Change Director Innovation & AI Implementation – Beekbergen Area/Hybrid Working

Project overview

Reason: The organization wants to deploy innovation more structurally and results-oriented, while the innovation approach is still under development and concrete AI initiatives need to be brought to demonstrable results. Temporary deployment is necessary due to an open vacancy and the lack of specialist knowledge about innovation and AI.

Intention: Implement a workable innovation approach and realize and anchor concrete innovation and AI solutions.

Personality x Skill: You combine change power and connecting leadership with extensive experience in innovation, AI, and complex organizations. You steer results-oriented on implementation, can get stakeholders without hierarchical positions on board, and translate complex issues into an actionable approach.

Organization

You will work for a large municipal organization in Gelderland with approximately 2,000 colleagues. The organization wants to remain agile and in control, increase execution power, and strengthen strategic capacity. Craftsmanship, innovation power, reliability, and collaboration are central. The assignment will be carried out within an innovation lab of the information organization, in close collaboration with internal stakeholders.

Change Director Innovation & AI Implementation

As Change Director Innovation & AI Implementation, you will lay the foundation for structural innovation within the organization for six months. You will focus on realizing innovation and AI solutions, implementing the innovation approach, and further optimizing innovation processes.

The innovation governance and working methods have been conceptually developed. At the same time, concrete initiatives around AI and AI agents are underway that need to be brought to demonstrable results. You will work within the innovation lab and regularly coordinate with employees of the information organization and other internal stakeholders regarding activities, progress, and priorities.

Responsibilities and Results

Job Requirements

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Desirables

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Application

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• Implementing a workable approach to innovation, in line with the innovation strategy;
• Realizing multiple concrete innovation initiatives from the innovation lab;
• Realizing and implementing innovation and AI solutions, including initiatives around AI and AI agents;
• Further optimizing the innovation process in the chain;
• Developing and implementing innovation processes, innovative working methods, and innovation governance;
• Leading multidisciplinary innovation projects;
• Working according to agile/scrum methods;
• Connecting professionals, management, and other internal stakeholders to joint innovation goals;
• Regularly coordinating on activities, progress, and priorities.
• The position is 16
• 24 hours per week;
• Interviews on Thursday, November 12, 2026;
• It is still worthwhile to apply without government experience;
• Available for at least 16 hours per week during the term of the assignment;
• Minimum WO (University) work and thinking level;
• Minimum 5 years of experience with innovation, transformation, or change assignments within complex organizations;
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a complex organization, such as a municipality, province, ministry, bank, insurer, or similar;
• Experience with developing and implementing innovation processes, innovative working methods, or innovation governance;
• Experience with leading multidisciplinary innovation projects;
• Experience with agile/scrum methods;
• Excellent command of the Dutch language.
• Experience with organizing, driving, or realizing innovation, preferably in multiple comparable assignments with concrete results on innovation setup, innovation portfolios, and implementation;
• Experience with AI and digital innovation, including data-driven work, (generative) AI applications, digital and social innovation, and setting up innovation or experiment labs;
• A concrete, realistic, and results-oriented approach for this assignment.
• Results orientation;
• Organizational sensitivity;
• Connecting leadership;
• Analytical ability;
• Communication skills;
• Entrepreneurship and perseverance;
• Creative and out-of-the-box thinking.
• CV tailored to the assignment, prepared in Dutch, Word format, max. 5 A4 pages;
• Provide a short motivation for this assignment (max. 1 A4 page);
• 2 references with contact details (In case of an intake interview, these may be consulted by the client);
• Indication of hourly rate.
• You will receive an acknowledgment of receipt within 24 hours and always a reasoned feedback within 3 days after the closing date/assessment.
• If you have questions in the meantime, you can contact the contact person for more information, e.g., about who the end client is and about the assignment agreement. We can also transparently advise you on pricing.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: Omgeving Beekbergen/Hybride Werken, NL
• Languages: Dutch