Manager, Product Development

About the program City I&T Grand Challenge

Launched in 2020, the City I&T Grand Challenge is an initiative to tackle problems facing the city and people in their daily lives by inviting innovative ideas from all walks of life. Winning teams are given financial support and training for refining their I&T solutions and developing prototypes for trials. The prototypes developed are exhibited to the public in a large-scale showcase event. The successful candidate will join the project team and perform the following duties:

The Position
• Facilitate Grand Challenge winning teams in successfully completing their prototyping and user trial objectives
• Equip startups with guidance and essential resources to enable them to achieve high quality deliverables within budget and schedule
• Arrange regular meetings with startups to identify and mitigate potential risks along the co-creation process
• Manage junior staff to conduct due diligent checking for budget proposals, expenses approval documentation, prepare presentation materials and compile analytic status reports
• Coordinate reporting to ITC, HKSTP senior management, and associated stakeholders
• Provide all-rounded overall programme management support including but not limited to handling of startup communication, prototyping & trial activities, physical and virtual events, etc.
• Perform any tasks as assigned

The Candidate
• Bachelor’s degree in Product Design, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Innovation or other related disciplines or equivalent
• 8 years of working experience, preferably in product design and development, project management, or innovation management
• Project management experience in both hardware and software product development is preferred
• Experience gained in Innovation & Technology industry with coaching University startups would be an added advantage
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Proactive, attention to details and a good team player
• Good command in both written and spoken English and Chinese (including Putonghua)
• Higher education or professional qualifications with less experience will also be considered.

What We offer
• Unique Work.Live.Play.Learn culture in Hong Kong’s largest Innovation & Technology ecosystem
• 5-day work week, attractive annual leave and additional special leave
• Medical benefits including dental and annual check-up from Day-1, with extended coverage to dependent(s)
• Professional training and career advancement opportunities
• Accessible to various bus service with network across different locations in HK

Interested parties please submit your application by clicking “Apply Now”. Commencing position will be commensurate with qualifications, relevant experience, and competencies.

The application will remain open until the position is filled. HKSTP reserves the right not to fill the position.

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Applicants not invited for interview within 6 weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful. Personal data of unsuccessful applicants will be retained for a maximum of two years counting from the date the vacancy has been filled.

About Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) was established in 2001 to create a thriving I&T ecosystem grooming 13 unicorns, more than 15,000 research professionals and over 2,000 technology companies from 28 countries and regions focused on developing healthtech, AI and robotics, fintech and smart city technologies, etc.

More information about HKSTP is available at www.hkstp.org.