Job Description
Join Horizon Labs at the forefront of tomorrow's innovation landscape. We're seeking a visionary Futurist Innovation Strategist to architect breakthrough solutions for 2026 and beyond. As a key architect of our future roadmap, you'll leverage cutting-edge foresight methodologies to transform emerging technologies into market-defining opportunities. This hybrid role combines deep technical acumen with strategic vision, requiring you to anticipate paradigm shifts across AI, biotech, and quantum domains. Our dynamic environment offers unparalleled resources to prototype and scale revolutionary concepts that will shape human progress.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement multi-year innovation roadmaps aligned with 2026 technological inflection points
- Lead scenario-planning workshops to map future industry disruption vectors
- Collaborate with R&D teams to prototype next-gen solutions in emerging domains
- Produce trend-impact analyses for C-suite strategic decision-making
- Establish cross-functional innovation incubators for moonshot projects
- Represent company at global foresight forums and technology summits
- Build proprietary foresight frameworks using AI-driven trend synthesis
Qualifications
- Master's degree in Futures Studies, Strategic Innovation, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years in technology strategy or innovation consulting
- Proven track record of translating foresight into commercial products
- Expertise in at least two emerging tech domains (AI/ML, quantum, synthetic biology)
- Certification in foresight methodologies (e.g., Horizon Scanning, Delphi)
- Experience with innovation frameworks (e.g., Double Diamond, Blue Ocean Strategy)
- Exceptional storytelling skills for communicating complex futures to diverse audiences
- Portfolio demonstrating 3+ future-oriented projects delivered to market