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Description & Requirements

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS)

We're a global, multi-disciplinary team that's putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN DTS, you solve challenges by creating innovative solutions.

• Combine the physical and digital, making technology a more dynamic force to solve challenges and serve humanity's needs

• Work at the convergence of cross channel UX, cloud, insightful data, IoT and mobility

• Empower companies to create new digital business models, enter new markets, and improve customer experience.

About the Role

Client powers the global cloud infrastructure and developer platform providing back-end services for Samsung's billions of devices. Client's data center footprint is within 100ms latency to 70% of the world's population, while our multi-cloud, Kubernetes-based developer platform extends our reach to additional resource regions. We're operating at hyperscale to power workloads that bring capability and delight to Samsung's employees and customers.

We are looking for an experienced cloud platform and infrastructure project manager who is responsible for the planning, execution, and delivery of assigned projects that include all technology required to build and maintain cloud infrastructure, core platform and associated SaaS services. The project manager is responsible for delivering technology solutions that adhere to our high standards and are in coordination with the overall projected delivery targets.
Working with global development teams, business stakeholders and our customers to deliver cloud platform services such as compute, storage and data platform.

The Project Manager will develop project plans, manage project budget, identify critical path, manage risks, develop and track detailed work plans, prioritize tasks, identify and address scope changes, resource constraints, possible project delays, resolve delivery issues and provide status reporting for each assigned project and be responsible for delivering high-quality projects on time and within budget . The project manager will also identify missing policies and processes and develop them by working with different stakeholders.

This is not a people manager role. We are NOT looking for a person from a pure consulting background. Managing projects in Product Development/Platform Development in a Cloud environment is extremely important. The ideal candidate would have experience working in Project Management focused functions such as PMO. While the candidate should be highly experienced and proficient with professional project management practices, it's equally important to have deep technical skills and understanding of cloud products as well.

What You Will Do

• Project Delivery: Deliver technology implementations that adhere to our high standards and are in coordination with the overall projected delivery targets. Understand the security compliance requirements and plan deliverables accordingly.
• Prioritization: Strike the right balance among multiple stakeholders' demands, prioritize tasks effectively and interact with a global team on a regular basis.
• Process Management: Identify missing policies and processes and work on creation processes and ensure compliance. Identify repetitive tasks and develop processes to manage them more effectively.
• Project Planning and Reporting: Create the project plan in self-directed manner by having a little direction and managing assignments sometime in a bit ambiguous environment. Create project reports using tools to communicate the status of projects regularly.
• Cross-functional team coordination: Lead projects coming from cross functional teams and manage complex dependencies. Manage ad hoc requests from different stakeholders.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Strong project management skills to plan, execute, and monitor projects effectively. This includes proficiency in project planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and resource allocation.
• Effective communication is critical to convey project goals, requirements, and progress to stakeholders, team members, and other relevant parties. Technical project managers should excel in both verbal and written communication.
• Able to handle multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with team members across different time zones and locations.
• Ownership - takes ownership of projects, ensuring excellence in execution and accountability for results. Foster a sense of urgency and pride in delivering high-quality work
• Innovation - Drive innovation by proposing and implementing creative solutions to challenge. Stay abreast of industry trends and technologies, bringing fresh ideas to the table
• Customer focus - Understand and prioritize customer needs, striving to exceed expectations in every interaction. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of customer-centric solutions.
• Teamwork - Embrace a collaborative and inclusive approach, working seamlessly with colleagues to achieve common goals.

What Makes You Eligible

• 5+ years senior leadership experience in successfully planning, implementing, managing and continuously improving large-scale, global infrastructure and cloud platform programs/projects/solutions and capabilities (e.g., technical deliverables, policies, processes, teams, measures, tools and reporting)
• 5+ years senior leadership experience successfully building collaborative relationships with clients, executives, business partners, team members and partner/vendors to successfully deliver on technology vision, direction, strategies and key priorities pertaining to project and program planning.
• 3+ years of experience in Cloud related projects, specifically leading projects in the Kubernetes domain.
• Understanding of Service Mesh concepts, Istio in Kubernetes is mandatory.
• Experience with and understanding products such as Google Anthos, Azure Arc, or any multi-Kubernetes solution is preferred.
• 10+ years of total technology industry experience.
• Deep understanding and experience of a Project Management tool is mandatory. Candidates managing projects without any professional project management tool will not be considered
• Well versed with Agile methodologies
• Any certification such as PMP is preferred but not mandatory
• Able to handle multiple projects concurrently
• Bilingual in Korean and English

You Belong Here

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.

About HARMAN: Where Innovation Unleashes Next-Level Technology

Ever since the 1920s, we've been amplifying the sense of sound. Today, that legacy endures, with integrated technology platforms that make the world smarter, safer, and more connected.

Across automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation solutions, we create innovative technologies that turn ordinary moments into extraordinary experiences. Our renowned automotive and lifestyle solutions can be found everywhere, from the music we play in our cars and homes to venues that feature today's most sought-after performers, while our digital transformation solutions serve humanity by addressing the world's ever-evolving needs and demands. Marketing our award-winning portfolio under 16 iconic brands, such as JBL, Mark Levinson, and Revel, we set ourselves apart by exceeding the highest engineering and design standards for our customers, our partners and each other.

If you're ready to innovate and do work that makes a lasting impact, join our talent community today!

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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. HARMAN strives to hire the best qualified candidates and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse marketplaces and communities of our global colleagues and customers. 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.HARMAN attracts, hires, and develops employees based on merit, qualifications and job-related performance.( www.harman.com )