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, you’ll 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 HARMAN’s cloud-based automotive software development toolchains as part of HARMAN’s broader software products portfolio. You will own the product and its 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 cloud-based software development toolchain. This role is responsible for driving our toolchain business and products in an End-to-End 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 eco-system.
What You Will Do
* Conceptualize, build and take to market next generation Automotive cloud based toolchain
* Lead the product team to ensure deliverables (MRD, PRD, Business Case, Pitch deck) from innovation process are delivered on time
* Build robust go-to-market 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 best-in-class approach to Product Management, Go-To-Market, R&D / Engineering
* Collaborate with technical & business team members, who may only have a vague understanding of their need, to co-create a plan for executing product strategy
* Interface with the customer and customer-facing 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 Harman’s toolchain
* Facilitate integration of Harman tools from SBUs and Horizontal engineering (STV, AES) to envision a market leading Automotive Software development and testing toolchain
What You Need
* Bachelor’s 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 top-notch 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 multi-site project execution
* Experience in responding to RFP/RFQs and collaborating internally to craft winning pitch and proposal defense along with Pre-Sales team
What Makes You Eligible
* Be willing to travel up to 25%, domestic and international travel
* This role is eligible to work remotely full-time with occasional trips into the Garching office location required (this could be on 24-hour notice)
What We Offer
* Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally 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
* 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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