Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life. Working as a part of the central strategy team, the role requires you to primarily work with the Senior leadership team from the delivery units and all support teams to create, evaluate, implement, make improvements and govern organization-wide strategic initiatives. Program management skills along with a good grasp on emerging technologies, setting up centers of excellence and engaging with the startup ecosystem are key requirements for this position. Exposure to programs related to Innovation would be a critical component.

What you will be doing....

• Engaging with Startups

  • Connect/ Interact  with startup ecosystem

  • Work with our partners to bring in the best of startups to drive innovation for VzI

  • Improve the overall process in terms of engaging startups

  • Translate ideas into full blown solutions that helps address unarticulated needs of the organization

• Performing customized market research and monitoring  Business & Technology trends

  • Review and analyze information through different reports and researches

  • Develop and present recommendations for the management

• Communication & Reporting

• Arrive & adhere to a standard reporting , review  & communication mechanism  on activities related to Startup engagement, CoEs, Market Research, External Engagement and Knowledge Management services

• Implement the new operating model

• Build strategic partnership with BU teams across VzI and GTS

• Theme and problem statement based approach

• Calendarized approach to all inward focus initiatives - target at least 1 campaign per BU every 6 months

• Process efficiency improvement

• Increase conversion rate of startup deployment

• Clearly defined patent process and communication of the same to the larger audience

• Run campaigns to drive participation in VzT Live

• Calendarized approach with at least one internal event organized per month

• Create awareness and actively contribute towards building the innovation culture within the organization

• Partner with external companies to provide external opportunities for the organization

• Create the unified engagement calendar and drive participation in external and internal events

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

What we’re looking for…

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience

• Four or more years of relevant work experience

• Experience  in Business Operations / PM function

• Good exposure to the startup ecosystems

• Proven track record of success in driving /managing  process improvement efforts and excels in identifying new areas of opportunity 

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A go-getter with strong sense of ownership and accountability

• Strong ability to multitask, prioritize, work independently and drive issues to resolutions 

• Experience working in cross-functional teams

• Good communication skills - spoken and presentation(decks, insights etc.) skills 

• Market Research - providing insights to the leadership team

• PMP or any equivalent certification preferred

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.