The Principle Platform Product Manager of STLA-Brain in the Software Organization leads the strategic vision, portfolio direction, and investment decisions for the vehicle platform, spanning base software, core platform services, and body domain applications. This role steers long-term platform strategy, drives major business impact, and represents the platform’s technical and market leadership both within and beyond the company.  

 

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:   

Establishes and owns the vision and strategic priorities for products within your domain  Ensures the product backlog reflects the vision and strategy by working closely with other Product Managers  Collaborates with stakeholders to define objectives & key results (OKR), product themes, and features  Uses business cases to make the case for new features and products/technology  Sets product feature priorities and timelines, analyzes trade-offs, and considers business & sales impact of different features to provide data-driven prioritized requirements to engineering teams  Collaborates with the team to detail features with business value and acceptance criteria  Coordinates dependencies with other product managers within the Software organization  Builds relationships with key stakeholders and other influencers  Works cross functionally with other product areas within the Software Organization and across the enterprise  Considers flexibility and scalability as core attributes of the platform  Continuously researches industry developments, new market trends and forces, and understands how our products are performing with current customers  Advise senior leaders on technology trends, partner strategy, and ecosystem development.   Represent the company in industry forums, panels, and standards bodies.   Publish white papers, present at industry events, and drive thought leadership in vehicle platforms.   Define and evolve the long-term product vision and portfolio strategy.   Make autonomous decisions on major investments, platform architecture, and build vs. buy choices.   Develop and mentor senior and junior product managers.   Foster a culture of excellence, innovation, and cross-team collaboration. 

Basic Qualifications:   

Bachelor of Science in Electrical / Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent  A minimum of 10 years relevant technical experience including a minimum of 5 years technical leadership experience  Desire to dive deep in understanding the product, our business, and the competitive landscape  Knowledge and experience with vehicle hardware/software development and launch of successful products  Proven ability to work in a cross-functional team with system/solution architects, HW designers, SW architects/developers, HW/SW integrators, and business teams  Strong relationship building skills, including the ability to relate constructively to all levels of an organization  Strong listening, technical writing, and oral communication skills in English  Outstanding skills in presenting to both technical and executive audiences 

 

 

Preferred Qualifications:  

Master of Science in Electrical, Computer, Information Technology or equivalent  A minimum of 5 years of experience as a Product Manager of an embedded software/hardware product   Background in product management of automotive products    Work experience at OEMs or suppliers with electrical/electronic (E/E) architectures, specifically Vehicle System Architecture, software architecture, automotive electronics, interfaces, and protocols used in automotive domain  A software development background with experience in one or more programming languages (e.g., C/C++, Java, Python)  Experience with embedded software/hardware product development and lifecycles, including agile methodologies  Experience working with in an Agile environment  Experience working with AUTOSAR (Classic and Adaptive), QNX, and/or Linux  Experience working with automotive networks (i.e. CAN, LIN, Ethernet) and protocols (e.g. UDS, SOME/IP, etc.)   Experience working with service-oriented architectures  Experience with cybersecurity and functional safety concepts for automotive products    Experience working with automotive MPUs and/or MCUs   Knowledge of ADAS and Cockpit systems   Experience with IOT, Streaming, or Edge computing technologies