Innovation Orchestrator – Defensie en Industrie | The Hague

With a strong sense of vision, you pinpoint where joint innovation can truly make a difference. You connect the right partners around a shared goal and turn joint ambitions into tangible collaboration. You take initiative in forming and guiding these often public-private consortia.

You operate across multiple levels simultaneously, from individual companies to regional ecosystems, national agendas and European innovation frameworks. In this dynamic context, you design and lead innovation programs that drive real change. You actively engage and inspire stakeholders, ensuring alignment around a shared roadmap. Throughout the process, you maintain strategic oversight and provide clear direction.

An essential part of your role is to consistently connect TNO’s technological expertise to the programs you lead. In doing so, you amplify the impact of both TNO and its partners. Your primary focus lies in defense and the high-tech industry, areas where innovation and collaboration are of strategic importance.

Questions you will encounter:

• How should existing ecosystems be adapted and new ecosystems developed to achieve goals such as strategic autonomy or a strong defense force? Who takes on which role? And how does this affect the earning potential of individual companies?
• How can we scale up new innovative industries, and what role do business models play in this? And how can we realize this as quickly as possible?
• How do you encourage stakeholders to jointly establish new business models around innovations? How are these new forms of collaboration financed, by whom, and for what purpose?

At BFM, 35 consultants and scientists work toward a single mission: accelerating sustainable growth in the European industry through innovation. We support companies, sectors and governments in making well-informed decisions, grounded in clear economic and business analyses. This establishes a strong foundation for policies and investments that deliver meaningful results.

What sets our work apart is our focus beyond technology alone. We convert technological possibilities into new collaborative models between organizations. Through this approach, we facilitate structural change and enable effective transitions.