Global Research & Innovation Product Manager(m/w/x)

Beschreibung

In this role, you will drive innovation by identifying customer opportunities and building strategic sales roadmaps. You will manage resources, set performance metrics, and ensure projects meet their objectives, all while aligning with market trends and customer needs.

Anforderungen

• •Completed studies in business administration, industrial engineering, electrical engineering/electronics, physics optoelectronics, mechatronics, or comparable
• •Experience in business development with customer contact, strategy, and business development in the automotive sector
• •Project management experience with methods and tool knowledge in interdisciplinary teams
• •Expert knowledge of automotive exterior lighting systems and key technologies
• •Strong communication and persuasive skills on technical or business level
• •Confident demeanor, structured and independent working style, and customer affinity
• •Willingness to travel in Germany and abroad
• •Very good written and spoken German and English skills

Aufgaben

• •Identify customer business opportunities with Business Development & Sales
• •Build a sales roadmap for each Innovation program
• •Ensure targeted RFQ and RFI are received from Business Development & Sales
• •Develop a robust business plan for strategic innovation programs
• •Align OPmobility innovation proposals with customer needs
• •Lobby for customer adoption through tease and test actions
• •Identify and consolidate resources and competencies for the Innovation program
• •Build the core and extended team along with the program budget and planning
• •Ensure the OPTINOV Program plan aligns with the agreed innovation budget
• •Identify funding and support opportunities to optimize the program budget
• •Define key outcomes for each innovation program with stakeholders
• •Establish targeted performance metrics and clear objectives for the team
• •Manage the master program timing plan from idea generation to transfer phase
• •Ensure compliance with acquisition radar timing in the sales roadmap
• •Follow the innovation roadmap set by the Innovation Program director
• •Evaluate the program status against original objectives and document lessons learned