Project Manager - Korea Market

Job content

• Manage Automotive ECU delivery for the Korean market with multiple HW/SW variants.
• Manage together with the HARMAN and customer management team the effort estimates and delivery plans for the work items and agreeing/communicating this with the customer, including key milestone items.
• Drive and Track delivery of the work items and communicate progress vs plan and any issues to the customer as required.
• Implement and manage a robust issue management process and system to allow detailed tracking of all defects and change requests, including creation of regular metric reports using the same/compatible tool.
• Execute Change request management – put in place a process and system to manage change requests from the stakeholders to allow traceability and delivery planning.
• Put in place an agreed test strategy to deliver SW components and SW fixes and also for testing of the SW before delivery to the stakeholder.
• Assist the Customer in defining appropriate acceptance criteria and quality levels for deliverables for integration.
• Prepare and manage risk and issue assessment reduction plans and strategies.
• Understand the customer software development process framework and be able to map this to the Harman internal processes.
• Ensure the project complies to all relevant Automotive SPICE process and quality requirements.
• Provide regular project update reports both to the customer management and internally to senior management.
• Work with Platform development team / Test Teams / Build Team in distributed environment and ensure robust quality deliverables.
  

• At least Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field and 7+ years of relevant work experience in management roles
• Experience in a project manager role that has coordinated the efforts of local and off-shore development teams
• Ability to negotiate and prioritise work package with Customer and Stakeholders.
• Experience working in customer facing roles
• Excellent communication, organization, teamwork and project management skills
• Knowledge of developing application software in the Automotive domain
• Strong leadership skills with ability to mentor and motivate team members
• Knowledge of continuous integration execution models.
• Fluent English language skills are mandatory. German language skills are a plus.
• Must be willing to travel as needed