Sr. Manager, AR Hardware Delivery

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 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 everyday.

About the Role

In this role you will be responsible for the multiple deliverables of the Augmented Reality (AR) products HARMAN’s business unit’s offerings.  You will be responsible for overall hardware scope management, forecasting, planning, and managing the end-to-end program delivery including manufacturing, outsourcing and customer engagement; this includes not only new business models, operating models, product development, testing, and industrialization planning.  You will also be responsible to manage costs, scope, timing, and quality to meet program goals of the planned new Business Unit implementations.  

What You Will Do

• Direct Deliverables to the Program which include Scope Management, Schedule Management, Cost Management, Change Management, Quality Management,

• Communication Management, to Stakeholders, Customers, and team, being accountable for ensuring communication of the customer requirements within the organization and interface with multiple groups to ensure the customer’s expectations are being met.

• Provide program status and represent program internally and externally to senior-level executives during program, quality, and operations reviews.

• Setting Priority/Monitoring Progress/Control: set direction and influence cross-department engagement for program execution and drive synchronization across multiple program teams.

• Resource staff plan; responsible for budget planning and forecasting for all active projects

• Industrialization plan

• Initial planning and scope development during the discovery phases of a project

• Implementation and management of the HARMAN delivery systems

• Responsible for initial project set-up and deployment readiness

• Risk Management: Manage program risk proactively, identify program risks, and coordinate meetings with the PM and multi-discipline functions to address risks before they become issues.

What You Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.

• 10+ years related technical experience,

• 7+ years, program management, customer, supplier relationships

• Must have experience in development of complex electronic systems

• Must have expertise in driving complex projects and program deliverables

• Proven communication skills to be able to articulate vision and influence decision making outcomes with internal stakeholders, external suppliers, and the customer.

• Proven and effective communication, analytical, judgment, initiative, and execution skills.

• Strong Business acumen, preferably with P&L experience

What is Nice to Have

• Extensive experience in consulting and/or client-facing role

• Experience in automotive and specifically infotainment systems and their applications

• Systems/software experience with complex development cycles that span multiple release versions

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 30%, domestic and international travel

• Be willing to work in an office in Novi. MI.

• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment

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 developme