Nippon Sanso is one of the leading companies in the industrial and medical gases business in Europe. Serving over 150,000 customers and 350,000 patients across 14 countries, we offer a comprehensive range of gas-based solutions tailored to sectors including healthcare, food, electronics, manufacturing, chemicals, electronics, and energy among many others.

The Innovation Manager Europe will be based in our headquarters in Madrid, reporting to Innovation Program Director, and is responsible for strengthening the European innovation and Development pipeline by identifying, evaluating, and accelerating new technologies, business models, partnerships, and application opportunities that create measurable business value. The role acts as a central connector between European business units, R&D; teams, integral innovation and R&D; functions, customers, universities, research institutes, start-ups, accelerators, incubators, and external technology ecosystems.

Key responsibilities

• Lead Front End Innovation activities across Europe by collecting, structuring, and evaluating early-stage ideas,



unmet customer needs, technology trends, and emerging business opportunities.
• Establish and maintain a structured scouting process for technologies, start-ups, universities, research institutes, industrial partners, and innovation ecosystems relevant to European strategic focus areas.
• Monitor start-up landscapes and emerging ventures in priority domains such as sustainability, industrial transformation, electronics, healthcare, food and beverage, water, aquaculture, automation, digitalization, and advanced manufacturing.
• Build relationships with accelerators, incubators, venture networks, technology hubs, public funding bodies, and innovation platforms to identify collaboration opportunities and strengthen the external innovation pipeline.
• Screen and assess external opportunities using clear criteria such as strategic fit, market potential, technology maturity, scalability, intel

📌 Innovation Manager Europe (Madrid)
🏢 Nippon Sanso Europe
📍 Madrid