About the Role
We are looking fa Product Innovation Lead to join our Electronics Venting team. In this role, you will lead customer-validated product concepts through the innovation new product development process, helping turn differentiated technologies commercially successful products.
This role offers the opportunity to influence future growth platforms shape products from early concept through commercialization.
The role is located in China, either directly in one of our facilities, as a remote associate in close proximity to key supply chain partners.
Responsibilities
Develop customer-validated product concepts with differentiated value propositions clear commercialization pathways.
Translate customer, end-user, application, market insights product requirements, priorities, decision criteria.
Lead product concept development through the new product development process, including validation, fit-for-use determination, launch.
Build communicate business cases that define customer value, competitive positioning, commercial potential, assumptions, risks.
Partner cross-functionally with Innovation, New Business Development, New Product Development, Product Management, Product Ownership, Application Engineering, Sales to advance product opportunities.
Validate product direction through voice-of-customer activities, market research, competitive benchmarking, external challenge.
Influence strategic customers, end users, standards groups to shape product direction, adoption, market relevance.
Communicate product strategy, progress, decisions, risks clearly to technical, commercial, leadership stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business, a related technical commercial discipline.
Minimum 5 years’ experience in global product innovation, product development, new business development, product management, application engineering in technology-driven industries.
Demonstrated experience converting customer, end-user, application, market insights documented product requirements value propositions.
Experience leading new product opportunities through validation, development, commercialization milestones.
Ability to assess technical feasibility, fit-for-use, product performance, commercial risk, business trade-offs using data evidence
Experience facilitating cross-functional decisions with technical, commercial, customer-facing, leadership stakeholders.
Ability to communicate product strategy, recommendations, risks, next steps clearly in written, verbal, presentation formats.
Ability to travel up to 20% both internationally domestic.
Desired Qualifications
Experience building business cases, including market opportunity, customer value, competitive positioning, revenue potential, key assumptions.
Experience working within a formal innovation portfolio new product development governance process.
Experience with venting, electronics automotive other performance-critical products industries.
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