A Career at HARMAN
As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together youll discover that at HARMAN you can grow make a difference and be proud of the work you do every day.
About the Role
In this role you will help to shape and drive Harmans Softwaredefined Vehicle Distribution as part of HARMANs broader software products portfolio. You will own HARMANs future offering of an onboard and offboard software stack that allows our customers to rapidly develop operate and maintain Softwaredefined Vehicles. You will lead the associated business and help to meet respective business goals.
In this role you will be responsible for the continued transformation of HARMAN automotive into a leading tech player in software. You will be owning the product management function for our SDV Distribution. This role is responsible for driving our SDV Distribution business and products in an EndtoEnd manner. You will also implement modern patterns of tech and engineering in our growing organization to gain more attractiveness for software developers on a global scale.
You are an inspiring leader for our global team and your global peers who shows both the technical and business acumen to rapidly grow our product family and its corresponding business in a rapidly growing ecosystem.
What You Will Do
- Conceptualize build and take to market next generation Softwaredefined Vehicle Distribution
- Lead the product team to ensure deliverables (MRD PRD Business Case Pitch deck) from innovation process are delivered on time
- Build robust gotomarket plan
- Synthesize global and regional market trends market sizing technology trends and customer & consumer insights to determine product roadmap
- Work across organizational boundaries (Harman and Samsung) to drive a unified and bestinclass approach to Product Management GoToMarket R&D / Engineering
- Collaborate with technical & business team members who may only have a vague understanding of their need to cocreate a plan for executing product strategy
- Interface with the customer and customerfacing teams for clarification of new feature requests and impact on product roadmap
- Working with Customer Groups (CG) and Marketing team to build and execute GTM strategy for Harmans toolchain
- Facilitate integration of Harman tools from SBUs and Horizontal engineering (STV AES) to envision a market leading SDV Distribution
What You Need
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent; BE with MBA would be preferred
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in a software engineering with minimum 5 years in managing and delivering complex automotive software products
- Must bring topnotch management skills and a deep appreciation of development tools techniques systems and solutions.
- Strong business acumen relentless customer focus communicating Value proposition and solid presentation skills
- Acumen to create product roadmap and prioritize requirement based on business demand
What is Nice to Have
- Experience with Strategic Selling techniques. Understanding of global delivery/supply chain model and multisite project
- Experience in responding to RFP/RFQs and collaborating internally to craft winning pitch and proposal defense along with PreSales team
What Makes You Eligible
- Be willing to travel up to 25 domestic and international travel
- This role is eligible to work remotely fulltime with occasional trips into the Garching office location required (this could be on 24hour notice)
What We Offer
- Flexible work environment allowing for fulltime remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
- Access to employee discounts on worldclass Harman and Samsung products (JBL HARMAN Kardon AKG etc.
- Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
- Competitive wellness benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Access to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and Cafeteria
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
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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.
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