Manager, Manufacturing Digitalization Project

About the Role

We are seeking a technically strong project manager with a solid software and digitalization background to lead AI and digital transformation initiatives in global manufacturing. This role is well suited for candidates with a background in computer science information systems or software engineering who have progressed into managing complex technical projects while maintaining a strong connection to technology and engineering.

Based in China you will support the establishment of a Digitalization Center of Excellence for Asia serving as both a technical and organizational interface between global teams and a growing local engineering organization. Beyond project coordination you will contribute technical insight challenge existing approaches and help shape the application of AI solutions within manufacturing environments.

You will be part of the Digitalization Global Manufacturing team.

What You Will Do

• Lead complex digitalization projects with strong software data and AI components
• Act as a technical counterpart for software and AI engineers
• Translate manufacturing problems into clear technical and project scopes
• Coordinate global stakeholders and Chinabased development teams
• Anchor and orchestrate activities of the Asia Digitalization CoE
• Drive agile execution (priorities risks dependencies delivery)
• Support and scale AIbased manufacturing use cases
• Communicate progress and technical decisions clearly to global teams

What You Need to Be Successful

• Degree in Computer Science Business Informatics Information Systems or similar
• 7 years experience in softwareheavy or digitalization projects
• Strong background in software development projects
• Handson technical mindset ideally prior coding experience (e.g. Python Java TypeScript)
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms data architectures and modern dev stacks
• Experience working with international crossfunctional teams
• Excellent English skills ideally from education or work in an Englishspeaking environment
• Comfortable working independently in a global setup

Bonus Points if You Have

• Practical experience with AI / ML or datadriven projects
• Exposure to analytics platforms data pipelines or MLOps
• Background as a developer technical consultant or solution architect
• Experience helping to build or coordinate technical teams or CoEs
• Agile certifications or strong handson Scrum / SAFe experience

What Makes You Eligible

• Fluent English in technical and professional discussions
• Willingness to travel up to 20%
• Comfortable working with distributed international tech teams

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment allowing for hybrid work one day per week for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location.
• Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL HARMAN Kardon AKG etc.)
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
• Competitive wellness benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Be Brilliant employee recognition and rewards program
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.