Senior Staff Segment Strategy – Industrial and Building Applications (f/m/d)

Renesas; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas seeks a Senior Staff Segment Strategy for Industrial and Building Applications to analyze markets, define portfolio priorities, and drive investments. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, develop business cases, and coordinate go-to-market plans across global teams.

This role requires deep strategic vision, technical understanding, and strong leadership to shape segment growth. Based in Lombardy, full-time and on-site.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Marketing, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in Product Marketing, Segment Marketing, Product Management, or related fields.
• Strong understanding of system-level solutions and technology-driven markets.
• Experience developing business cases and investment proposals.
• Proven track record leading complex cross-functional initiatives from concept to commercialization.
• Ability to work across global cross-functional organizations.
• Excellent presentation and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze market trends, customer needs, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies within the assigned segment.
• Identify growth opportunities, priority applications, and key use cases.
• Develop market assessments, business forecasts, and segment solution roadmaps.
• Define solution portfolio priorities and investment recommendations aligned with segment growth objectives.
• Gather, evaluate, and prioritize solution opportunities from regional teams, product groups, customers, and ecosystem partners.
• Collaborate with Architects to define solution concepts and assess technical feasibility.
• Own assigned solution opportunities from initial evaluation through commercialization.
• Drive alignment and execution across stakeholders required to deliver approved solution initiatives.
• Prioritize opportunities based on market potential, strategic value, business impact, and portfolio fit.
• Develop business cases and investment proposals for new system solutions.
• Assess market opportunity, revenue potential, costs, risks, and expected returns.
• Define solution success metrics and commercialization objectives.
• Develop investment recommendations and prioritization proposals for management approval
• Prepare development approval packages and executive presentations.
• Drive alignment across Architecture, Engineering, Product Groups, Marketing, Sales, and Finance.
• Support management reviews and investment decision processes.
• Own execution readiness, ensuring resources and commitments stay aligned.
• Oversee solution development from concept to launch and capture market requirements.
• Track progress against objectives, milestones, and market requirements.
• Act as the business owner and execution leader for approved initiatives.
• Drive issue resolution, risk mitigation, and cross-functional decision making.
• Escalate risks when required to achieve objectives.
• Coordinate solution launch activities with Marketing, Product Groups, and Sales.
• Monitor adoption, market impact, and launch effectiveness.
• Validate value propositions and commercialization plans with regional teams and customers.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Market Analysis

Business Case Development

Cross-Functional Leadership

Executive Communication

Stakeholder Management

Project / Program Management

Commercial Acumen

Technology & Applications Understandin

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Marketing, or related discipline

Job description

Senior Staff Segment Strategy – Industrial and Building Applications (f/m/d)

• Full-time
• Employment Type: Regular (PERM)
• Remote Work Available: No
• Compensation: from EUR 0 - yearly

Analyze market trends, customer needs, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies within the assigned segment.

Identify growth opportunities, priority applications, and key use cases.

Develop market assessments, business forecasts, and segment solution roadmaps.

Define solution portfolio priorities and investment recommendations aligned with segment growth objectives.

Solution Opportunity Management

Gather, evaluate, and prioritize solution opportunities from regional teams, product groups, customers, and ecosystem partners.

Collaborate with Application and Technology Architects to define solution concepts and assess technical feasibility.

Own assigned solution opportunities from initial evaluation through commercialization.

Drive alignment and execution across all stakeholders required to successfully deliver approved solution initiatives.

Prioritize opportunities based on market potential, strategic value, business impact, and portfolio fit.

Business Case Development

Develop business cases and investment proposals for new system solutions.

Assess market opportunity, revenue potential, costs, risks, and expected returns.

Define solution success metrics and commercialization objectives.

Develop investment recommendations and prioritization proposals for management approval

Development Governance & Approval

Prepare development approval packages and executive presentations.

Drive alignment across Architecture, Engineering, Product Groups, Marketing, Sales, and Finance.

Support management reviews and investment decision processes.

Own execution readiness, ensuring resources, stakeholder commitments, and business objectives remain aligned throughout the approval process.

Oversee solution development from concept to launch.

Represent customer and market requirements throughout the development lifecycle.

Track progress against business objectives, milestones, and market requirements.

Act as the business owner and execution leader for approved solution initiatives.

Drive issue resolution, risk mitigation, and cross-functional decision making to maintain execution momentum.

Escalate resource, priority, or execution risks when required to achieve approved business objectives.

Go-to-Market & Commercialization

Coordinate solution launch activities with Digital Marketing, Regional Solution Marketing, Product Groups, and Sales teams.

Support development of value propositions, marketing collateral, demonstrations, and customer-facing materials.

Monitor solution adoption, market impact, and launch effectiveness.

Partner with regional teams and key customers to validate solution value propositions and commercialization plans.

Monitor post-launch performance and drive corrective actions when business objectives are not achieved.

Key Interfaces

Internal Stakeholders

Application Architects

Product Groups

Engineering Organizations

Regional Solution Marketing Teams

Digital Marketing

Sales and Business Development

Finance

External Stakeholders

Customers

Strategic Partners

Industry Associations

Research Institutions and Universities

Required Qualifications

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Marketing, or related discipline.

8+ years of experience in Product Marketing, Segment Marketing, Product Management, Business Development, or Solution Management.

Strong understanding of system-level solutions and technology-driven markets.

Experience developing business cases and investment proposals.

Demonstrated track record of leading complex cross-functional initiatives from concept through commercialization.

Ability to work effectively across global cross-functional organizations.

Excellent presentation and executive communication skills.

Strategic Thinking

Market Analysis

Business Case Development

Project / Program Management

Technology and Application Understanding

Cross-Functional Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Commercial Acumen

Executive Communication

Success Metrics

Segment growth and solution-related revenue

Number and quality of approved solution investments

Business case ROI achievement

Solution adoption and design wins

Time-to-market of solutions

Portfolio health and strategic alignment

Customer and stakeholder satisfaction

The Segment Strategy is the business owner of the segment solution portfolio, working alongside Application and Technology Architects, who provide the technical and architectural leadership, and alongside the Solution Marketing teams, who provide customer, market, and competitive insights. Together they form the core team responsible for identifying opportunities, defining solutions, securing investments, and delivering successful market launches.Triad Model

Solution Marketing

Opportunity identification

Regional requirements

Opportunity prioritization

Cross-functional execution leadership

Commercialization ownership

Application Architects

Customer requirements

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world‑leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.

At Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work, grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.

Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement .