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.
What You’ll Be Part Of
You will own end-to-end SDV product use cases within the SDV & AI Solutions pillar of HARMAN's Software Products portfolio — the composition layer that defines what HARMAN's customers actually buy. Your role is define how capabilities from across the platform combine into coherent, high-value vehicle lifecycle use cases for specific market segments. You will be close to customers, deeply fluent in the SDV platform's capability landscape, and able to translate both into a roadmap that drives commercial outcomes.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Own the use-case roadmap for one or more SDV market segments: define which vehicle lifecycle scenarios HARMAN should address, what capabilities are required, and how they compose into a coherent customer offering.
- Conduct continuous discovery with OEM customers and Tier 1 partners: understand their development and deployment workflows, pain points, and buying criteria.
- Work with the SDV Infrastructure and SDV Developer Experience pillars to specify capability requirements that arise from use-case needs — and validate that delivered capabilities meet the bar.
- Define success metrics for each use case: activation, adoption, customer satisfaction, and business impact.
- Support go-to-market: work with Sales, Pre-Sales, and Product Marketing to build the use-case narrative, demos, and commercial packaging.
- Contribute to the HARMAN SDV brand positioning by ensuring use-case stories are clear, differentiated, and grounded in real customer value.
What Makes You A Strong Fit
- 5+ years in product management, ideally for complex B2B platform or software products.
- Experience defining end-to-end product experiences that depend on multiple underlying capabilities or services.
- Solid understanding of the automotive software domain: OTA, SDV architecture, vehicle development cycles, or connected vehicle services.
- Strong customer discovery and research skills — able to run interviews, synthesise findings, and translate them into prioritised product decisions.
- Comfortable working across organisational boundaries: influencing engineering teams and capability pillars you do not directly control.
- Excellent communication skills — able to present to customers, write clear specs, and tell compelling product stories.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field.
Bonus Points if You Have
- Hands-on experience with one or more SDV capability domains: OTA, software distribution, virtualisation, or testing.
- Prior experience at an automotive OEM, Tier 1 supplier, or automotive software platform company.
- Exposure to AI-enhanced product features and understanding of how to position AI capabilities to enterprise customers.
- Experience with platform business models, API ecosystems, or marketplace products.
What Makes You Eligible
- Willingness to travel up to 25%, both domestically and internationally.
- Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment
What You Can Expect
- A hybrid work environment that balances flexibility with in-person collaboration, with most office-based roles onsite three days a week.
- 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 development
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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
- 5+ years of product management experience, ideally with complex B2B platform or software products
- Experience defining end-to-end product experiences that depend on multiple underlying capabilities or services
- Understanding of the automotive software domain, including OTA, SDV architecture, vehicle development cycles, or connected vehicle services
- Strong customer discovery and research skills, including interviews, synthesis, and prioritization
- Ability to influence engineering teams and capability pillars across organizational boundaries
- Excellent communication skills for customer presentations, specifications, and product storytelling
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field
- Hands-on experience with OTA, software distribution, virtualization, or testing
- Experience at an automotive OEM, Tier 1 supplier, or automotive software platform company
- Exposure to AI-enhanced product features and enterprise AI positioning
- Experience with platform business models, API ecosystems, or marketplace products
- Willingness to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally
- Successful completion of a 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!
