Director, Software Engineering

About The Role

You will be responsible for all Software (SW) deliverables related to a Japanese OEM customer program. The person in this role will take on the lead role to ensure that the project is executed and delivered with top-quality and on-time while ensuring the business delivers to or ideally exceeds its committed level of profitability. The person will have a small team of SW Project Lead’s to lead and work with in order to ensure we are implementing SW best practices/process, partnering effectively with the customer groups and managing change and SW release to customers, factories and service.

Your Team

Your team is made up of 5 SW Leaders, Config Managers, Defect Managers etc. The team will be distributed across multiple geographies.

What You Will Do

• Be responsible to deliver SW for Customer programs in high quality, in time and in cost.
• Ensure high level of collaboration and transparency between the various entities involved with project execution, including but not limited to the CG, SW/HW domain and Test.
• Own and monitor the project metrics and ensure they stay healthy. Risks are identified earlier, and mitigation actions are initiated in a timely and effective manner.
• Staff and manage a team of SW Leaders, Config Managers, Defect Managers focused on the overall SW Delivery for all projects in scope of your area of responsibility.
• Oversee the activities within the various programs that they are responsible for and provide their team with the necessary guidance and support required to be successful.
• Work together with Biz-Analysts (from the regional Support offices) to identify and prioritize improvement areas in the different projects to optimize engineering costs and use synergies between projects of same OEM or region.
• Responsible for career growth and technical skills enhancements for all SW Leaders in your team.
  
  

What You Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• 15 years of overall professional experience in development and delivery
• 10 years of Experience in automotive project development.
• 5 years in leading multi-national teams/resources
• Proven expertise in developing complex systems from architecture to implementation
• Proven ability to lead, mentor and grow diverse teams
  
  

What Is Nice To Have

• Master's Degree in Engineering, MBA
  
  

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 30% domestic and international travel
• Be willing to work in an office in North America/Europe/APAC, depending on regional responsibilities.
  
  

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 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