Senior Director, In Market Product Leader - Automotive

Bose Corporation•Troy, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Bose Corporation, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth — and for over 60 years, we have been a company built on innovation, excellence, and independence. Privately owned, fiercely customer-focused, and driven by our values, we continue to lead industries and transform lives through sound. Today, Bose Corporation is entering an an exciting new era. Across multiple global Business Units and Global Functions, we are shaping the future of audio technology, automotive, luxury, and premium experiences. We invite you to join us in this transformation. Bose Automotive is a market leader in the premium audio and active sound management (ASM) markets, creating audio systems consumers love across many OEMs. As the In-Market Product Leader, you will report directly to the VP of Product, in the front line of the market, aligning with consumers and OEMs on the features and performance levels that matter for our Audio products (Bose, McIntosh and Sonus faber) and Active Sound Management products. You will work closely with Platforming and Experiences Product Managers, Marketing, Engineering and Sales to align on the feature and product delivery attributes that will differentiate the products in the market and enable efficient product delivery. You are responsible for creating and communicating the in-market product roadmap, vision, and strategy internally and externally to OEM customers. You will also work closely with the advanced planning and Research teams to build insights into the consumers’ needs and jobs to be done, aligning these with the in-market products. You will meet with OEM teams to share and align roadmaps and timing and synthesize the learnings back into a comprehensive product vision and roadmap that will drive innovation and new products. Lastly, you will own our pricing strategy, with support, to help drive consistency and rationale to pricing tiers within the Audio and ASM product portfolio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related field.
MBA or advanced engineering degree
15+ years of product management experience (adjust based on level).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Experience with Agile methodologies and product lifecycle management.

Nice To Haves

Affinity for audio and experience in Automotive Software Products is desired.
Highly polished writing ability, very strong presentation and verbal communication skills
Proven ability to drive product and strategy cohesion through collaboration with key stakeholders
Financial acumen with P&L background preferred.
Familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence.
AI Tools experience to deliver predictive analytics, with a strong desire to expand capability in this role
Moderate travel (15-25% - mix of US domestic and international)

Responsibilities

Define the vision and strategy for each product, ensuring market competitiveness relative to consumer segments and audio levels, focusing on Bose growth objectives.
Develop and manage the product roadmap, linked to feature and reference design roadmaps to drive product improvements over time.
Create product definitions that define the features, requirements, performance level (audio and ASM), as informed from consumer, product and OEM input.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (NPx, marketing, engineering, sales) to drive OEM and development timing alignment and set product priorities
Responsible for the financial success of the product, develop and track financial metrics for product volume, revenue, margin. This is inclusive of pricing.
Gather and prioritize consumer and customer requirements through regular engagements.
Drive new product launches and monitor performance metrics.
Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.