Harman International

Harman International

Technology Manager (BU Integration)

Northridge - California, USA · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$134k-$197kDetected 30 days ago
AlgorithmsMachine LearningProduct ManagementProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementBusiness DevelopmentNegotiationSupply ChainHRSignal ProcessingResearchLeadershipCommunicationPublic SpeakingAdaptabilityOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • 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.
  • In this role, you bridge advanced technology development and product execution - ensuring that the innovations from Intelligent Audio align with business unit roadmaps and get successfully integrated into products.

Responsibilities

  • Roadmap Alignment: Develop and maintain a unified roadmap that links Intelligent Audio technology deliveries with product release schedules across multiple divisions.
  • Work with each BU's product managers and technical leads to understand their upcoming product plans and feature needs.
  • Essentially manage the "hand-off" from research to product teams to ensure nothing falls through the cracks.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the evangelist for Intelligent Audio within the company and to key external partners.
  • Project/Program Skills: Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects or roadmaps with multiple stakeholders.
  • With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson ® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world.
  • About HARMAN International HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for consumers, automakers, and enterprises worldwide, including audio, visual and infotainment systems; enterprise automation solutions; and software services.
  • About HARMAN International HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for consumers, automakers, and enterprises worldwide, including audio, visual and infotainment systems

Requirements

  • At HARMAN Corporate, you are integral to our company's award-winning success.
  • 5-8+ years of experience in a technology management, product management, or technical program management role, ideally in the audio, consumer electronics, or automotive tech industry.
  • Experience with media or audio technologies (e.g. codecs, audio signal flow, audio software stacks) or AI/ML products is a strong asset.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field
  • MBA or relevant business training is a plus.

Skills

  • Strong organizational skills to track numerous threads and ensure timely follow-ups.
  • Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies (Agile, stage-gate, etc.) in a development context.
  • Communication & Influence: Excellent communicator in both written and verbal form.
  • Capable of translating technical details into business implications and vice versa.
  • Comfortable presenting to executives and large groups.
  • Strong negotiation and influence skills - able to align teams with different objectives towards a common plan.
  • Thought leadership capabilities to advocate for certain technologies or approaches across the organization.
  • Business Acumen: Good understanding of product lifecycle and go-to-market considerations.
  • Able to weigh the business value of a feature against development effort and guide prioritization discussions.
  • Experience conducting competitive analysis or market research in tech.
  • Passion for user experience and an ability to champion the end-user perspective when discussing features.
  • Personal Attributes: Highly collaborative, works well in a matrix organization.

Compensation

  • HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
  • HARMAN offers a great work environment, brilliant career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.

Benefits

  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or Protected Veterans status.

Company info

  • Serve as the evangelist for Intelligent Audio within the company and to key external partners.
  • Create presentations, demos, and documentation to educate BU teams (product management, engineering, sales) on the capabilities and benefits of the latest intelligent audio innovations.
  • Equally, communicate the business context back to the R&D team - why certain features matter, what end-user problem we're solving - to guide development.

Equal opportunity

  • $ 134,250 - $ 196,900 HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.
  • HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer.
  • Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.
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