Software-Defined Vehicle Lead: Strategy & Transformation

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group seeks an experienced SDV program leader in Pennsylvania to define and execute the Software-Defined Vehicle strategy, aligning with OEM objectives and driving phased transformation across platforms.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and partners to plan use cases like Infotainment, OTA, digital keys, and connected services, while managing lifecycle, monetization, and release processes for scalable delivery.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) vision, strategy and execution roadmap aligned with global OEM objectives.
• Translate business goals into prioritized SDV initiatives, programs, and milestones.
• Lead phased SDV transformation across vehicle platforms, applications, and lifecycle capabilities.
• Benchmark industry and competitor SDV strategies to maintain technological leadership and competitiveness.
• Establish long-term plans for software-driven vehicle innovation and digital services.
• Identify, define and prioritize SDV use cases including Infotainment, OTA updates, Digital Key Solutions and Connected Vehicle Services.
• Collaborate with product management, engineering, business, and digital teams to define priorities and delivery plans.
• Define program KPIs, success metrics, and value realization targets.
• Establish governance frameworks, milestone tracking, risk management, and executive reporting mechanisms.
• Partner with engineering to define SDV architecture: central compute, zonal architecture, vehicle OS, middleware, APIs, service integration and OTA infrastructure.
• Ensure alignment with industry-leading SDV ecosystems and platforms such as Arene and QNX.
• Enable hardware-software decoupling for scalable software deployment and feature delivery.
• Drive collaboration with global engineering teams, business stakeholders, and Tier-1 suppliers.
• Lead joint planning activities and ensure integration alignment across the partner ecosystem.
• Facilitate strategic partnerships supporting SDV platform development and deployment.
• Define and manage lifecycle capabilities: OTA updates, feature activation/deactivation, subscription features, monetization, release management, rollout planning, and post-launch monitoring.
• Utilize vehicle and customer data analytics to improve feature adoption and operational performance.
• Develop ROI models for ECU consolidation, cost optimization, software reuse and subscription revenue.
• Align SDV investments with vehicle volumes, pricing and CLV.
• Track benefits realization against business objectives and targets.
• Assess capability gaps and build skills in embedded software, DevOps, and validation/testing.
• Support SDV innovation labs and validation platforms.
• Promote SDV best practices, standards, and organizational readiness.

Job description

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group seeks an experienced SDV program leader in Pennsylvania to define and execute the Software-Defined Vehicle strategy, aligning with OEM objectives and driving phased transformation across platforms.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and partners to plan use cases like Infotainment, OTA, digital keys, and connected services, while managing lifecycle, monetization, and release processes for scalable delivery.