Vice President & Product Line Head Green Industrial Power Chips & Discretes (f/m/div)*

Job Family

General Management

Type of employment

Full time

Duration of employment

Permanent

Preferred start date

2025-10-01

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Professional (incl. Management Positions)

Are you passionate about driving the global energy transition towards a more electrified and sustainable future? Do you want to develop new innovation areas for the Product Line? As “Vice President & Product Line Head Chips & Discretes (f/m/div) *” you will take over global responsibility for our growing and leading Chips & Discretes portfolio in the business line Green Energy Control and you will maximize profitable growth in the given products and set up an organization to further scale the business. The position is based Villach (Austria or Munich (Germany). The international travelling will be up to 40%.

Job Description

As “Vice President & Product Line Head Chips & Discretes (f/m/div)*” you will be responsible of the global product line (PL) Chips & Discretes in the division Green Industrial Power. Your target will be business growth, leveraging profitability and strengthen the key strategic Infineon assets: agnostic Frontend technology leadership (SiC, GaN, IGBT), key customer relations & solid application know how. Your focus will be on P&L, portfolio management, product roadmaps, building a high performing team and general management of our leading chips & Discretes solutions to outperform the market.

In your new role you will:

• Be an engaging and inspiring business leader who drives the product line for and within Infineon and develops product line (PL) leadership strategy
• Drive and own the P&L of the product line with multiple hundred million Euro revenues
• Define and execute the PL product roadmap, Go-to-market strategy and ensure its execution in conjunction with Infineon sales, technology, operations organization
• Identify and develop new markets, opportunities and innovation areas for the Product Line
• Maintain long term strategic relationships to lead customers and partners
• Manage key stakeholders such as R&D, Quality, Operations and Sales & Marketing 
• Lead a global multi-site team of Product Marketing, Business Management & Technical Marketing specialists
• Be a pro-active member of the Green Energy Control Business Line management team and member of the extended management team of the GIP division
• Position based in Villach (Austria) or Munich (Germany)

Your Profile

You commit yourself to the results of your own team and the company as a whole and you can inspire others and encourage them for the common goal. In addition, you know relevant markets and competitors and align the strategy of your area accordingly.

You are best equipped for this task if you have:

• Achieved a university degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field with MBA or business degree as a plus
• At least 10 years of relevant track record in general management, P&L management, product marketing, marketing management in the semiconductor industry - power semiconductors industry as a plus
• Proven ability to lead global teams for a global Semiconductors business and develop team members individually and effectively
• Influencing skills that resonate with key customers and key technical community, the ability to create (buy-in for) priority for business topics in a multinational matrix organization
• Willingness to take ownership and drive decisions pro-actively and independently while assessing potential risk
• Strong presentation capabilities and ability to build interest and credibility with customers
• Fluent English language skills. German considered as a plus.

Contact:
    Kimberly Auer - Executive Recruiting

#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.
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– Green Industrial Power (GIP) empowers a world of unlimited green energy –

The GIP division delivers leading semiconductor solutions for the smart, green, and efficient conversion of electrical energy, covering all steps in the energy chain from generation through transmission to storage and consumption. Its broad range of applications spans renewable energies, electric vehicle charging, industrial power supplies, trains, electric commercial vehicles, and home appliances.

The GIP product portfolio encompasses IGBT power transistors and the driver ICs that control them, flanked by an expanding lineup of solutions based on SiC. Its growing analytics, service, and software offering complements this wide spectrum – reaching beyond products to create additional value for customers. Infineon is the global number one in power semiconductors and – with the broadest portfolio of SiC solutions for industrial applications – GIP is leading the transition to wide-bandgap technologies. GIP solutions handle energy more intelligently and efficiently – driving decarbonization for a better tomorrow.

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