Advanced Specialist, Portfolio Management

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Automotive

We're a global, multi-disciplinary team that's putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.

• Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
• Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
• Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment
  
  

About The Role

As a Software Products Portfolio Management Specialist within HARMAN Automotive, you will create a connected view of portfolio performance across product plans, customer commitments, engineering investment, resources, and delivery. You will consolidate data from enterprise platforms, customer-management tools, planning repositories, and operational sources into clear insights on priorities, dependencies, gaps, risks, and opportunities. Working with product, engineering, sales, delivery, and portfolio teams, you will strengthen governance, data quality, and portfolio decision-making.

What You Will Do

• Maintain a holistic & detailed view of the automotive software products portfolio using data from enterprise platforms, customer-management tools, planning repositories, and operational sources
• Monitor product and customer activity, engineering investment, resource deployment, lifecycle stage, delivery milestones, and portfolio outcomes
• Prepare monthly and quarterly portfolio reviews against targets, roadmaps, commitments, and prior periods, explaining key deviations and trends
• Develop scalable Excel models and Power BI dashboards with clear product, customer, program, and portfolio views
• Validate source data, mappings, hierarchies, and reporting logic to improve accuracy and consistency across portfolio reviews
• Support portfolio planning, rolling outlooks, and scenarios by connecting roadmaps, market inputs, delivery capacity, and resource needs
• Coordinate portfolio governance by clarifying assumptions, dependencies, decisions, owners, timelines, and follow-up actions
• Provide concise recommendations on portfolio risks, improvement opportunities, prioritization, sequencing, and corrective actions
  
  

What You Need To Be Successful

• 5+ Years of strong portfolio analysis capability, with the ability to connect complex data, identify patterns, and translate findings into practical actions
• Experience working with large structured datasets and extracting information from enterprise and customer-management platforms
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI, including data modelling, dashboards, validation, and repeatable reporting
• High attention to detail and a disciplined approach to data quality, documentation, governance, and process improvement
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills across product, engineering, sales, delivery, and leadership teams in a global environment
  
  

Bonus Points if You Have

• Experience in software portfolio management, product operations, or a technology environment
• Working knowledge of SQL, workflow automation, or methods for improving data preparation and reporting
• Experience building multi-source portfolio views and supporting cross-functional portfolio reviews
  
  

What Makes You Eligible

• Must be based out of Bangalore or willing to relocate as per role requirements
• Willingness to work in EU shifts, as required to support global stakeholders
• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment (post-offer).
  
  

What We Offer

• HARMAN FlexConnect Program, offering a flexible hybrid work environment that fosters stronger collaboration, meaningful connections, and innovation through a minimum of three in-office days per week.
• Access to employee discounts on a wide range of company offerings
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
• Competitive wellness benefits
• Be Brilliant employee recognition and rewards program
• Inclusive and diverse work environment
  
  

You Belong Here

HARMAN is committed to making every employee feel welcomed, valued, and empowered. No matter what role you play, we encourage you to share your ideas, voice your distinct perspective, and bring your whole self with you – all within a support-minded culture that celebrates what makes each of us unique. We also recognize that learning is a lifelong pursuit and want you to flourish. We proudly offer added opportunities for training, development, and continuing education, further empowering you to live the career you want.

About HARMAN: Where Innovation Unleashes Next-Level Technology

Ever since the 1920s, we've been amplifying the sense of sound. Today, that legacy endures, with integrated technology platforms that make the world smarter, safer, and more connected.

Across automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation solutions, we create innovative technologies that turn ordinary moments into extraordinary experiences. Our renowned automotive and lifestyle solutions can be found everywhere, from the music we play in our cars and homes to venues that feature today's most sought-after performers, while our digital transformation solutions serve humanity by addressing the world's ever-evolving needs and demands. Marketing our award-winning portfolio under 16 iconic brands, such as JBL, Mark Levinson, and Revel, we set ourselves apart by exceeding the highest engineering and design standards for our customers, our partners and each other.

If you're ready to innovate and do work that makes a lasting impact, join our talent community today!

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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. HARMAN strives to hire the best qualified candidates and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse marketplaces and communities of our global colleagues and customers. 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. HARMAN attracts, hires, and develops employees based on merit, qualifications and job-related performance.(www.harman.com)