Solutions Engineer
Rainforest
VP, Divisional Head of Product and Innovation
HARMAN International
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California
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💰 $240,000 - $352,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Lead a globally positioned team (~40) to shape a resilient, user-centric, and strategically aligned product portfolio
- Drive development and execution of a unified portfolio management framework consolidating business unit portfolios into a cohesive roadmap
- Own product and innovation management processes, tools, methods, and governance across the division
- Collaborate across strategy, product, and innovation teams to accelerate market-winning concepts into sales-ready offerings
- Continuously align product strategies with evolving market needs and business objectives and define/monitor relevant KPIs
- Champion a culture of entrepreneurial thinking, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration and foster a high-performing product organization
- Translate market insights and technology trends into transformative product opportunities and synchronize innovation with long-term strategic goals
- Accelerate time-to-market through technology scouting and industry and research partnerships
- Ensure coherence and system-level integration across in-cabin product portfolio; oversee pre-production car integration, product validation, and creation of compelling product demonstrators
- Support go-to-market with cross-product experiences, value propositions, and system-level integration
Requirements
- Proven track record in launching and profitable execution of electronics and software products
- Demonstrated ability to define and execute product portfolios across multiple business units
- Deep knowledge of cost structure and revenue streams in various industries to achieve profitable growth
- Experience in building and scaling product organizations, including setting up governance, tools, and best practices
- Strong demonstrated ability to lead and influence in a matrix of global, cross-functional organizations
- Results- and detail-oriented; holds self and others accountable for commitments
- Effective communication skills including C-Level
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally when needed
- Willingness to work in an office in North America or Germany or India
- Bonus: Entrepreneurial experience
- Bonus: Automotive electronics and software technology experience (preferred but not required)
- Bonus: Senior Pre-Sales or Business development experience
