Global Marketing & Business Development Director

Syensqo is all about chemistry. We’re not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet’s beauty for the generations to come.

We are looking for:

A Global Marketing & Business Development Director to be part of the Mining Solutions and Phosphorous Specialties (MPS) business in the GBU Technology Solutions (TS), reporting to the VP Mining Solutions and Phosphorous Specialties. 

The Global MPS Marketing & Business Development Director is a key member of the MPS Management Team and an Extended LT member of the GBU TS. This position supervises a global team of 8-10 members composed of global marketing managers, business development managers and sustainability manager located in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

We can count on you to:

• Define marketing strategy for MPS - identification of markets, segments and customers, and of opportunities to innovate with chosen customers

• Lead the development of the MPS marketing plans, supervises the implementation of the marketing plans led by the marketing managers and ensure their effective implementation with the contribution of sales, supply chain and R&I.

• Manage and ensure promotion and delivery of innovation projects to achieve business objectives for new product / applications launches.

• Develop and implement sustainability strategy. 

• Ensure that the team is closely connected to customers, so that the strategy is built and adjusted based on customers’ insight. 

• Grow MPS in existing markets and develop new markets.

• Identify, recommend and/or acquire innovations and new technologies which are strategic for MPS.

• Focus on evaluating adjacencies for growth.

• Focus on strategy, linking market needs to our product and asset capabilities.

• Manage and develop the team (8-10 team members located in the US, Brazil, France and China), grow capabilities and talents.

• Provide guidance to the team on Marketing and Business Development excellence, and improve our processes as needed.  

You can count on us for:

• We offer the opportunity to join an exciting growth company

• A full range of benefits as expected of a successful company

• Opportunities for growth and learning

• Encouraging a diverse and inclusive workplace culture that values and respects individual differences and backgrounds

You will bring:

• Master's Degree or equivalent

• Experience or exposure to marketing, strategy, business development, sustainability and project management

• Experience gained in global, large, and complex organizations

• Delivered strategic marketing projects

• People management experience

Skills and behavior competencies: 

• Strategic thinker & Customer-obsessed focus

• “We learn, unlearn, relearn” mindset: seeking opportunity to accelerate growth; innovative and creative within the strategic mindset of developing the MPS business;

• “Deliver-results”: delivery focused, naturally seeks measures of success and uses these measures to find improvement opportunity; action orientated and with visible charisma and energy to engage with stakeholders and create a Growth culture;

• “We rise as one” mindset: accountable leader, drives performance culture while promoting a safe and inclusive work environment, comfortable with a broad range of cultures;

• Resilient - stays calm and focused.

• Fluent in English

Additional information:

• Travel availability: 10 to 20% of the time

• Location: AMERICAS or EMEA

You will get:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• The U.S. base salary range reasonably expected to be paid for this position is $169,000.00 to $232,000.00 per year. Since actual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted base salary range. Total compensation for this role also includes bonus and/or other incentives.

• 16, or more, weeks of maternity/paternity and co-parenting leave, according to local regulations

• Training platform for all employees

• Free well-being sessions (physical and psychological)

About us

• Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates. Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and health care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
• At Syensqo, we seek to promote unity and not uniformity. We value the diversity that individuals bring and we invite you to consider a future with us, regardless of background, age, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity. We encourage individuals who may require any assistance or accommodations to let us know to ensure a seamless application experience. We are here to support you throughout the application journey and want to ensure all candidates are treated equally. If you are unsure whether you meet all the criteria or qualifications listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.