MercedesBenz Research and Development India Private Limited Looking for Vice President, IT Sales and Mobility at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

Job Description: Vice President – IT for Sales & Mobility

Mercedes-Benz AG is one of the world’s most successful automotive companies and within our team we deliver software & platforms to enable the technological transformation of an entire industry.

Within Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India Private Limited, we are paving the way for the technological future of our vehicles. Starting from Research & Development, Sales & Marketing, After Sales & global functions such as Finance & HR, we cover the entire value chain of Mercedes-Benz AG.

We are looking for a strong tech personality who will lead our IT Sales and Mobility team of approximately 200 highly motivated tech enthusiasts forming the ‘Mercedes-Benz Tech India’ team at MBRDI, as a part of the global IT tech network (‘Home of Tech’) in ITP. In order to accelerate our ambitions as Mercedes-Benz Tech India at MBRDI you will be looking at the following challenges ahead of you:

You can expect the following challenges in this role:

• Lead the entire IT Sales and Mobility teams at MBRDI of approx. 200 people within Mercedes-Benz Research & Development
• Transform the team from captive sourcing to product-led, strengthening the position of Mercedes-Benz Tech India
• Create a career path for tech talents using a sustainable leadership approach including diversification of talent
• Leading the technology teams by owning End-to-End responsibility of IT Products and Project deliverables.
• Realize the internalization strategy for the off-shore team and drive it together with Mercedes Benz AG colleagues effectively and efficiently
• Align with the big picture of the domain to individual teams
• Establish a working collaboration with global as well as local teams & ensure a high level of Stakeholder satisfaction
• Be an active part of IT leadership team and contribute to the larger vision of MB Tech India
• Drive cross functional department activities
• Drive Innovation and Technology Leadership
• Team / staff development and training to strengthen the organization and core competencies with Personal development initiatives to develop future ready teams
• Financial planning of the department, optimal utilization of manpower and budget
• Ensure statutory compliance and adherence to internal policies and processes

Qualifikationen

1. Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of professional experience in the tech/software engineering area
• Strong following on tech leadership, preferably network into the tech industry
• Proven track record of transformational leadership experience
• Intercultural awareness, preferably with international exposure, empathy, active driver of diversification & inclusion
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Strong focus on cross-divisional integration work on global level
• Experience in leading product teams and digitalization Initiatives
• Experience in managing Business critical portfolio(s)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively
• Masters Degree in a tech related area of work
• Fluent in Business English
• Working knowledge of German (desirable but not mandatory)