Strategy & Innovation Intern
Verisure, operating under 2 brand names (Securitas Direct & Verisure), is the European market leader in monitored security solutions.
Do you want to make an impact every day by keeping people safe - and by bringing them a sense of security and peace of mind? Interested in being part of a dedicated, passionate team that believes security is a human right? Looking to join a company where innovation and technology are at the heart of its solutions? Join us today!
Verisure is seeking an intern to join our innovation of new propositions (products & services) domain within the Group Technology Department.
Location
The position will be based in Madrid (Spain) with Pan-European Travel expected.
Job Description
- Deep dive into our product strategy using existing knowledge available across the company - multi-functional and international team - and working closely with our product managers.
- Identify new business opportunities and contribute to innovation management.
- Work with the Verisure Proposition Management team, investigating new business models and disruptive technologies. Collaborate with Managers to learn about our business model and how to innovate towards our growth.
- Liaise with external companies, including startups, to assess their solutions and technologies, contributing to innovation scouting and evaluation efforts.
Job Responsibilities
- Participate in our overall short-term and long-term product road map creation and help us understand which initiatives have the highest potential.
- Engage with our markets to understand local challenges/opportunities to feed our ideation process.
- Engage with key stakeholders to present our innovation concepts, ensuring alignment with business needs and strategic direction.
- Work with external stakeholders to perform competitive reviews, market benchmarks, and industry analysis to identify opportunities for differentiation and growth.
- This role is closely aligned with Product Management — you’ll help shape and develop new products and services from idea to market launch.
Conduct hands-on testing of external solutions by adopting the customer’s perspective, documenting the installation process, evaluating user experience, and assessing product performance.
Among others, in this role you will be responsible for:
- Researching the security market, relevant industries, competition, potential new partners and compile findings or run product testing.
- Understanding how interesting insights can be leveraged into ideas for new Products & Services.
- Supporting the Strategy & Innovation team members and working with other Managers from the team, beyond the Strategy & Innovation domain.
Job Skills & Qualifications
Required:
- University degree (Industrial Engineering is preferred).
- Complementary education: Business Strategy/Management, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Marketing Strategy, Product Design.
- Ability to work in English and Spanish.
- Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills with emphasis on strong MS PowerPoint and presentation skills and the ability to work with cross-functional and international teams.
- Capacity to understand the big picture and motivation to drive hands-on work to bring new ideas to life.
- Entrepreneurial and committed, with a strong hands-on approach.
Preferred:
- Experience in the international business environment or having worked/studied also abroad.
- Experience in market research and/or analysis of data.
- Experience in consumer qualitative research, design thinking or any other human-centric method for capturing insights.
- Experience in UX/UI.
- Strong written and oral communication capabilities for creating and presenting.
- French or Swedish is merited.
This position has a high potential for impact and success as Verisure is growing and building a talented and passionate Group organization led by a high-caliber Executive team!
The Company:
Verisure is the leading provider of peace of mind and protection to residential and small business customers across Europe and Latin America. We deliver professionally-monitored smart alarms and outstanding services to over 5 million customers in 17 countries across Europe and Latin America, with a team of more than 22,000 colleagues.
Verisure's brand family includes: Securitas Direct in Spain and Portugal (*). AlertAlarm, Dansikring Direct, Falck Alarms, Mediaveil, TeleAtlantic and NorAlarm to name a few!
Our Alarms are the most widely installed home security systems in Europe. A strong focus on quality and services means our customers are among the most satisfied in the industry.