Lead our strategic market positioning and product development

Type of position - Full Time
Location – Basel, Switzerland

Your Duties

• Bring experience, understanding and a passion for science and technology and its development into innovative solutions of high industrial and societal impact
• Lead our market research in solutions supporting 21st century safety assessment
• Define key market segments, target business cases and value propositions
• Capture key market requirements into our product development plans
• Lead early adopter customer projects involving agile prototyping and piloting
• Combine a competence and flair for creating compelling scientific communications
• Incorporate design, usability principles and best practices into marketing materials and product demonstrations
• Experience and enjoyment in customer relationship and account development
• Prepare and disseminate information materials for product documentation, user help and tutorials
• Take responsibility for contributing to the sustainable growth of DC
• Carry out responsibilities according to best knowledge management practices and administration policies and procedures provided by DC
• Share knowledge and learning with other DC employees, partners and customers
• Progress the development of DC to be a socially and ethically responsible and productive organisation having positive benefits on society and its members while providing an excellent service to its customers

Your values

• You have a passion for your work and enjoy challenges
• You gather energy working with others to achieve challenging goals
• You are interested in working hands-on on solving business, marketing and customer problems
• You should enjoy coordinating the work of others
• You find communicating with others rewarding
• You can work alone and together as needed
• You enjoy and can travel, socialise, meet other cultures
• You can take responsibility to contribute to the sustainable growth of DC
• Honesty, trust and transparency are important to you
• You are able to do what it takes to get things done when needed
• You are personable and enjoyable to work with
• You can follow policies and procedures when needed
• You have interest to share your knowledge and learning with other employees, partners and customers
• You have views on the social, ethical and environmental aspects of technology and business and believe such values should be integrated in organisational objectives and activities
• You will help progress the development of DC to be a socially and ethically responsible and productive organisation having positive benefits on society and its members while providing an excellent service to its customers

Required SKILLS

• Excellent education
• 5+ years practical experience in marketing, product and business development
• Ability and motivation to learn and explore new fields and horizons
• Scientific and Technology Experience and Knowledge e.g., launching a technical solution supporting product development or scientific research in a B2B market
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability and experience to coordinate people and projects, to work in teams
• Ability to innovate, generate ideas, be involved in value creation, launching new products, advancing and developing new concepts
• You should be located reasonably close to Basel, Switzerland or be willing to relocate there
• You must have excellent and fluent oral and written English.

Your application

You should send your cover letter and CV/resume (including education, experience, job descriptions, references, availability etc.) to employment@douglasconnect.com

Please also send 1-3 descriptions or examples of your work.

Finally, please submit a 1-2 page summary about your work interests and experience, challenges you have overcome or want to take on, how you perceive Douglas Connect and what you will achieve with Douglas Connect in years to come. All materials will be treated as confidential.

You are a resident of Switzerland (or would consider relocation there); you can be available to work in our main office in Basel at least half of your days with some travel and virtual work also expected.

Douglas Connect is an equal opportunity employer.
We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.