Hybrid Director of Global Technical Marketing – Technical Service, Lubricant Components

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About the role

  • Director of Global Technical Marketing leading technical service and strategy for lubricant components at BASF. Collaborating with various teams to ensure commercial support and product launches.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the global technical marketing and technical service organization for Lubricant Components within BASF’s Fuel & Lubricant Solutions business.
  • Define the global technical strategy and product positioning, build and develop a high-performing matrixed team, and ensure world-class, scalable technical support.
  • Translate innovations into customer-facing value and enable strong regional execution for lubricant component technologies.
  • Collaborate closely with various teams to ensure product roadmaps, launch readiness, and effective commercial support across regions.
  • Create standardized global technical collateral, application guides, training programs, field-trial playbooks, and digital tools.
  • Ensuring timely execution of technical projects and customer requests while maintaining oversight of global lubricant regulations and specifications.
  • Represent BASF in industry bodies and forums, and translate R&D innovations into customer-facing solutions.

Requirements

  • Hold an advanced technical degree (MS/PhD) in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Tribology, or a related discipline; an MBA or business qualification is an advantage.
  • Bring significant experience in technical marketing, technical service, or application development, with proven success leading matrixed teams and delivering large cross-regional programs.
  • Can translate technical differentiation into commercial value propositions, support strategic accounts and tender processes, and contribute to pricing and portfolio decisions.
  • Demonstrate strong people-leadership and stakeholder-management skills, with experience leading globally distributed teams in a matrix environment, and communicate effectively at technical and executive levels.
  • Have the ability to synthesize market, technical, and regulatory inputs into strategy, prioritize investments, and use data to drive decision-making, including comfort with business KPIs and P&L implications.
  • Possess experience managing complex product launches, validation programs, and scale-up activities across multiple regions and stakeholder groups.
  • Are experienced with CRM systems (Salesforce preferred), LIMS, BI platforms (Power BI/Tableau), and digital tools for diagnostics, data collection, and knowledge sharing.
  • Are willing to travel internationally to customer sites, production facilities, and industry events.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements whenever possible
  • Highly competitive retirement savings plan with company match and investment options
  • Well-being programs that include comprehensive mental health support for you and your household family members
  • Family forming benefits (fertility, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, maternity/parental leave, and more)
  • Back-up child and elder care with discount programs for families of all ages and stages
  • Mentoring and career development opportunities that allow you to share, learn, and thrive
  • Matching gifts program that allows you to deepen the impact of your contributions to qualified charities.
  • Employee crisis support for when the unexpected happens
  • Access to our BASF wine cellar, employee discounts, and much more!

Job title

Director of Global Technical Marketing – Technical Service, Lubricant Components

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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