Director, Product Management

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.

A Career at HARMAN Automotive

We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.

• Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
• Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
• Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment

About the Role

As the Director, Product Management, you will join the Car Audio Business Unit and will partner with a team dedicated to defining, designing, and developing emerging sound system architectures, products, and experiences.  

You will work with Harman’s innovation and technology team, research and UX design team, and our world-class Engineering, Purchasing, Sales, and Marketing teams.  Define the overall product strategy, families, roadmaps, business model, development, and launch plans for a future generation of Harman-branded sound systems, based on an entirely new system approach and architecture.  You will manage component-level product managers and delivery leads in their roles defining and delivering on component product strategies and roadmaps for our global markets.

Your Team

You will grow and directly manage a global 50+ member Product Management Scope Team + New Product/Platform Engineering Delivery team

What You Will Do

• Identify gaps and generate new ideas contributing to improved consumer experience while addressing OEM partner pain points and needs, meeting Harman's business goals, and maturing our brand promises.

• Find and define OEM-winning system, product, and brand value proposition opportunities that differentiate HARMAN from our competitors and increase revenue and margins.

• Define and translate Proofs of Concept, consumer insights, customer feedback, and technology roadmaps into cohesive branded system definitions and support component productization, marketing, and partnership work streams, with a rolling 2-3-year iterative product roadmap and release calendar

• Manage structured review of branded system concepts with the objectives defined by the 2-3-year plan

• Deliver overarching system and individually branded system-level MRD and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification

• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes

• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver quick time-to-market and optimal resources

• Analyze appropriate market data and extract technology, system architecture, and product trends for Harman, and define necessary system requirements including performance, content, features/products, pricing, and SOP timing.

• Leverage technologies within and outside of HARMAN to develop lasting and winning relationships to benefit the unique nature of the diverse HARMAN business.

• Develop the core value proposition, brand and system positioning, and messaging for the Harman house of branded systems, the individual branded systems used by our OEM partners, and those targeted for new pursuits.

• Identify the Go-To-Market strategies for all branded audio systems (10-15 individual brand activations at major OEMs)

• Create buy-in for the branded system vision, both internally and with key external partners

• Drive branded system early development (ideation, MRD/PRD, PoC, pre-RFQ, pre-development)

• Support pursuits and RFQs, product development, and launch, including working with engineering, marketing, public relations team, executives, and other product management team members

• Develop sales and marketing tools, leveraging our marketing teams

• Training at quarterly sales meetings and dedicated training sessions

• Define branded system cost targets in cooperation with the customer groups and component product management colleagues

• Recommend list pricing, with accompanying competitive and margin analysis (high-level business case generati