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Program & Business Development Manager, Auto Futures

**Date:** Apr 29, 2025

**Location:** Corning, NY, US, 14831

**Company:** Corning

Requisition Number: 68365

The company built on breakthroughs. ​ 

Join us.​ 

Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.  ​

How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward. ​

• At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.​

• Come break through with us.

Role Purpose

The Auto Futures Program and Business Development Manager will lead a team of highly skilled technical, commercial, and manufacturing SMEs and work closely with external partners to solve problems and build profitable new automotive growth businesses from innovations in glass, ceramics, and other materials. This requires setting objectives, building a team, making plans, and leading the team to accomplish all key commercial, technical, product development, business development, and manufacturing objectives. Special emphasis will be placed on directly engaging customers and partners to build interest and buy-in. Ultimately, they will lead the team to produce and sell a first of a kind Corning product for an exciting new automotive application.

Responsibilities

+ Establish and maintain program team including members from multiple Corning locations, organizations, functions, and businesses

+ Develop and deliver program objectives, scorecard, business case, budgets, and schedules

+ Communicate plans and progress to key constituents to build required support to enable success

+ Create and refine value proposition and deliver it to potential partners and customers

+ Create and execute business development objectives to enable revenue plans

+ Exercise technical judgment and provide recommendations to refine and improve product development.

+ Work with team to define manufacturing strategy

+ Up to 40% travel required both domestic and internal travel

Required Education and Experience

+ 10+ years prior work in techno-commercial functions including business analysis, business development, commercial technology, innovation program management, engineering, development, etc.

+ Bachelor’s Degree in technical field

+ Strong communication skills to coordinate and reach alignment across functional boundaries

+ Experience introducing and creating customer buy-in for new technologies and their value proposition

+ Ability to operate effectively in environment with significant complexity and ambiguity

Desired Experience

+ Master’s Degree, MBA and/or PHD

+ Experience with Optical Fiber Communication technologies and systems

+ Strong analytical skills and synthesis capability

+ Participation in, or management of, multicultural and/or multi-geographic projects

+ Experience across the innovation cycle (i.e., early and late stage)

+ Ability to navigate across Corning's management network

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

The range for this position is $151,376.00 - $208,142.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position are dependent on hours worked and may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, pension plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, and PTO.

A job that shapes a life. 

Corning offers you the total package. 

Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial, and career from day one

+  As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit that grows throughout your career. We also offer a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions.

+ Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, and disease management programs.

+ Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives, align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well – when Corning wins, we all win.

+ Getting paid for our work is important but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a peer-to-peer recognition program to celebrate success by recognizing colleagues who demonstrate above-and-beyond behaviors.

We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request an accommodation, please contact us at.

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