New Business Development Manager (Components)

Location: Mountain View, California; onsite. Candidates must have valid authorization to work in the United States.

Salary: $130,000–$150,000 annual, plus potential discretionary bonuses and incentives.

Company

Panasonic develops products and solutions intended to make daily life simpler, more productive, and more secure.

What you will do

• Develop new component products and business opportunities based on customer needs, market trends, and industry requirements.
• Build relationships with business units and bridge factory, customer, sales, and engineering perspectives.
• Research emerging markets, including data centers and humanoid applications, and communicate findings to business units in Japan.
• Support product-specific business plans and coordinate implementation with sales and factory teams.
• Initiate and manage projects, including scope, revenue estimates, milestones, resources, documentation, and risk tracking.
• Lead internal and external meetings, provide project updates, and prepare development kits and demos for customer testing.

Requirements

• Four-year college degree in business management or a technical discipline; a master's degree in business or engineering is preferred.
• Eight or more years of product- or industry-specific technical or sales experience are required.
• Components experience is highly preferred.
• Ability to work in a complex organization with many points of contact and travel as required.
• Strong written communication, negotiation, intercultural communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to negotiate at a high level with factory managers.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, prescription, health savings account, and flexible spending account options.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching and immediate vesting.
• Paid vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer leave, and parental and caregiver leave.
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
• Annual performance-based bonus opportunity and employee recognition programs.
• Inclusive workplace committed to fairness, honesty, and equal opportunity.