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RNCP 41354 · Level 7

Master's in Manager of Cross-Functional & Innovative Project Development

Master's in Manager of Cross-Functional & Innovative Project Development

Course Includes:

  • Intakes:February and September
  • Duration:To be confirmed
  • Mode:On Campus
  • Language:English
  • RNCP:RNCP41354
  • Certification:Level 7
  • College:ISEAM / Groupe HEMA
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Programme Details

Master's in Manager of Cross-Functional & Innovative Project Development

Certified Level 7 | Registration valid until 24/09/2028

A Master-level (Bac +5) nationally recognised certification for leaders who drive organisational innovation, cross-functional project management and sustainable value creation across all sectors.

Innovation and the capacity to innovate have become strategic imperatives for any organisation’s sustainability. The Master's Manager of Cross-Functional & Innovative Project Development operates at the heart of digital transformation, continuously evolving market dynamics, environmental challenges and the shift towards horizontal decision-making.

Certification at a Glance

Certification TitleMaster's Manager of Cross-Functional & Innovative Project Development
RNCP CodeRNCP41354
Qualification LevelLevel 7 — Master / Bac +5 (EQF Level 7)
StatusActive
Certification BodyISEAM / Groupe HEMA — KLM Society (SIRET 44806508600010)
Registration Valid Until24 September 2028 | Last award date: 24 September 2032
NSF Codes200n (Industrial Design / Product Conception) · 310n (Management & Exchange)
Formacodes32025 Business Strategy · 32135 Project Management · 32145 Transversal Management
Access PathwaysInitial training · Apprenticeship · Continuing education · Work-study · Prior learning (VAE)
Websitehttps://iseam.eu

Programme Overview

Innovation and the capacity to innovate have become strategic imperatives for any organisation’s sustainability. The Master's Manager of Cross-Functional & Innovative Project Development operates at the heart of digital transformation, continuously evolving market dynamics, environmental challenges and the shift towards horizontal decision-making.

The holder of this certification:

  • Drives and co-constructs innovation management strategies in partnership with all company entities and partner ecosystems.
  • Animates innovation dynamics, develops open innovation initiatives and builds a company-wide culture of participative innovation.
  • Anticipates the impact and risks that innovations will have on traditional value chains.
  • Contributes to upskilling the organisation in innovative practices and steers cross-functional projects across all departments.
  • Integrates sustainable development (CSR/RSE) and inclusion principles throughout every phase of project design and execution.

Core activities include:

  • Initiating and reinforcing innovation dynamics, transformation and continuous improvement
  • Anticipating technology, societal and environmental trends and risks
  • Identifying new business models and disruptive technologies
  • Conducting opportunity and feasibility studies
  • Building innovation strategies aligned to overall corporate strategy
  • Selecting priority innovations based on market positioning
  • Orchestrating transversal and innovative projects from ideation to deployment
  • Building business plans, specifications and risk evaluations
  • Managing change and mobilising teams around innovation vision
  • Protecting innovations legally (patents, INPI filing, IP enforcement)
  • Evaluating economic, financial and extra-financial performance (ESG)
  • Building and managing project teams — inclusive of people with disabilities

Graduate Outcomes

97%

6-month employment rate (2022)

84%

2-year sector placement (2022)

91%

6-month employment rate (2023)

5 Competence Blocks

BC01 Building a Structurally Innovative, Inclusive & Participative Organisation

Embed a culture of innovation, co-construction and responsible transformation aligned with CSR/SD objectives.

  • Promote new ways of working and organising, inclusive of disability situations, to spread participative innovation culture
  • Organise creativity stimulation processes (design thinking, co-development…) encouraging team-level proposals
  • Co-construct sustainable development and CSR-oriented projects with employees and management
  • Train employees on the importance of innovation and CSR/sustainable development challenges
  • Conduct strategic, technological and societal monitoring (AI, digital, ecological trends) via a user-centric approach
  • Explore new concepts — circular economy, social economy, Industry 4.0, universal design — using AI modelling
  • Assess new market attractiveness integrating economic, societal trends and risks
  • Build collaborative digital platforms (intranet, enterprise social networks) to facilitate knowledge sharing

BC02 Embedding Innovation Sustainably & Responsibly in Corporate Strategy

Design and propose innovation strategies aligned with the company’s competitive positioning and CSR commitments.

  • Audit company strengths, weaknesses and performance (operations, costs, margins) with inclusion and diversity lens
  • Benchmark against best practices to elaborate new competitive value-creation business models
  • Identify and model new business models for disruptive and incremental innovations using AI simulation tools
  • Integrate sustainable development goals into the innovation strategy (measurable, realistic ESG targets)
  • Analyse target markets: unmet needs, emerging trends, growth opportunities and competitive dynamics
  • Select innovation projects using weighted criteria grids and stakeholder consensus
  • Manage strategic partnerships (start-ups, universities, research labs) — co-development, joint ventures, licensing
  • Attend national and international events (Cyber Show, Hub Forum, World AI Cannes Festival, Techinnov…)

BC03 Steering Cross-Functional & Innovative Projects (Organisational, Marketing & Commercial)

Lead projects from business plan through prototype to delivery, managing complexity, agility and legal protection.

  • Build business plans integrating societal, sustainability, diversity and inclusion (disability) considerations
  • Establish project specifications: objectives, roles, deliverables, planning, risk management and evaluation criteria
  • Manage change: assess resistance, build trust across stakeholders, create communication plans
  • Define adaptable strategic roadmaps for complex, uncertain environments using agile and experimental approaches
  • Assess project feasibility using TRL (Technology Readiness Level) and VRIO (Value, Rarity, Imitability, Organisation)
  • Develop AI-assisted prototypes; evaluate legal risks using RACI matrices
  • Ensure intellectual property protection: patent filing with INPI, information security policies, confidentiality agreements
  • Enforce IP rights in case of violations (bailiff reports, specialist legal counsel)

BC04 Evaluating Economic, Financial & Extra-Financial Project Performance

Secure investment decisions through rigorous ROI, ESG and budget analysis.

  • Calculate economic and financial profitability, integrating project risks to secure investment decisions
  • Measure innovative project impact using AI tools across all resources (human, financial, brand)
  • Identify, measure and integrate non-financial ESG indicators alongside traditional financial KPIs
  • Evaluate financing options (equity, bank loans, grants, private investors) and negotiate with investors
  • Build multi-scenario budgets using AI simulation tools; evaluate all direct and indirect costs
  • Track performance against KPIs; identify deviations from budget and prepare corrective action plans
  • Produce financial reports and visual dashboards for management, project teams and partners

BC05 Transversal Management of Multidisciplinary Teams

Build, motivate and evaluate diverse project teams in a non-hierarchical, inclusive leadership model.

  • Analyse project specifications to identify required competencies and build the right project team
  • Select team members ensuring availability, commitment and skills alignment with project scope
  • Engage specialist support (AGEFIPH, MDPH, Cap Emploi) to integrate team members with disabilities
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and external partners respecting social and societal values
  • Motivate project teams through non-hierarchical leadership; unlock innovation talent and diversity
  • Define and implement team performance indicators in collaboration with line management
  • Encourage field-level feedback; support continuous upskilling including specific support for disabled team members

Assessment Methods

Block-level Assessments

  • BC01 — Group work + oral presentation (collective & individual)
  • BC02 — Group case study + individual written exam
  • BC03 — Collective written dossier + collective & individual defence
  • BC04 — Individual written case study
  • BC05 — Collective & individual defence

Cross-cutting Programme Deliverables

  • DRAP — Professional Research & Analysis Dossier + defence
  • BAPEC — Annual Professional Activity & Skills Assessment + defence
  • Professional Thesis on the company + defence
  • GOC — Grand Oral of Competences
  • PAC module-end exams (Competence Acquisition Preparation)

Each competence block can be validated independently. A block validation certificate is issued upon successful completion of each individual block. The full certification is awarded once all five blocks and all cross-cutting deliverables are validated.

Sectors & Career Opportunities

This certification applies to all sectors — traditional or inherently innovative — as any organisation requires innovation management capabilities regardless of size.

Sectors

  • New technologies & digital transformation
  • Cosmetics & luxury goods
  • Agriculture & agri-food
  • Medicine & healthcare
  • Construction & civil engineering (BTP)
  • Automotive
  • Tourism & hospitality
  • Textile & fashion
  • Finance & insurance
  • Printing & media

Job Titles (ROME M1402 · M1703 · H1102 · M1806)

  • Innovation Manager / Innovation Officer
  • Project Manager (digital, SIRH, BI, BIM, MOA/AMOA…)
  • Project Management Officer (PMO)
  • Business Developer
  • Innovation & Continuous Improvement Officer
  • Product Manager / Brand Manager
  • Transversal Project Director
  • Innovation Studies Officer
  • Consultant (strategy, process, digital…)
  • Engineer – Innovation / R&D

The Manager works in all size organisations: large corporations with dedicated innovation departments, mid-size companies (ETI, 400–2,000 employees) building innovation capabilities, and SMEs using consultants or polyvalent innovation leads. Reporting typically to a General Director, Operational Director or Functional Director.

Admissions & Prerequisites

Applicants must meet one of the following profiles:

  • Hold a Level 6 qualification (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) — from a university, engineering school, business/management school, or any Level 7 diploma or title.
  • Demonstrate significant professional experience in commercial, managerial, administrative, marketing, communications, or technical/scientific roles — preferably with a Level 5 qualification — and benefit from an accelerated/shortened pathway.

Admission process: dossier review, written tests (analysis, logic, argumentation) and individual interview.

Innovation Ecosystem & Methodologies

Graduates are trained to master a rich set of innovation methods, tools and frameworks:

Ideation & Design

  • Design Thinking
  • Co-development
  • Open Innovation
  • Universal Design

Strategy & Analysis

  • SWOT / PESTEL
  • VRIO Analysis
  • TRL Methodology
  • Scenario Planning (AI)

Finance & Performance

  • ROI Calculation
  • ESG Indicators
  • Budget Simulation (AI)
  • Extra-financial Reporting

Project Management

  • Business Plan
  • Project Specification
  • Risk Matrix (RACI)
  • Agile & Experimentation

Team & Change

  • Transversal Leadership
  • Change Management
  • Stakeholder Mapping
  • Inclusion Practices

Legal & IP

  • Patent Filing (INPI)
  • IP Enforcement
  • Confidentiality Agreements
  • Security Policies

Partial Correspondences with Other Level 7 Certifications

BC02 and BC03 of RNCP41354 are recognised in partial correspondence with the following Master-level certifications:

Corresponding Certification Corresponding Block
RNCP34912 — Manager of Technological Innovation (MS) BC01: Developing a coherent innovation strategy
RNCP38819 — Innovation Project Manager (MS) BC03: Piloting an innovation engineering project / BC04: Managing an inclusive interdisciplinary team
RNCP39094 — Innovation & Entrepreneurial Development Manager (MS) BC02: Strategy · BC03: Piloting · BC04: Financing
RNCP39244 — Innovation & Activity Development Manager (MS) BC02: Define an innovation strategy · BC03: Manage innovative projects

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