New Business Specialist

1. Strategy & Portfolio Development

• Identify new business opportunities aligned with MPi's strengths and market trends (Payments, Digital Identity, Embedded Finance, GovTech, AI/ML applications, Smart Cards, IoT, etc.).
• Build a structured process for idea discovery, feasibility assessment, prototype design, and business case development.
• Maintain a Future-Ready Business Portfolio Roadmap with quarterly updates.

2. Incubation Program Creation

• Set up the incubation framework bringing together BE/Technical graduates and MBAs to work on new business ideas.
• Design workflows for concept generation, technology validation, PoC development, and go-to-market exploration.
• Build partnerships with academia, startups, accelerators, and innovation labs.

3. New Business Experimentation & Validation

• Lead teams through validation cycles: Market research, prototype development, user testing, and pilot launches.
• Run multiple incubation cohorts across the year, encouraging exploration of diverse and high-potential business themes.
• Facilitate an environment where teams can independently identify, assess, and choose opportunity areas aligned to MPi's strategic vision.
• Guide teams through structured validation cycles including market research, problem discovery, prototype development, user testing, and pilot launches.
• Ensure each cohort follows a rigorous experimentation framework that supports creativity, innovation, and data-driven decision making.

4. Governance & Review Mechanisms

• Set evaluation metrics, success criteria, and decision gates (Go/No-Go).
• Present new business cases to leadership for funding or integration into MPi's business units.
• Maintain dashboards covering project progress, value creation, risks, and financial projections.

5. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product, Production, Technology, Sales, Pre-Sales, Strategy, Finance, and Operations teams to integrate validated ideas.
• Ensure incubation outputs can seamlessly transition into mainstream execution teams.

6. External Ecosystem Engagement

• Collaborate with universities, think tanks, and research labs to bring fresh ideas and technologies.
• Build relationships with fintech/startup ecosystems to scout partnership and investment opportunities.
• Represent MPi at innovation events, hackathons, and technology forums.