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Innovation Pipeline & Platform Lead
IEEEPiscataway, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Jan 2026
💰 $151,000/yr($121,000/yr – $151,000/yr)
About the role
Innovation Pipeline & Platform Lead - 260002: KNW-C60
The Innovation Pipeline & Platform Lead is responsible for the end-to-end operational management of IEEE's innovation pipeline and the Qmarkets Q-ideate platform (IEEE Innovation Portal). This role owns the daily flow of ideas — from intake through triage, moderation, evaluation routing, and status communication — ensuring the innovation system operates with speed, consistency, transparency, and trust.
This role is the system operator and workflow governor of the Office of Innovation. Success is measured by pipeline throughput, SLA adherence, submission quality, reviewer engagement, and contributor trust. The Pipeline & Platform Lead ensures that every idea submitted to IEEE's innovation ecosystem is handled professionally, fairly, and efficiently.
This is a high-volume, detail-intensive, operations-heavy role that requires comfort working deeply within a configurable enterprise platform and coordinating across a federated organization, such as IEEE.
Key Responsibilities
Description
Job SummaryThe Innovation Pipeline & Platform Lead is responsible for the end-to-end operational management of IEEE's innovation pipeline and the Qmarkets Q-ideate platform (IEEE Innovation Portal). This role owns the daily flow of ideas — from intake through triage, moderation, evaluation routing, and status communication — ensuring the innovation system operates with speed, consistency, transparency, and trust.
This role is the system operator and workflow governor of the Office of Innovation. Success is measured by pipeline throughput, SLA adherence, submission quality, reviewer engagement, and contributor trust. The Pipeline & Platform Lead ensures that every idea submitted to IEEE's innovation ecosystem is handled professionally, fairly, and efficiently.
This is a high-volume, detail-intensive, operations-heavy role that requires comfort working deeply within a configurable enterprise platform and coordinating across a federated organization, such as IEEE.
Key Responsibilities
- Innovation Intake, Moderation & Triage (Primary Responsibility)
- Own the daily intake of innovation submissions through Qmarkets Q-ideate (always-on and campaign-based).
- Perform first-level moderation to ensure submissions meet quality, completeness, and relevance standards.
- Conduct initial triage and classification, tagging ideas by theme, innovation type, readiness level, and strategic alignment.
- Route ideas to the appropriate workflows, campaigns, reviewers, or operating units based on defined criteria.
- Manage high-volume submissions calmly and consistently, ensuring no ideas stall or disappear in the system.
- Qmarkets Platform Ownership & Workflow Operations
- Serve as the primary platform owner and operator for Qmarkets Q-ideate within the Office of Innovation.
- Configure and maintain workflows, stage gates, permissions, roles, and automated notifications.
- Maintain platform hygiene, including submission structure, taxonomy consistency, reviewer assignments, and workflow integrity.
- Execute bulk actions and operational adjustments to keep the pipeline moving efficiently.
- Partner with the Innovation Principal to improve platform configuration, campaigns, and engagement design.
- Pipeline Governance & Service-Level Management
- Own and enforce SLAs for idea acknowledgment, review timing, status updates, and feedback loops.
- Track pipeline health indicators, including backlog size, cycle time, drop-off points, and conversion rates.
- Proactively identify bottlenecks or breakdowns in the pipeline and escalate issues with recommendations.
- Ensure fairness, transparency, and consistency in the evaluation and advancement of ideas.
- Stakeholder Coordination & Communication
- Coordinate with OU Innovation Delegates, reviewers, and subject matter experts to support timely evaluations.
- Act as the primary point of contact for submitters regarding process questions, expectations, and status updates.
- Provide clear, empathetic communication that reinforces trust in IEEE’s innovation process.
- Support change management by reinforcing how the pipeline works and explaining why governance is important.
- Reporting, Analytics & Continuous Improvement
- Produce regular reports and dashboards on pipeline performance, engagement, and throughput.
- Surface insights and operational recommendations to the Director of Innovation to improve system effectiveness.
- Support leadership and Board-level reporting with accurate, defensible pipeline data.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of innovation operations, workflows, and platform usage.
- 10% Domestic and International Travel may include nights and weekends.
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