Portfolio PMO Program Manager (Automotive - Connectivity)
HARMAN India
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Job summary
HARMAN seeks a Senior Portfolio PMO Program Manager in India to strengthen governance, operating discipline, and transparency across the Connectivity portfolio. You will partner with global leaders to translate priorities into measurable plans, enabling fact-based leadership decisions and predictable outcomes.
The role emphasizes governance routines, risk and dependency management, and integrated portfolio data to drive leadership-ready insights. Hybrid work with global collaboration is expected.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
- Typically 12+ years of overall professional experience, including at least 8 years in program management, portfolio management, PMO, product operations, or a related role.
- Demonstrated experience leading governance and execution across complex, global, cross-functional product or technology portfolios.
- Strong working knowledge of portfolio planning, milestone management, dependency management, risk and issue management, and executive reporting.
- Experience with financial governance, including budgets, forecasts, business cases, investment tracking, and variance analysis.
Responsibilities
- Lead portfolio governance and execution-enablement activities across assigned Connectivity product lines and strategic initiatives.
- Plan and facilitate portfolio operating cadences, including monthly status reviews, QBRs, portfolio reviews, decision forums, and leadership workshops.
- Prepare decision-oriented materials that clearly summarize portfolio health, key milestones, risks, dependencies, financial status, and actions requiring leadership attention.
- Establish and maintain integrated portfolio plans, milestones, roadmaps, and cross-functional dependencies; ensure alignment with approved business priorities.
- Drive consistent application of HARMAN business management, product lifecycle, and governance processes, including compliance with applicable BMS and PLM requirements.
- Coordinate the definition and tracking of portfolio OKRs, KPIs, and execution metrics; identify trends, gaps, and corrective actions.
- Partner with Finance and product leaders to support business-case governance, budget planning, forecast-versus-actual reviews, investment tracking, and financial risk visibility.
- Support demand, capacity, and resource planning by consolidating needs, highlighting constraints, and facilitating trade-off decisions across functions and programs.
- Own portfolio-level risk, issue, action, and decision tracking; ensure timely escalation with clear impact analysis and recommended options.
- Drive cross-functional alignment among Product Management, Engineering, Finance, Quality, Sales, Business Development, and regional teams.
- Improve portfolio transparency through standardized dashboards, reporting templates, data quality controls, and traceability across planning and execution tools.
- Facilitate resolution of execution barriers by clarifying ownership, due dates, dependencies, and decision paths.
- Conduct governance and process reviews, identify recurring gaps, and implement practical continuous-improvement actions.
- Support portfolio communication and change-management activities, ensuring stakeholders understand priorities, governance expectations, and operating-model changes.
- Mentor project and program management colleagues and promote a collaborative, accountable, and data-driven PMO culture.
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Job description
We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Senior Portfolio PMO Program Manager to strengthen portfolio governance, operating discipline, and business transparency across HARMAN SBU Connectivity Portfolio Team. Based in India, this role will partner with global product, engineering, finance, sales, and business leaders to translate portfolio priorities into measurable plans, clear decisions, and predictable outcomes.
The successful candidate will operate beyond traditional status reporting. The role will establish governance routines, integrate portfolio data, identify risks and dependencies early, and enable leadership decisions through fact-based insights. This position may support one or multiple product lines (per business need) and strategic initiatives while promoting common processes, accountability, and continuous improvement across the portfolio.
- Lead portfolio governance and execution-enablement activities across assigned Connectivity product lines and strategic initiatives.
- Plan and facilitate portfolio operating cadences, including monthly status reviews, QBRs, portfolio reviews, decision forums, and leadership workshops.
- Prepare decision-oriented materials that clearly summarize portfolio health, key milestones, risks, dependencies, financial status, and actions requiring leadership attention.
- Establish and maintain integrated portfolio plans, milestones, roadmaps, and cross-functional dependencies; ensure alignment with approved business priorities.
- Drive consistent application of HARMAN business management, product lifecycle, and governance processes, including compliance with applicable BMS and PLM requirements.
- Coordinate the definition and tracking of portfolio OKRs, KPIs, and execution metrics; identify trends, gaps, and corrective actions.
- Partner with Finance and product leaders to support business-case governance, budget planning, forecast-versus-actual reviews, investment tracking, and financial risk visibility.
- Support demand, capacity, and resource planning by consolidating needs, highlighting constraints, and facilitating trade-off decisions across functions and programs.
- Own portfolio-level risk, issue, action, and decision tracking; ensure timely escalation with clear impact analysis and recommended options.
- Drive cross-functional alignment among Product Management, Engineering, Finance, Quality, Sales, Business Development, and regional teams.
- Improve portfolio transparency through standardized dashboards, reporting templates, data quality controls, and traceability across planning and execution tools.
- Facilitate resolution of execution barriers by clarifying ownership, due dates, dependencies, and decision paths.
- Conduct governance and process reviews, identify recurring gaps, and implement practical continuous-improvement actions.
- Support portfolio communication and change-management activities, ensuring stakeholders understand priorities, governance expectations, and operating-model changes.
- Mentor project and program management colleagues and promote a collaborative, accountable, and data-driven PMO culture.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
- Typically 12+ years of overall professional experience, including at least 8 years in program management, portfolio management, PMO, product operations, or a related role.
- Demonstrated experience leading governance and execution across complex, global, cross-functional product or technology portfolios.
- Strong working knowledge of portfolio planning, milestone management, dependency management, risk and issue management, and executive reporting.
- Experience with financial governance, including budgets, forecasts, business cases, investment tracking, and variance analysis.
- Ability to synthesize complex information into concise, decision-ready insights for senior leaders.
- Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to influence without direct authority and work effectively across cultures, functions, and time zones.
- Proficiency with common portfolio and reporting tools such as Microsoft 365, Jira, Confluence, Aha!, Salesforce, Power BI, Qlik, or equivalent platforms.
- Automotive, connected-product, embedded software, electronics, or mobility industry experience is preferred.
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, or a related discipline.
- PMP, PgMP, SAFe, Agile, Lean, or portfolio-management certification.
- Experience with automotive telematics, connectivity, software platforms, or product lifecycle management.
- Experience implementing or transforming a PMO operating model, governance framework, or portfolio reporting capability.
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams across India, Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Be willing to work from a HARMAN office in India in accordance with the applicable hybrid or on-site work policy.
- Be willing to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally, including travel to HARMAN and customer locations when required.
- Successfully complete any required employment, background, and compliance checks.
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 world-class HARMAN/Samsung products (JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG, etc.)
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities
- Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work-life integration and collaboration in a global environment
- On-site opportunities to focus on personal well-being and development such as onsite café, fitness center, weekly massage, fitness classes, and other onsite events promoted by our Employee resource groups
- Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies
- Internal talent management leadership acceleration programs
- “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
- Scholarship programs for employee family members
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.
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