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.
About the Role
In this role supporting HARMAN Lifestyle Division, you will serve as a strategic talent partner to leaders across multiple functions in the U.S. You will lead full-cycle recruiting efforts while also helping shape and improve the overall talent experience for candidates, hiring teams, and early career talent.
This role goes beyond traditional recruiting. We are looking for someone who brings curiosity, creativity, and a continuous improvement mindset, someone who embraces technology and AI-enabled tools, proactively identifies process enhancements, and creates thoughtful, high-touch experiences that elevate our employer brand.
In addition to supporting experienced hiring, this role will help lead and evolve our internship and early talent programs, creating engaging and impactful experiences that strengthen HARMAN’s future talent pipeline.
The ideal candidate is equal parts relationship builder, strategic thinker, process innovator, and brand ambassador
What You Will Do
- Serve as a trusted Talent Acquisition partner supporting multiple client groups across a wide range of functions, including technical and business roles such as engineering, sales, marketing, IT, finance, and operations.
- Partner closely with hiring managers and People Team and TA COE to understand organizational goals, workforce needs, and long-term talent strategies.
- Advise leaders on talent market trends, candidate availability, compensation insights, and competitive hiring strategies.
- Develop creative and proactive sourcing strategies tailored to diverse talent markets and business needs.
- Lead end-to-end recruitment activities including sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, and onboarding coordination.
- Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines through networking, referrals, social platforms, market mapping, and other innovative sourcing channels.
- Deliver a consultative and highly responsive recruiting experience for both candidates and hiring teams.
- Maintain accurate recruiting data, interview documentation, and candidate activity within Workday, Avature, and related systems.
- Champion an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience that reflects HARMAN’s culture, innovation, and people-first mindset.
- Create thoughtful and engaging candidate interactions that leave a lasting and positive impression of the HARMAN brand.
- Bring creativity and intentionality to every stage of the hiring journey to ensure a seamless, personalized, and high-touch experience.
- Serve as a brand ambassador by crafting compelling and authentic talent messaging across all candidate touchpoints.
- Support and help evolve HARMAN Lifestyle’s internship and early talent programs.
- Help create engaging intern experiences that foster development, connection, and long-term interest in HARMAN careers.
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve recruiting workflows, operational efficiency, and candidate engagement strategies.
- Leverage recruiting technologies, AI tools, automation, and data insights to improve hiring effectiveness and streamline processes.
- Stay informed on industry trends, emerging recruiting technologies, and innovative talent acquisition practices.
- Recommend and implement enhancements to recruiting processes, tools, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
- Participate in recruiting projects and talent initiatives that support broader organizational goals.
What You Need to Be Successful
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience across a variety of functions, including technical and professional roles.
- Strong ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
- Experience developing sourcing strategies across different talent segments and hiring markets.
- Passion for delivering exceptional customer, candidate, and hiring manager experiences.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication, storytelling, and interpersonal skills.
- Naturally curious, proactive, and solutions-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Comfortable leveraging technology, recruiting systems, AI tools, automation, and data insights to drive smarter hiring outcomes.
- Strong understanding of recruiting best practices, employment laws, and hiring compliance requirements.
- Ability to quickly learn and navigate HARMAN’s recruiting processes, systems, and organizational structure.
Bonus Points if You Have
- Experience with Workday and/or Avature.
- Experience supporting internship, university recruiting, or early talent programs.
- Exposure to employer branding, talent marketing, or candidate engagement initiatives.
- Experience recruiting within consumer technology, consumer facing brands, or highly matrixed organizations.
What Makes You Eligible
- Be willing to work (hybrid) in a HARMAN located office, Novi Mi, Richardson TX, Carlsbad or Northridge CA.
- You are willing to travel, if necessary, locally 5%.
- Due to the nature of global infrastructure, you understand that flexibility in working hours is required.
What We Offer
- Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
- Access to employee discounts on world-class products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, and more)
- Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
- Competitive wellness benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
Salary Ranges:
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
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience across a variety of functions
- Strong ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization
- Experience developing sourcing strategies across different talent segments
- Passion for delivering exceptional customer, candidate, and hiring manager experiences
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.
Harman Insights
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!
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