Career at NGK SPARK PLUG EUROPE GmbH

Your Benefits

In the area of venture building, we develop and scale digital business models and products that inspire customers
Rapid professional and personal development in an international environment
High-performing, cross-functional and diverse teams in which a motivating and open team culture is practiced

Your Tasks

Define the field of opportunity and scope of our ventures by investigating and evaluating the energy, mobility and health markets
Leadership across all stages of venture business model, including innovation, product development, incubation and commercialization to transition and running these new businesses in the market
Owner of the entire venture evaluation stages (idea, conception, incubation, and growth) as well as the opportunity roadmap and KPIs for a specific venture
Responsible for the day-to- day tasks in the project end-to-end
Drive early-stage ideation design sprints to explore and shape market opportunities with an interdisciplinary team
Involved in the User Exploration, Ideation and Validation stage conducting interviews, facilitating ideation, prototyping and validating promising ideas
Developing the marketing, pricing and operational structures needed to commercialise new products and businesses
Define the business case and outline key performance, measurement and reporting frameworks giving a strong overview on benefits, risk, costs and timescales
Give recommendations to build, buy, invest or cooperate with a partner to execute the go-to market strategy
Adopt a lean start-up approach to building a minimum viable business and go-to-market strategy
Close teamwork with our venture team including internal and external team members eg commercial, data, marketing experts

Your Profile

A top of class degree tied to business administration, engineering or product design from an university that is renowned for fostering practical experiences and innovation excellence
7+ years experience with strategy development, business planning and development and implementation of innovative digital products,
High class business builder, strategist, operator, investor, product enthusiast or designer
Profound experiences in the startup environment, either as founder or as employee of a fast growing tech startup
Exhibit the entrepreneurial mindset as well as experience and apply Design Thinking and Lean Startup approaches in order to drive towards stage, rollout and long-term operations
Collaborative and empathetic to the perspective of others and willing to put yourself in their shoes to understand their pains and frustrations
Passionate about technological trends, innovation and startups
Expert in design thinking methods, user centric approaches and lean development
Fluent in English and German

We are already working on and for the future of our company. New products, strategic alliances and the global development of future technologies are an important part of our daily work. Become a part of it and contribute your ideas. Send your application now via email at jobs@ngkntk.de.

We look forward to you! Do you have further questions? Please contact Tom Kalender.

#WeWorkFlex 30 days' holiday plus Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve off, flexible working hours, home office in Germany and more – we place value on a good work-life balance! You should count on coming in for a minimum of 6 office days per month; beyond that, in consultation with your team, you can be flexible about your working hours and location.

#WeConnect As a global company, we place particular emphasis on cross-team and cross-location communications with things such as virtual town hall & fishbowl meetings and our WeConnect platform. This way, all employees are always informed about Group news, successful projects, and current campaigns.

#WeLearnAcademy True to the motto "You never stop learning", we offer our employees numerous training courses and workshops to ensure their professional development.

#WeMove The well-being of our employees is important to us. Whether it's individual bike leasing or regular sporting activities & events – we always keep moving and take care of your health.

#CorporateBenefits By participating in our Corporate Benefits programme, you benefit from attractive employee offers and discounts.

#OurPlus Holiday and Christmas bonuses, bonus payments, free parking, job ticket, employee savings plans, company pension scheme and accident insurance – we provide you with additional protection.

Your Benefits

In the area of venture building, we develop and scale digital business models and products that inspire customers
Unique opportunity to experience venture building on purpose driven topics to meet the challenges of our future world (mobility, heath, utilities)
Rapid professional and personal development in an international environment
High-performing, cross-functional and diverse teams in which a motivating and open team culture is practiced
Shape solutions for our Venture Investment fund size - €100M
Participate in our open innovation and agile team
Flat hierarchies and high career growth trajectory
Office locations in Berlin and Ratingen (Duesseldorf area)
An environment of highly driven individuals coming together from diverse backgrounds & nationalities caring about each other

Your Tasks

Executing the marketing strategy and marketing plans for each of the business creation opportunities
Identify and acquire the TOP-Leads during prototyping & validation
Develop and implement offline and online marketing campaigns
Track and report the results of campaigns
Supports on the global sales strategy execution for each business creation opportunities
Develop a marketing strategy for the venture lab to expand global reach and strengthen gain startups and partners for our ecosystem activities
Collaboration with external venture builder and internal global venture marketing team on marketing activities

Your Profile

A top of class degree in marketing or Business development from a university that is renowned for fostering practical experiences and innovation excellence
7+ years of relevant work experience in growth marketing in startup environment or in Venture Building
Experienced in building and leading marketing teams for new business opportunities
In-depth experience in relevant tools like Google Analytics, Google Adwords, Facebook Ads, Instagram, CrazyEgg, Webtrekk, SEO, App Store Optimization and other Marketing, Tracking and Analytics tools
Brings high creativity also in product development in combination with results driven and hands-on mentality
Acting from a user perspective, proactive, taking ownership and responsibility for assigned initiatives
Effective communicator internally with the VL team, across all departments, with startups and partners
Fluent in English and German