Hiring: Director-New Ventures & Service Business Incubation Company: Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. Location: Auburn Hills, MI Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 16:45:15 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : Alpine, Stakeholder Management About the job Required Skills: •New Venture Pipeline and Opportunity Creation •Build and manage a portfolio of new service business opportunities aligned with the Business Unit’s strategic priorities. •Create original business concepts and actively source ideas from employees, customers, technology partners, startups, industry experts, and external ecosystems. •Translate market trends, customer problems, company capabilities, and emerging technologies into specific and actionable business opportunities. •Establish a repeatable process for collecting, evaluating, prioritizing, and advancing new business ideas. •Maintain a balanced venture pipeline across near-term, adjacent, and longer-term opportunities. •Develop and apply a disciplined evaluation framework covering customer need, willingness to pay, market potential, strategic fit, competitive advantage, technical feasibility, operational feasibility, regulatory risk, required investment, and potential profitability. •Build initial business cases, including revenue models, cost structures, unit economics, investment requirements, partner economics, and scalability assumptions. Qualifications: •Ten or more years of experience in new business development, venture building, business incubation, startup operations, service business development, general management, or a related field. •Five or more years of leadership experience involving cross-functional teams and complex business initiatives. •Demonstrated experience taking at least one new service, platform, product, or business model from concept through market validation and commercial launch. •Direct experience designing and operating pilot programs or test businesses. •Strong experience in customer discovery, value proposition testing, pricing validation, and Go, Pivot, or Stop decision-making. •Strong working knowledge of revenue models, unit economics, budgeting, financial forecasting, investment cases, and P&L fundamentals. •Demonstrated capacity to operate effectively in ambiguous situations without waiting for complete information or a fully established organization. •Strong partner development, negotiation, and senior stakeholder-management capabilities. •Demonstrated capacity to communicate complex business opportunities and recommendations clearly to executive management. •Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience. Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •PPO Health Benefits (medical/dental/vision) Effective on Start Date Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!