Head of Product

Zeekr International; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEEKR is seeking a seasoned Product Planning professional for the Sydney region to drive regional auto industry analysis, define product roadmaps, and oversee homologation and marketplace positioning. You will coordinate with engineering, marketing and compliance to ensure robust product strategies that align with local needs.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in automotive product roles, strong analytical abilities, and proven capability to lead multiple workstreams with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of automotive experience (OEM experience preferred).
• Experience in product planning/homologation or related commercial/technical roles.
• Ability to lead multiple work streams and influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Conduct regional auto industry and competitive product analyses.
• Define product goals and plans, and manage ROI across the full plan.
• Track product requirements through analysis, development, testing and release.

Skills

Product planning

Regional analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Presentation

Collaboration

Analytical skills

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Education

Tertiary qualification in Marketing/Engineering/Business

Tools

Power BI

Excel

JATO

PowerPoint

Job description

ZEEKR is a premium electric vehicle brand under the Geely Group, dedicated to pioneering innovation in smart, sustainable mobility. As part of Geely’s ecosystem, ZEEKR embodies cutting-edge design, advanced technology, and user-centric electric mobility experiences.

About Geely:

• A global leader in smart electric vehicles and automotive innovation.
• Owns iconic brands including Geely Auto, ZEEKR, Volvo, Polestar, Lotus, and holds a 17% stake in Aston Martin.
• Boasts $100B+ in assets and employs 140,000+ people worldwide.
• Employs over 30,000 engineers and designers across R&D centers in China, Sweden, the UK, the U.S., and Germany.
• Operates 4,000+ sales and service locations globally.
• Recognized as a Fortune Global 500 company for 13 consecutive years.
• Drives AI-powered automotive solutions supported by one of the industry’s largest cloud computing capacities (1.02 Exaflops/sec).
• Through Geespace, has launched 20 satellites to enhance safe autonomous driving capabilities.
• Employs world-class digitalisation and AI-driven manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• According to the company's strategy, conduct regional auto industry analysis and competitive product analysis, define company products, and formulate product development and upgrade requirements and make the accurate positioning strategy in the market.
• Define relevant new product model goals and plans, and control the progress and make a balance in ROl of the entire plan;
• Track the status of the product in the requirements analysis, development, test implementation and use phases, and pass customer requirements to development and testing.
• Based on the local user experience design concept, and user needs and product technical architecture, complete the product demands key points, and deliver the detailed R&D and design demands to the development and testing teams;
• Track the user feedback of products, collect and actively explore improvement needs, continuously improve products according to business needs and user feedback, and enhance user experience,
• Refine product selling points and competitive product benchmarking analysis to strengthen product competitive advantage.
• Establish interactive relationships with local mainstream media and KOLs to promote product marketing and attention.
• Responsible for the management of local certification work, and complete certification activities with the certification body.
• At least 8+ years’ automotive experience (OEM experience preferred), preferably in a product planning/homologation role or equivalent experience in a commercial/technical role.
• Strong communication, presentation and collaboration skills.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships and the conviction to influence and lead without direct authority.
• An ability to thrive in a creative, deadline-driven environment.
• Proven ability to lead and manage multiple work streams simultaneously.
• Exceptional analytical skills.
• High level of computer literacy, mathematical and secondary data skills – Microsoft Excel/Powerpoint, JATO, Power BI etc.
• Remarkable attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, as well as strong organisational skills.
• Business travel will be required occasionally
• Tertiary qualification in Marketing, Engineering, Business or similar field is preferred.