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Director - Battery Tech Partnership - Auto (10-30 yrs)
BATTERY TECH PARTNERSHIP DIRECTOR
ROLE:-
Lead the end-to-end efforts at creating and maintaining relations with battery tech firms ensuring access to the state-of-the-art technologies for battery development.
RESPONSIBILITIES:-
- Drive the continuous scanning of the global market for potential opportunities to increase the battery tech capabilities.
- Drive the decisions regarding the partner selection for battery technology and manufacturing
- Coordinate with the engineering team to understand their technology and capability requirements and expectations from the battery performance
- Ensure that the requirements are communicated to the partner team and translated into performance
- Drive cost reduction by ensuring timely upgradation to appropriate technology in the battery design and production processes
- Drive the partner selection through benchmarking on performance KPIs
- Oversee and contribute to partner shop/plant setup by driving the location selection, infrastructure development, personnel selection, etc.
- Ensure the timely fulfillment of partner contracts by monitoring and coordinating with the internal as well as partner team
- Manage all decisions towards assigning specific battery packs models to the right program based on cell and battery makeup, module behavior and expected performance
SKILLS:-
- Excellent knowledge of the latest developments in battery technologies around the world
- Exposure to optimization of manufacturing processes
- Excellent partner relationship management and negotiation skills
- Deep understanding of all aspects of partner management
- Basic understanding of battery chemistry and knowledge of battery behavior and high voltage safety
- Knowledge of material synthesis, physical and chemical analytics, and quality controls is a plus
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:-
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related fields
- Master's degree in management is a plus but not required
- 10+ years experience in a relevant senior managerial position
BACKGROUND:-
- Experience in automotive industry and vendor eco-system (with significant exposure to Hybrid or BEV)
- Experience in working on battery mechanical structures and cell chemistry