technology trends into compelling business cases, investment priorities, and actionable roadmaps.
- Established ecosystem engagement across startups, academia, hyperscalers, and technology providers.
- Strong executive communication, influence, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills.
- A B.E./BTech, M.E./MTech, or MBA qualification.
- 15–20 years of experience.
Responsibilities
- Establish and continuously refresh technology roadmaps aligned to SDS.AI’s business strategy, growth priorities, and client needs.
- Monitor emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, engineering, cloud, data, automation, and digital transformation trends; translate implications into clear strategic choices.
- Provide executive leadership with concise technology assessments, opportunity theses, and recommendations on build, buy, partner, or incubate decisions.
- Identify technology discontinuities, competitive threats, and adjacent opportunities that can materially influence future market positioning.
- Design and lead an innovation pipeline that captures ideas, prioritizes investments, validates concepts, and advances viable initiatives through defined stage gates.
- Incubate new capabilities, accelerators, platforms, and technology-led offerings from concept through pilot, proof of value, and transition to business ownership.
- Set success criteria, resourcing needs, risk controls, and commercialization pathways for innovation initiatives.
- Create a disciplined innovation operating model that balances exploration with measurable business impact and speed to market.
- Partner with business, delivery, sales, and solutioning leaders to convert validated concepts into differentiated capabilities and client-ready offerings.
- Define reusable assets, reference architectures, methods, and talent requirements needed to scale new capabilities.
- Support portfolio decisions by identifying where technology investments create a distinctive right to win.
- Champion adoption of new offerings internally and ensure feedback from clients and delivery teams informs their evolution.
- Build purposeful relationships with startups, academia, hyperscalers, technology providers, and specialist partners to broaden SDS.AI’s innovation capacity.
- Lead technology scouting, joint exploration, and co-innovation activities with priority ecosystem partners.
- Represent SDS.AI in relevant technology forums and strengthen its credibility as a forward-looking artificial intelligence, engineering, and digital partner.
- Foster a culture of curiosity, experimentation, knowledge sharing, and responsible innovation across the organization.
About the company
RBVC (Robert Bosch Venture Capital) is a global venture capital firm that backs early-stage deep tech startups in areas like energy efficiency, medical devices, and virtual/augmented reality. It supports companies with funding and access to Bosch’s network and resources to help them scale and bring innovations to market. Unlike traditional VCs, RBVC may purchase solutions for a proof-of-concept while allowing startups to keep their intellectual property, which speeds up development and lowers upfront costs. The firm earns money through equity investments and the eventual success of its portfolio. RBVC’s goal is to accelerate technological advances across multiple industries by connecting startups with Bosch’s ecosystem, customers (from medical centers to data centers), and global reach.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$3.8B
Headquarters
Frankfurt, Germany
Founded
2007
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Quantum Motion raised $160 million in May 2026 with Bosch Ventures participating.
- Qdrant closed a $50 million Series B in March 2026, signaling strong AI infrastructure demand.
- Nauta named Bosch Ventures a lead investor in August 2026, expanding industrial AI reach.
What critics are saying
- Bosch Mobility announced 13,000 cuts in 2025 and more restructurings through 2027.
- Bosch closed France's Moulins-Yzeure plant in 2026, showing pressure on industrial cash generation.
- If Bosch's margin recovery fails, corporate venture budgets face direct contraction by 2027.
What makes Robert Bosch Venture Capital unique
- Bosch Ventures launched Fund VI in May 2025, committing about €250 million globally.
- It buys Bosch proof-of-concept access while startups keep IP, accelerating enterprise adoption.
- Its portfolio spans mobility, AI, quantum, and energy, with 60-plus active investments.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Parental Leave
- Wellness Program