Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS is seeking a Vice President Global Filter Engineering Industrial to lead international engineering teams and drive the future of industrial air filtration. The role involves managing the global product lifecycle, overseeing innovation and R&D portfolios, and enhancing performance and quality in filter engineering.
Responsibilities:
- You hold global responsibility for Filter Engineering within the Industrial Business Unit
- You lead international engineering teams across Europe, USA, and Asia, shape the global product and innovation portfolio, and actively drive the future of industrial air filtration technologically, structurally, and culturally
- In this role, you act as a strategic architect, pragmatic executor, and recognized technical authority in filtration, combining deep engineering expertise with clear communication, calm authority, and global mindset
- You lead the global Filter Engineering organization, including people development across teams in Germany, USA, China, and India
- From innovation and development to phase-out, you own the end-to-end product lifecycle management for physical and digital products
- You plan and steer the global innovation and R&D portfolio, ensuring prioritization, resource alignment, and on-time execution
- To enhance performance, quality, and cost efficiency, you drive continuous product improvement and VA/VE initiatives
- You coordinate global standardization and committee activities to shape regulations, and to build external networks for technology scouting, partnerships, and talent pipelines
- You manage budgets, cost centers, and the global intellectual property portfolio within Filter Engineering
- Ensuring technical excellence, you provide high-level technical support to Sales, Operations, and customers on complex engineering topics
Requirements:
- Successfully completed master's degree or PhD in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or a comparable technical discipline
- Extensive experience in product or engineering leadership, ideally within industrial air filtration
- Proven experience in leading international teams, with strong lateral leadership and people development capabilities
- Solid background in innovation and project management, with a strong execution and prioritization mindset
- Experience in standardization, industry associations, and external technical committees, with the ability to build and leverage global networks
- Strategic and analytical thinker with execution strength, empathy, and the ability to build external professional networks across industry, academia, and associations
- Fluent English language skills round off your profile (German and other additional languages are a plus)
- Hunter mentality: You actively drive innovation and execution, taking ownership beyond theory
- Employer branding mindset: You leverage your external industry network to attract top technical talents
- Executive and plant presence: You move confidently between boardrooms, production environments, and technical communities
- Clear communication: You explain complex topics concisely and audience-appropriately
- Global curiosity and cultural openness: International collaboration and moderate business travel energize you
- Long-term commitment: You are motivated to shape and grow this key role sustainably