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Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Lifestyle
We’re a global, multidisciplinary team putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. As a member of HARMAN Lifestyle, you’ll connect consumers with the power of superior sound.
- Contribute your talents to iconic brands such as JBL, Mark Levinson, Revel, Denon, and Bowers & Wilkins.
- Unite your passion for audio innovation with high-tech product development.
- Help create cutting-edge experiences that elevate how people listen, connect, and engage with sound.
About the Role
As the Product Marketing Manager – Performance Audio, you will help shape how our audio products are positioned, launched, and sustained in market.
Working across our Performance Audio brands, you will partner with Product Strategy, Product Management, Engineering, Brand Marketing, Commercial, and regional teams to translate complex product technology into clear, compelling consumer benefits.
As a trusted product expert and evangelist, you will influence the full product lifecycle — from early proposition development through launch, training, market engagement, and post-launch optimization.
What You Will Do
- Shape Product Strategy & Positioning: Bring consumer, market, competitive, dealer, and media insights into product development while defining compelling value propositions, benefits, proof points, and differentiation.
- Own the Product Narrative: Translate complex technology and performance into clear, credible messaging that communicates what the product is, who it is for, why it matters, and why it wins.
- Drive Product Marketing Readiness: Develop messaging frameworks, product presentations, technical narratives, comparison guidance, and other materials supporting successful product introductions.
- Serve as a Product Expert: Partner with Product Management, Engineering, R&D, acoustics, and design to build deep product expertise and present products to internal teams, retailers, dealers, distributors, and partners.
- Enable Training & Market Engagement: Partner with Training, PR, and Communications to develop product education, masterclasses, technical briefings, demonstrations, and specialist media support.
- Support Launch & Commercial Execution: Partner with Brand Marketing and Commercial/GTM teams to provide the product foundation needed for campaigns, launches, dealer sell-in, and sell-through.
- Optimize Product Performance: Monitor competitors, category trends, reviews, and market feedback to continuously refine messaging, training, competitive guidance, and future product strategy.
What You Need to Be Successful
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Product Marketing, Product Management, Technical Marketing, or a related role, ideally within audio, consumer electronics, technology, or another technically complex consumer category.
- Demonstrated experience developing product positioning, value propositions, messaging, benefit hierarchies, and supporting new product introductions.
- Strong technical curiosity with the ability to understand complex products and translate technology into simple, compelling consumer benefits.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and storytelling skills across technical, commercial, and external audiences.
- Strong commercial and consumer instincts with an understanding of competitive positioning, market dynamics, and consumer needs.
- Proven ability to influence without direct authority and collaborate across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Commercial, and regional teams.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple products, launches, and priorities.
Bonus Points if You Have
- Experience within audio, home entertainment, or consumer electronics.
- A strong personal interest in audio, music, home entertainment, or consumer technology.
- Experience with technically sophisticated or enthusiast-driven product categories.
- Experience presenting or demonstrating products to media, retailers, dealers, or other external audiences.
- Experience working within a global organization across multiple markets and time zones.
- Experience using consumer, competitive, and commercial insights to influence future products or features.
What Makes You Eligible
- Be willing to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.
- Be willing to work from the Owings Mills, MD or Carlsbad, CA office in a hybrid model.
- Due to the nature of our global organization, understand that flexibility in working hours may occasionally be required.
- Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment (post-offer).
What We Offer
- Competitive wellness benefits and 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.
- An inclusive and diverse environment that supports career growth and development.
- Flexible work schedules supporting work-life integration and global collaboration.
- Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employee discounts on world-class HARMAN products.
- “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.
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of experience in product marketing, product management, technical marketing, or a related role
- Experience developing product positioning, value propositions, messaging, benefit hierarchies, and new product introductions
- Ability to understand complex products and translate technology into consumer benefits
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and storytelling skills
- Understanding of competitive positioning, market dynamics, and consumer needs
- Ability to influence without direct authority and collaborate across cross-functional teams
- Strong organizational, analytical, and project management skills
- Experience in audio, home entertainment, or consumer electronics
- Personal interest in audio, music, home entertainment, or consumer technology
- Experience with technically sophisticated or enthusiast-driven product categories
- Experience presenting or demonstrating products to media, retailers, dealers, or external audiences
- Experience working within a global organization across multiple markets and time zones
- Experience using consumer, competitive, and commercial insights to influence future products or features
- Willingness to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally
- Willingness to work from the Owings Mills, Maryland or Carlsbad, California office in a hybrid model
- Successful completion of a post-offer background investigation and drug screen
Harman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Harman and has not been reviewed or approved by Harman.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, often including medical, dental, and vision plans, with HSAs/FSAs and disability or life insurance also referenced. Wellbeing support such as EAP access and onsite occupational health services is also part of the package in some regions.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle-oriented benefits include employee product discounts and region-specific perks like free fruit deliveries, Cycle to Work schemes, and meal coupons or allowances. Flexible schedules and work-from-home options are also part of the overall offering where roles and projects allow.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is repeatedly characterized as solid or market-aligned for many roles, with salary payments described as consistent and on time. Compensation is also tied to performance in some accounts, reinforcing a perception of basic fairness for a portion of employees.
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What We Do
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. 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. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with HARMAN!
