Advanced Specialist, Portfolio Management

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.

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Automotive

We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.

• Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience

• Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence

• Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment

What You’ll Be Part Of 

As a Software Products Portfolio Management Specialist within HARMAN Automotive, you will create a connected view of portfolio performance across product plans, customer commitments, engineering investment, resources, and delivery. You will consolidate data from enterprise platforms, customer-management tools, planning repositories, and operational sources into clear insights on priorities, dependencies, gaps, risks, and opportunities. Working with product, engineering, sales, delivery, and portfolio teams, you will strengthen governance, data quality, and portfolio decision-making.

How You’ll Make An Impact 

• Maintain a holistic & detailed view of the automotive software products portfolio using data from enterprise platforms, customer-management tools, planning repositories, and operational sources

• Monitor product and customer activity, engineering investment, resource deployment, lifecycle stage, delivery milestones, and portfolio outcomes

• Prepare monthly and quarterly portfolio reviews against targets, roadmaps, commitments, and prior periods, explaining key deviations and trends

• Develop scalable Excel models and Power BI dashboards with clear product, customer, program, and portfolio views

• Validate source data, mappings, hierarchies, and reporting logic to improve accuracy and consistency across portfolio reviews

• Support portfolio planning, rolling outlooks, and scenarios by connecting roadmaps, market inputs, delivery capacity, and resource needs

• Coordinate portfolio governance by clarifying assumptions, dependencies, decisions, owners, timelines, and follow-up actions

• Provide concise recommendations on portfolio risks, improvement opportunities, prioritization, sequencing, and corrective actions

What Makes You A Strong Fit 

• 5+ Years of strong portfolio analysis capability, with the ability to connect complex data, identify patterns, and translate findings into practical actions

• Experience working with large structured datasets and extracting information from enterprise and customer-management platforms

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI, including data modelling, dashboards, validation, and repeatable reporting

• High attention to detail and a disciplined approach to data quality, documentation, governance, and process improvement

• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills across product, engineering, sales, delivery, and leadership teams in a global environment

Bonus Points if You Have  

• Experience in software portfolio management, product operations, or a technology environment

• Working knowledge of SQL, workflow automation, or methods for improving data preparation and reporting

• Experience building multi-source portfolio views and supporting cross-functional portfolio reviews

• Must be based out of Bangalore or willing to relocate as per role requirements

• Willingness to work in EU shifts, as required to support global stakeholders

• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment (post-offer).

What You Can Expect 

• A hybrid work environment that balances flexibility with in-person collaboration, with most office-based roles onsite three days a week. 

• Access to employee discounts on HARMAN and Samsung products (including JBL, Harman/Kardon, AKG, and others) 

• Learning and development opportunities throughour award-winningHARMAN University programs 

• Wellness benefits designed to support your overall well-being 

• Tuition reimbursement support 

• Access to the HARMANcampusfitnesscenter andcafeteria, where available 

• An inclusive and diverse work environment that supports both your professional and personal development 

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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.