Innovation Specialist Frisco TX only

Innovation Specialist, Frisco, TX
The Innovation Specialist role will oversee the operation of Comerica's Innovation Center in Frisco, Texas. The Innovation Center fulfills a key role in driving the growth of a corporate culture of innovation. On display are technologically driven solutions which align with Comerica's growth as a digitally transformative financial organization. The Innovation Specialist will use the Innovation Center resource to inspire creativity and promote technology cap abilities of the Comerica brand. This role will have oversight of all visitor experience activities including creating display content, presenting facility capabilities, conducting demonstrations and hosting webinars for a variety of internal and external audiences. This role will seek out opportunities from our banking business partners, technology suppliers and professional organizations to take part in Innovation Center activities. The specialist will scout for and identify inspiring methods to showcase innovation ideas. Also, the role will be able to discuss technology concepts and translate them for an audience in a way that conveys the benefit to the business. In any given week, this multifaceted role may include conducting a tour for a visiting department, evaluating innovative technology to display and how to maximize the experience, hosting a live interview with a technology leader, or speaking to a vendor partner to schedule a tech talk. The specialist is part of the Comerica Innovation Team and will actively be part of multiple activities such as employee idea review, experimentation, proof of concepts, meeting with prospective technology suppliers, and consulting business managers.

Position Responsibilities:
Design and Methodology

• Work closely with business units, application teams, infrastructure areas and vendors to identity, review and evaluate the solution requirements.
• Review and provide recommendation on new technologies, roadmaps, and vendor product offerings specific to server, software technologies and other products.
• Understand, participate, review, and influence long term capacity planning and technology investments.

Technical Consulting

• Provide consultation and work closely with other functional infrastructure areas on multiple initiatives to meet common organizational business goals and objectives.
• Participate in and provide consulting to project teams on design development, integration opportunities, planning of systems and assures it is aligned to our established strategies, guiding principles, rationales, and practices.

Planning and Organizing

• Assist and provide guidance on project/program planning phases and process.
• Direct and/or indirect management responsibility for large to enterprise size projects /programs/initiatives/services with high complexity across multiple functional area(s).

Risk Management

• Review, participate, develop and update guiding principles, rationales and strategies.
• Evaluate, review, and approve design solutions for business and infrastructure project or programs or initiatives.

Administration

• Keep management informed of status of on activities through accurate, timely, and appropriate reporting.
• Actively participates in committees representing the department and/or planning unit.

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering or in a technology related field, OR equivalent through a combination of education and/or technology experience, OR 12 years of technology experience
• 4 years in identifying technical solutions for complex business problems, identifying the benefits and risks of the solutions, and providing recommendations
• 4 years of technology experience
• 3 years presenting to business executives, prospects, or customers
• 2 years creating multimedia content to communicate business concepts
• This position is not eligible for sponsorship. Must have indefinite employment authorization.