Director – Engineering – Seed Business Strategy
| Company | Denso |
|---|---|
| Location | California, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
- 10+ years of relevant experience plus 5+ years leading teams and people.
- Demonstrated history in creating seed business with a clear vision of the market needs and the company opportunity.
- Fluent knowledge of current mobility/infrastructure market trends and demonstrated success in anticipating both near and far term opportunities.
- Ability to communicate complex material effectively in written and oral formats to various internal and external audiences.
- An entrepreneurial mindset, with the tenacity to bring concepts to market with an ability to multi-task and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- A mentoring mindset with a history of building both organizations and individuals towards shared successes.
- Technical understanding of smart mobility/infrastructure market with experience working with technology ecosystems needed to assemble new solutions.
- Needs to be the SME and mentor others while finding independent ways to grow personally as well.
- Combination of both strategy and operational competency.
Responsibilities
- Build, define, and assess DENSO seed business opportunities to prioritize investments across the portfolio.
- Lead and create the seed/early stage business strategy for NA/Global DENSO R&D and commercialization efforts in Mobility and other markets.
- Propose and establish solutions and business models that build upon DENSO’s core capabilities, new research, and strategic growth areas.
- Identify and establish strategic partnerships and customer contracts towards targeted growth in market share and revenue.
- Define tradeoffs of market share vs revenue as well as data vs service for all strategic investments.
- Scale the seed business creation organization across multiple solutions as needed to obtain the desired market success, scalability, commercialization glide path.
- Increase DENSO business-oriented R&D capability and skillsets via internal on the job training and new hires.
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.