Competencies of an innovation manager: methodological aspects of the maturity level and development program making

The article reflects the methodological aspects of diagnosing the level of formation of competenciesof the manager of innovative activity. The article discusses the competencies of the managerial profession– working at the average managerial level and engaged in innovative activities. An approach to theformation of a model of competencies of the manager of innovation in the form of an ordered list of fivegroups: professional, functional, digital, sociocultural and cognitive competencies are proposed. Themethodology was tested on the example of a focus group of managers of innovative activities of the citiesof Nur-Sultan and Almaty. A matrix of ranking the competencies of the managers of innovation hasbeen developed, which allows determining the priorities for the development of competencies accordingto the criteria of importance and problem. Criteria for choosing teaching methods and developingcompetencies (the number of trainees, practical orientation, level of preparedness, level of educationalmotivation and cognitive activity, cost and duration of training) are determined. The characteristic ofthe most common methods is given and an algorithm is proposed for choosing the method of trainingand developing the competencies of the manager of innovation according to the selected criteria. Theresults of the study show that the important functional competencies of innovative activity among therespondents fell into the category of «lagging behind» and the degree of formation of most professionalcompetencies is not at the proper level of development.