Lyreco

As Group Innovation Portfolio & Project Manager, you’ll partner with our Head of Innovation to nurture Lyreco’s global intrapreneur community, oversee our innovation platform across 25+ markets and steer the Lyreco Pioneers programme from ideation to market trial. You’ll mentor Innovation Ambassadors, facilitate design-thinking and lean-startup workshops, enforce robust governance on our projects pipeline and deliver clear reporting to senior leadership. Nothing is out of scope for our team—you’ll ensure every well-founded idea gets the support it needs, and you’ll never say “no” when colleagues ask for help. Full professional fluency in English and a proven track record in corporate accelerator or incubator environments are essential.

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About Lyreco

The Lyreco Group is the European leader and the third largest distributor of workplace products and services in the world. A privately-owned company since 1926, Lyreco is now present in 25 countries, operating in 40 different countries across the globe.

A global workplace solutions company with 10,000 employees, Lyreco’s mission is to delivery sustainably, what any workplace needs, so its people can focus on what matters most. We are pioneers, today and tomorrow, in delivering what any workplace needs, from workplace products, to services, anywhere you work. We are active in the areas of office supplies, print services and consumables, PPE and safety solutions, coffee and catering, hygiene and cleaning, furniture and ergonomics solutions, and wellbeing services.

To learn more about Lyreco – see our career website here

Role Overview

You will take ownership of Lyreco’s global innovation ecosystem and work closely with the Head of Innovation to shape strategy, track progress and maintain alignment across all initiatives. You will foster an inclusive community of Innovation Ambassadors in over 25 countries, oversee our innovation platform and lead the Lyreco Pioneers programme from initial idea through to market test. At Lyreco, nothing is out of scope: the innovation team will support any well-founded initiative and never turn down a request for help.

YOUR MISSIONS :

• Strategic Support: Collaborate with the Head of Innovation on the global roadmap, resource allocation and governance; prepare reports and presentations for the Executive Committee.
• Community Engagement: Onboard, mentor and empower Innovation Ambassadors; host regular peer-review forums to share successes, troubleshoot challenges and disseminate best practice.
• Platform Management: Ensure every country logs and updates its projects accurately on the innovation platform; enforce stage-gate criteria, naming conventions and performance metrics to keep the pipeline transparent and reliable.
• Pioneers Programme Leadership: Design and run the end-to-end Pioneers journey—ideation workshops, sprint coaching, MVP prototyping and market trials—securing expert input and budget for each cohort; track outcomes and refine the curriculum.
• Workshop Facilitation: Deliver immersive design-thinking and lean-startup sessions, both virtually and in person; guide teams to reframe problems, test assumptions with customers and pivot when required.
• Stakeholder Reporting: Maintain up-to-date dashboards on project status, resource use and milestone delivery; produce quarterly innovation reviews that highlight lessons learned and forward recommendations.

YOUR PROFILE :

• At least five years’ experience supporting entrepreneurial teams in a corporate setting, preferably within an internal accelerator or incubator.
• Hands-on proficiency with design-thinking tools (Empathy Mapping, Value Proposition Canvas) and lean-startup methods (rapid prototyping, customer-validation).
• Demonstrable track record of managing complex programme portfolios, balancing hands-on coaching with rigorous stage-gate oversight.
• Excellent facilitation skills, able to engage participants from junior contributors to senior executives and foster an open, collaborative atmosphere.
• Strong analytical ability to define and monitor innovation KPIs; clear, concise communicator in written and spoken English (full professional fluency required).

MINDSET & CULTURE :

You thrive on uncertainty, are relentless in pursuing customer insight and committed to embedding sustainability and ethics in every project. You believe that every request for support deserves a positive response, and you will do everything in your power to help colleagues turn their ideas into reality. If you share our conviction that innovation has no boundaries, we would welcome your application.

REASONS TO JOIN LYRECO:

• Experience working in an international environment.
• Performance bonuses.
• Profit-sharing and participation schemes.
• Initiatives supporting work-life balance (company concierge services, sports associations, carpooling platform, on-site daycare).
• Lyreco is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. We guarantee compliance with non-discrimination rules in recruitment and are committed to supporting individuals who are far from employment.
• Hybrid working model (2 days remote per week)

If the above job description interests you and you think you are a good fit, please send your cv ! We look forward to receiving your application.

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