The IT Innovation & Emerging Technologies Lead identifies, evaluates, and validates new technologies that can improve business performance and strengthen enterprise IT capabilities. The role translates technology trends into practical opportunities, business cases, and evidence-based recommendations for the Global CIO and business leaders. This is a senior individual contributor role with no direct reports. It provides technical and functional leadership through technology scouting, practical experimentation, and cross-functional coordination. The role supports handover of validated solutions to delivery teams, aligned with enterprise architecture and security requirements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Technology Scouting and Trend Analysis Monitor emerging technologies, vendor roadmaps, startups, and industry developments across AI, automation, cloud, data and analytics, cybersecurity, and enterprise platforms. Maintain a technology radar and present concise recommendations on relevance, maturity, timing, and potential business impact. Business Opportunities and Technology Assessment Partner with business and IT leaders to identify challenges and prioritize use cases based on value, feasibility, risk, and strategic fit. Assess solutions and suppliers for integration, scalability, security, data requirements, licensing, total cost of ownership, and vendor viability. Develop business cases with expected benefits, investment requirements, assumptions, and success measures. Proofs of Concept and Pilots Propose pilot scope, cost estimates, stakeholder contributions, evaluation criteria, and go or no-go checkpoints for approval. Build or configure initial prototypes where feasible and coordinate testing with technical specialists and suppliers; document results and recommend adoption, further testing, or discontinuation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Innovation Roadmap and Adoption Maintain an innovation opportunity pipeline and propose roadmap priorities to the General CIO, aligned with business needs and IT strategy.



Coordinate handover of validated solutions to delivery and operational teams, including ownership, support requirements, and benefits tracking. Partnerships and Knowledge Sharing Build relationships with technology providers and innovation ecosystems; evaluate partnership opportunities with Procurement and relevant stakeholders. Share findings through executive briefings, demonstrations, and workshops that help teams identify practical technology applications. Governance and Performance Engage Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Legal, and data owners throughout evaluation and experimentation; obtain required approvals before production adoption. Report pipeline progress, pilot outcomes, time to decision, adoption, and realized benefits; track pilot costs against approved funding and capture lessons learned. REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Technical and Business Expertise Broad understanding of enterprise IT, including cloud, integration, data platforms, cybersecurity, AI, and process automation; ability to assess technical trade-offs with specialists. Practical experience evaluating emerging technologies and delivering proofs of concept or pilots with documented business outcomes. Strong technology research, vendor evaluation, business case development, and financial analysis skills. Communication and Delivery Ability to explain technical opportunities and risks to executives and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority. Strong stakeholder management, structured experimentation, prioritization, and project coordination skills; ability to work independently across countries or regions. Experience and Seniority 5+ years of experience in enterprise technology, solution architecture, technology consulting, digital transformation, or related roles. 3+ years conducting technology assessments, proofs of concept, or innovation initiatives, with evidence of opportunity discovery through validated adoption. People management experience is not required. QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field. Fluent English required for global collaboration and executive communication.

📌 IT Innovation and Emerging Technologies Lead (Ciudad de México)
🏢 ECOM Agroindustrial Corp.
📍 Ciudad de México