Product Owner

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

Job Profile: Technical Product Owner – SW Device Platform

Location: Bangalore
Reports To: Head of SW Device Platform – SPL
Job Family: Product & Solution Generation

Role Summary:

The Technical Product Owner (TPO) plays a critical role in bridging Product Management and R&D teams by translating platform and product-level requirements into a clear and actionable development backlog. The TPO leads technical alignment and drives the delivery of high-quality software components within the embedded software platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and prioritize the software development backlog in alignment with platform PMs.
• Translate high-level feature requests into Epics and User Stories for implementation.
• Facilitate PI Planning and sprint planning in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Ensure timely readiness of software release candidates and testing deliverables.
• Drive creation and maintenance of technical documentation (SWRS, cSWR, SWAD).
• Integrate compliance and regulatory requirements into backlog planning.
• Report progress and escalate impediments through structured governance channels.
• Act as a lateral leader by guiding and supporting teams in best practices and agile methods.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in technically leading software teams.
• Strong understanding of embedded software development and modern engineering practices (e.g., MBSE, Systems Engineering).
• Proven experience with agile and scaled agile frameworks (SAFe or similar).
• Excellent stakeholder communication and facilitation skills.

Scope & Impact:

• Functional leadership across 30+ developers, architects, testers, and QM engineers.
• Contributes to the strategic value and delivery efficiency of the SW platform.

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. 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.