Director Field Application Engineering - Industrial & Infrastructure EMEA (f/m/div)
We at I² (Industrial and Infrastructure) want to be the number 1 solution partner for our customers. Our focus is on innovation to customer value by leveraging the entire Infineon portfolio.
Major applications are Renewables (Solar & Wind), Motor Drives, High Power Chargers and Power Supplies. In your role as Director Field Application Engineering (FAE) based in Langen (Frankfurt), your team will be the key interface between our innovative customers, our technical marketing and the application engineering departments.
Here, you bring in your leadership skills in order to foster and further implement our stated vision. Do you want to join the market leader in power electronics, including wide bandgap devices (SiC & GaN)?
Do you want to define future power electronics systems together with your team and our innovative customers? Then take this next step in your career and apply now! In your new role you will :
- Managing and enabling a team of FAE’s
- Continuously adopt FAE organization in line with market development and Infineon’s strategic targets
- Reach Design Win targets and other KPI’s to enable further growth
- Drive joint innovation with leading customers to ensure Infineon’s competitiveness in the future
- Help FAE’s to maximize future business by having a holistic view on the application, focusing on complete Infineon portfolio
- Find the right tone by persistently helping the FAE’s on stakeholder alignment along their projects
- Manage FAE resource allocation depending on expected return of investment (entrepreneurial mindset)
- Align expectations and responsibilities towards the FAE organization with other stakeholders inside and outside Infineon
- Foster continuous learning for the FAE’s with the target to become trusted advisor towards the customers, as well as supporting FAE’s on proceeding on the Technical Ladder career path
As a leader, you give people as much freedom and autonomy as possible and hold people accountable for their results. You treat co-workers, employees, and partners with trust and respect.
At the same time, you are authentic, and you are acting transparently. Furthermore, you are aware of the strengths, needs for development, and motivational drivers of your people.
Beyond, you are best equipped for this task if you have :
- A university degree in Electrical Engineering or comparable
- At least 8 years of professional experience within the semiconductor or power electronics market
- Experience as team leader, ability to identify and attract talents
- Capability to identify early trends in the applications and competitive threats
- Analytical skills for identification and assessment of unique value propositions / selling points / product competitiveness in order to prioritize Go-to-Market activities
- Ability to drive alignment with key stakeholders and to manage multiple, multilevel interfaces
- Strategic thinking, business sense, entrepreneurial view , as well as good understanding of process management, digitalization, and change management
- Experience with state-of-the-art CRM systems like Salesforce or Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Project management skills based on proactive follow up (Who / What / When)
- Excellent English communication and presentation skills , German as a plus