Also called: Intrapreneur, Innovation Lead
Acts like a startup founder inside a big company, testing new products or partnering with startups.
You meet a startup making AI tools for warehouses and decide whether your company should invest, partner or ignore it. Then you run a two-week experiment with a small team to see if customers would pay for a new service.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in business or engineering; many have an MBA.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration, Engineering, Entrepreneurship.
Growing about average. Grows when big companies feel threatened by startups; cut in downturns.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI scans startups and markets fast; choosing which bets a big company makes and running experiments stays human.
Classes: AP Microeconomics, AP Computer Science Principles, Business elective.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9199.
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