Director Strategic Business Development - Silicon Valley Innovation Center

#WeAreIn for jobs that impact everyone's life. Behind every breakthrough is a blueprint: ready to shape the strategy that propels innovation? As a Director Strategic Business Development - Silicon Valley Innovation Center on our Corporate Functions team become the heart of our organization by developing strategies, refining processes, and implementing initiatives that empower our business to thrive. Are you in? Your Role Key responsibilities in your new role

Hunting Zone Execution:

Analyze corporate aligned hunting zones, develop related growth plans, find new $100mil opportunities, and build a related execution strategy including near term growth potentials and long term venture programs

Run Venture Programs:

For 100 mil growth hypothesis, run proof of concepts to validate the potential, to gain customer traction, to gain internal R D and business line support

Build Partnerships:

Key to success is meeting with customers at the senior level and then using those engagements to discover, understand and confirm key opportunities

• Responsible to build partnerships internally and externally with both key accounts and startups to create the proof of concepts and business arrangements you will need to move from a high risk idea to something a product line will put on its roadmap Your Profile Qualifications and skills to help you succeed
• Engineering or Physics degree. Ability to understand semiconductor devices (sensors, power devices, microcontrollers...),what they are capable of, and how new capabilities will impact and interact with system solutions that include both hardware and software

Proven Marketing Ability:

proven ability to explore a topic, meet with customers, identify opportunities, build a business plan, a execution strategy, and then define a proof of concept that will move the ball forward into execution

• Proven Business Development /

Deal Making:

Ability to sell your ideas to customers, partners, and internal stake holders. Build partnerships. Get NRE's and JDA's signed

Program Management:

Structure and run proof of concepts until they have succeeded and been fully adopted by a relevant Infineon Business Line

• Broad Professional experience: Multiple experiences in multiple fields and functional roles is key. Ability to adapt, be flexible and add value. Roles such as FAE, Sales, Business Development, Strategy. Must have a technical background
• Innovative venture spirit: The ability to brainstorm and see opportunities others don't is key, and structure and launch these efforts for quick validation and scaling.

Fundamentally curious #WeAreIn for driving decarbonization and digitalization. As a global leader in semiconductor solutions in power systems and IoT, Infineon enables game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT. Together, we drive innovation and customer success, while caring for our people and empowering them to reach ambitious goals. Be a part of making life easier, safer and greener. Are you in? We are on a journey to create the best Infineon for everyone. This means we embrace diversity and inclusion and welcome everyone for who they are. At Infineon, we offer a working environment characterized by trust, openness, respect and tolerance and are committed to give all applicants and employees equal opportunities. We base our recruiting decisions on the applicant´s experience and skills. Learn more about our various contact channels. We look forward to receiving your resume, even if you do not entirely meet all the requirements of the job posting. Please let your recruiter know if they need to pay special attention to something in order to enable your participation in the interview process. Click here for more information about Diversity & Inclusion at Infineon. Driving decarbonization and digitalization. Together. Infineon Technologies Americas Corp., is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Employment at Infineon is contingent upon proof of your legal right to work in the United States under applicable law, verification of satisfactory references and successful completion of a background check and drug test, and signing all your on-boarding documents. In some instances, if applicable, U.S. export control laws require that Infineon obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing technologies to certain persons. This offer is contingent upon Infineon's ability to satisfy these export control laws as related to your employment and anticipated job activities. The decision whether or not to submit and/or pursue an export license to satisfy this contingency, if applicable, shall be at Infineon's sole discretion. #LI-MM Infineon Technologies takes data privacy and identity theft very seriously. As such, we do not request personally-identifiable information (PII) from applicants over the internet or electronically. Please kindly refrain from disclosing your PII electronically during the application process or to unauthorized websites that may purport to be Infineon or any of our affiliates. In the United States, it is required to disclose a salary range to applicants. The Wage range that the company expects to pay for a qualified candidate in the United States is: San Jose, CA Minimum of $218,600 per year and maximum of $300,600 per year In addition, all employees will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan