Principal Engineering, Program Management
Principal Engineering, Program Management
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Job Description
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
This role is responsible for a program and lead the programs on time at cost and meeting all quality standards. As the Japan PM Group lead you will oversee the program customer engineering and work with other program managers who maybe the lead. Additional global responsibilities will include the management across all SBUs maintenance and EOL forecast and redesign/customer changes if required.
Your Team
The position in Harman is directly report to Sr Director CPM and work closely with lead PMs on programs as assigned.
What You Will Do
- Manage customer interface and communication strategy to align program deliveries with Harman work efforts. Ensure assignments from SOEM is well understood distributed to required team members and program managers to ensure a reasonable plan for Harman success.
- Build and manage customer relationships with Harman Japan.
- Work with SOEM relevant department and Harman CPM team to manage issues.
- Analyze and negotiate program schedules with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure adherence to engineering best practices / processes and facilitate creation of new best practices as appropriate.
- Back up Harman colleagues in program management team as appropriate.
- Manage product risk proactively identify engineering risks and coordinate meetings with the crossfunctional team to address risks before they become issues.
- Ensure customer requirements are communicated throughout Harman engineering teams. Ensure customer requirements are met with the product design. Manage customer interface teams to clarify requirements when needed.
What You Need
- Bachelors in Engineering
- 5 years experience in technical program management.
- Proficient in Japanese language.
- Proficient to communicate in English (spoken and written).
- Experience as Japanese carmakers or experience as a supplier to Japanese carmakers.
- Must have general knowledge of automotive engineering.
- Must be able to articulate vision and influence decision making outcomes with internal stakeholders external suppliers and the customer.
- Must have a whateverittakes attitude using diplomatic leadership skills within a collaborative teamwork environment to accomplish the necessary results.
- Proven and effective communication analytical judgment initiative and execution skills.
- Willingness to help your colleagues.
- Team player dont be sticking with low priority details ability to accept different approaches always being focused to complete priority task items.
What is Nice to Have
- Masters degree or MBA preferred.
- Expertise in driving complex cost reduction projects and program deliverables.
- Business acumen.
- Analytical thinking.
- Drive for Results Change Orientation Customer Focus SelfAwareness.
- Experience with managing distributed development teams is preferred.
What Makes You Eligible
- Be willing to travel up to 35% domestic and international travel.
- Able to work late evening and early morning as necessary especially when working with global teams.
- This position requires the use of a HARMAN or customerowned vehicle. As such any offer of employment will be contingent upon having a clean driving record which will be evaluated and determined in HARMANs sole discretion no more than 4 active points for moving violations (issued by any motor vehicle agency) and no references to operating a vehicle under the influence of controlled substances within the last 10 years
What We Offer
- We offer an authentic diverse equal and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development in a truly global organization.
- You will work on products and services that touch peoples lives and will change the industrial standards being a part of the transformations in our industry.
- Our work environments are fast paced challenging empowering collaborative flexible and exciting.
- We offer our own HARMAN University with regular updates on the new technologies and trends by utilizing various sessions organized by Self Learning and Development Trainings to help grow and advance talent.
- We offer competitive compensation/benefit programs and recognition programs.
Salary Ranges:
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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
