Technology Assessment Lead

The Role

Ready to shape the future of technology in a truly global setting? Join an inclusive, innovative global FMCG business powered by 25,000 talented employees worldwide, and step into a role at the heart of Imperial's Front-End Innovation team. In this pivotal position, you'll lead the evaluation, exploration, and testing of breakthrough technologies from around the world - identifying opportunities that could transform our Innovation pipeline and strengthen our product portfolio from consumer, strategic, and intellectual property perspectives.

You'll also play a key role in driving the conversations that matter, managing and running the Front-End Innovation team's most important decision-shaping forums across the business.

If you're excited by the chance to scout the technologies of tomorrow and make a real impact on a global scale, we'd love to hear from you - apply today and help shape what comes next.

Principle Accountabilities

• Take a leading role in assessing and recommending new technology solutions for all our three core categories, with a focus on consumable technology. Focussing on technologies external to imperials business.
• Build and manage a strong network of external partners with technologies and capabilities to support imperials innovation strategy, being the point of contact for the Imperial business with respect to assessment projects.
• Build and manage key internal working relationships with supporting functions to ensure effective assessment project delivery. Spanning Science, Legal, R&D, Consumer Science and Commercial.
• Responsible for designing and executing effective assessment projects covering technical test design and sensory/consumer test design.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of available technologies from outside imperials business.
• Work closely with portfolio, category and markets to assess competitor and market insights and translate that into assessment opportunities.

Skills and Experience Required

• Degree-qualified in a relevant scientific or technical discipline, bringing a strong analytical foundation
• Proven project and programme manager, skilled in leading multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Exceptionally organised, with the ability to prioritise effectively and deliver high-quality outcomes at pace.
• Collaborative and inclusive team player, comfortable working with diverse teams and broad stakeholder groups.
• Strong technical and product development understanding, with the ability to generate, analyse and report robust data.
• Commercially aware communicator, confident presenting insights clearly and influencing decisions.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we're fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.