Software Project Manager - Automotive Telematic Projects

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

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. 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 everyday.

About the Role

As a SW Project Lead at Harman, you are responsible for successfully running the Software part of our Telematic Projects and ensure project deliveries in time, budget and quality. You are the face to the customer for all SW topics. You are orchestrating the virtual, cross functional, global SW project team.

What You Will Do

• Deliver next-generation Telematic Units to the customer
• Serve as the face to the customer for all SW related topics
• Orchestrate virtual, cross functional, global project teams.
• Assure that all software project team members understand the product, understand their roles in the project organization and accept their responsibilities
• Define and establish software project management process and development lifecycle activities derived from HARMAN standard process considering project specific constraints and stakeholder needs
• Establish communication and synchronization with global cross functional teams involved in the project on a regular base.
• Plan, monitor, control and track the software project to achieve the goals with respect to schedule, effort, product quality and process quality in a timely manner
• Provide SW program status updates on a regular base. Represent the program internally and externally to senior management (Director level and above) during program, quality, and operations reviews
• Ensure project deliveries in time, budget and quality by following the project specifications
• Contribute in requirements analysis during and after RFQ phase e.g. identification of technical constraints, needed licenses etc.
• Define and establish planning guidelines and priorities for SW development
• Manage change of software project goals (internal Change Control Boards)
• Prepare Software Project Management Plan and obtain approval from program management and line management of involved departments
• Create and update software project milestone schedule, synchronized with program management, customer, and suppliers.
• Identify SW development work products, plan and monitor their regular release within SW Maturity Gate according to the defined software development lifecycle
• Identify and monitor project and process risks within scope of software project management and establish risk mitigation and contingency plans
• Arbitrate and resolve conflict and interface problems affecting progress of software project
• Perform regular lessons learned and ensure defined software development processes are continuously improved

What You Need

• Expert knowledge in project management and coordination in a globally distributed development environment
• Expert knowledge in software engineering
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Global mindset, teamwork in a multi-location team, enterprise approach
• Knowledge of Agile SW Development
• Knowledge of requirements definition and management
• Knowledge of configuration management rules and tools
• Knowledge of risk management
• Knowledge of process models (e.g. Automotive SPICE®, CMMI)
• Excellent communication skills, strong interpersonal and relationship management skills with excellent conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Ability to understand complex systems, to break down and structure into reasonable parts so dependencies become visible, describable, and thus manageable
• Flexible and open personality
• Ability to define, pursue and reach strong and measurable individual goals corresponding to general HARMAN strategy and to integrate people, to resolve conflicts, broad intercultural experience, Excellent communication skill
• Must have a "whatever-it-takes" attitude using diplomatic leadership skills within a collaborative teamwork environment to accomplish the necessary results
• Proven and effective communication, analytical, judgment, initiative, and execution skills

Preferred Qualifications

• University degree in engineering (Electrical Engineering, Information Technology) or Business Administration or appropriate graduation
• Certified Project Management Professional (e.g. PMP )
• Automotive experience
• Projects implemented with Automotive ASPICE Level 3
• Experience in real-time embedded software and system development
• Management experience with 25+ people

Eligibility Requirements:

• Be willing to travel up to 20%, domestic and international travel

What We Offer:

• Work in international teams with the biggest worldwide automotive customer
• Attractive salary package
• Training on the job and extensive technical trainings
• Further career development opportunities
• A great package of additional benefits, such as:
  o Flexible working time
  o Medical subscription
  o Free parking spaces
  o Meal tickets
  o Employee discounts on our HARMAN products (JBL, AKG, HARMAN Kardon)
  o Bookster account
  o Gym subscription, and much more...

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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.