Automotive Strategic Account Technical Lead

Job Description:

Automotive Strategic Account Technical Leader

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
In this role you will lead 3M’s technical engagement, collaboration and innovation with a large, global automotive OEM and their supplier ecosystem. You will translate customer technical needs into potential 3M solutions and connect 3M technologies to customer needs. 

As an Automotive Strategic Account Technical Lead you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Building technical relationships across all levels of the customer organization and aligning 3M internal process with customer technology adoption and commercialization process
• Leads front-end innovation processes with account and manages strategic account’s prioritized collaboration projects
• Developing strategic account’s customer needs roadmap and translating customer needs into potential 3M solutions
• Building and managing new product pipeline for assigned account(s), champions and drives New Product Introduction activities
• Delivering the technical components of product specification for new programs
• Collaborating internally with Vertical, Product Platform, and Corporate Research Laboratory teams on technology and capability development

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (completed and verified prior to start)
• 10+ years of experience in Application Engineering with electrification exposure and application of technologies in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master’s degree
• 10 years of automotive industry experience in a private, public, government or military environment
• Skills include customer presentation, business acumen, relationship building and insights gathering

Work location:

• Work location: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Automotive Market Center in Livonia, MI.
• Travel: May include up to [20% domestic, occasional international]
• Relocation: None

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $188,251 - $230,084, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

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