Director Application & Product Marketing - Illumination (m/w/d)

The ams OSRAM culture focuses on variety and innovation.

A more than motivating working atmosphere, combined with attractive training opportunities and performance-oriented compensation encourage our employees’ actions and promote their entrepreneurial spirit. An agile mindset, trust and integrity – for us at ams OSRAM, these values are not just empty promises, but an integral part of our corporate culture that we live every day. In fact, these are the key prerequisites for employees to fulfill even the highest requirements. Learn more about what you can expect from us!

What we expect

Description of the tasks:

• Lead and manage the Application Engineering and Product Marketing team for the AMEC region (US, Canada, Mexico and South America) to support customer design-in activities across diverse lighting applications such as professional, horticultural, and industrial segments in cooperation with the sales team and partners.
• Responsibility for upstream marketing and application engineering by identifying customer requirements, competitive, long-term market and technology trends (5+ years horizon), conducting feasibility studies, and contributing to the strategic product roadmap for the region.
• Develop and execute Go-to-Market strategies (including the launch of new products with technical marketing content) for the region, with a particular focus on new technologies and the Mass Market / Distribution business
• Build and maintain management-level relationships with key customers and distribution partners
• Responsibility for achieving sales targets and market share in the AMEC region
• Determination of sales funnel targets and joint implementation with the sales and marketing teams
• Responsible for the regional illumination forecast process
• Managing the internal interfaces to Sales, Product Management, Supply Chain and Quality.
• Maintain active engagement with industry associations, academic institutions, and standards bodies to stay at the forefront of lighting technology developments.

Who we are looking for

Bringing intelligence to light and passion to innovation

The ams OSRAM Group is a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters. By adding intelligence to light and passion to innovation, we enrich peoples' lives. Our around 20,000 employees worldwide focus on innovation across sensing, illumination and visualization to make journeys safer, medical diagnoses more accurate and daily moments in communication a richer experience.