Core Assets Portfolio Leader – Connectivity SBU

HARMAN's engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you'll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.A Career at HARMANAs 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 everyday.

About the Role

The Core Assets Portfolio Leader – Connectivity SBU will be responsible for leading a global Engineering Team that is architecting, designing, developing & validating Software Core Assets for the SBU. Core Assets are reusable software components that are key to rapidly developing Connectivity SBU customer projects and READY products. The portfolio leader will be responsible for developing the Core Assets product roadmap spanning 3~5 years, driving PLM100 process, and ensure efficient development of the assets to be used across the SBU. The person will lead a global cross-functional team of software architect, project manager, software developers, testers, integrators, and process experts and will deliver functional Core Assets every quarter based on the defined roadmap. Core Assets Portfolio Leader will be data-driven and will be responsible for establishing KPIs to monitor software reuse and cost reduction across customer projects & products.

Your Team

The Core Assets Portfolio Leader will lead a global team of 30+ engineers across India, Romania, Germany & Japan. This position will have 6 direct reports in the capacity of Software Architects, Principal Engineers, and Senior Software Engineers.

What You Will Do

• Develop market and Core Assets product requirements with a rolling 3-5-year iterative product and feature roadmap
• Key platform/product lifecycle artifact management: MRD, PRD, Concept Approval, Business Case & portfolio information on TechShelf. Responsible for driving HARMAN's PLM100 Process.
• Lead the global software engineering team across India, Romania, Germany, USA & Poland to oversee an efficient development of Core Assets by deploying HARMAN's Agile Software Development practices.
• Play the role of technology evangelist by strategically defining the technology competency roadmap, acquiring talent, continuously upskilling, driving community activities, and defining the culture where teams team pride in the products & code they deliver to the customers.
• Establish KPIs to monitor software reuse & cost reduction across projects/products and the efficiency of Core Assets.
• Drive products from concept to launch by acting as a bridge between technical feasibility, customer desirability, and business viability.
• Plan and allocate resources for Core Asset Development based on the roadmap.
• Conduct market intelligence and assess competitive positioning by comparing HARMAN's portfolio to competitors' products and ecosystems. Align with SBU strategy & innovation team for product roadmap & priorities.
• Conduct global and regional market and technology assessments to frame problem statements, define market requirements, and determine opportunities for investments
• Support test in the market using structured frameworks and quick iterations 
• Support RFQ/RFI teams to drive product pursuit pipelines 
• Support the definition of product positioning- features and roadmap/main releases, support business plans including pricing, revenue, and status dashboard, support the partnership with Product Marketing on value proposition, product positioning, and sales enablement
• Co-create go-to-market strategies and effective sales product pitches in close collaboration with product marketing and sales

What You Need

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or comparable experience
• 15+ years of overall professional experience in the domain of automotive software development.
• 7+ years in technical leadership, leading a worldwide team of software engineers, architects & managers.
• A relentless focus on doing the basics brilliantly. Drive consistency and ownership through the organization with clear accountability
• The desire to change the status quo on development methodologies.
• Understanding of complex ecosystems for Android and Linux-based products
• Experience building and leading diverse teams, incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies into the DNA of teams
• Ability to communicate advanced and complex concepts and ideas persuasively and concisely to all levels 

What is Nice to Have

• Master's degree in computer science or Computer Engineering
• Relevant experience in AI/ML technologies
• Strong experience in Automotive Software Development Frameworks.
• An affinity for business and the ability to run the organization to optimize for agreed-upon financial metrics.

What We Offer:

• HARMAN offers a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities, professional training and competitive market base compensation
• You will also receive top-notch employee discounts on Harman's Consumer Audio (JBL, AKG, HARMAN Kardon) and Samsung products
• Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global friendly working atmosphere and good work-life-balance
• Attractive salary package based on the Metall & Elektro Tarif Baden Wurttemberg and an Employer contribution towards a company pension plan
• Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University's business and leadership academies which also includes extensive technical trainings
• Internal talent management leadership acceleration programs
• "Be Brilliant" employee recognition and rewards program

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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 to race, 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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