Head of Foresight and Strategic Growth (f/m/d) (Leiter/in - Forschung und Entwicklung)

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments. Together with our partners, customers and the world of science, we develop leading-edge technologies, and excellent products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, batteries and fuel cells, technical textiles, filters, cleaning technologies and products, specialty chemicals and medical products. Weinheim Freudenberg Technology Innovation SE & Co. KG You support our team as Head of Foresight and Strategic Growth (f/m/d) Responsibilities - You provide professional and disciplinary leadership to the team, fostering collaboration, capability building and high-impact delivery - You lead foresight activities by identifying and assessing relevant trends and technologies, prioritizing strategic topics, and translating insights into actionable opportunities for the Freudenberg Group - You monitor and interpret external developments driven by technology, including regulatory, political, social and economic changes and assess their strategic relevance for Freudenberg - You are responsible for Freudenberg's multi-agent foresighting AI tool, working closely with IT and FTI AI experts, and Business Groups (business development, R&D) to ensure continuous development, high-quality data integration and effective use across internal and external data sources - You lead FTI's venturing unit and manage a portfolio of venturing instruments to identify, validate and advance BG-use cases, incubation activities and strategic growth opportunities, including collaboration with start-ups and external innovation ecosystems - You drive the transformation of foresight topics into growth-field platforms in