Senior Product Planner

Nissan Motor Corporation•Franklin, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Nissan is seeking a Senior Product Planner for its Advanced Product Planning team in Franklin, Tennessee. The role leads a team that transforms vehicle concepts into market-ready products, guiding strategy from early ideation through launch and in-market support. It balances customer insights, market dynamics, and business objectives to help achieve North American sales, market-share, and profitability goals. As part of a close-knit, agile team, the Senior Planner develops analysis and customer-centered stories grounded in market data, forecasts, and research to meet business objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
Strong data-analysis skills, including identifying insights and translating them into vehicle implications.
Ability to communicate and negotiate with NML, with excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and critical thinking skills.
Demonstrated ability to develop a clear and compelling storyline.
Demonstrated ability to deliver presentations effectively to executive management.
Comprehensive knowledge of Product Planning phases of vehicle development.
Ability to work onsite at Nissan’s Franklin, Tennessee headquarters.
Ability to travel up to 25%, including day and overnight travel, evenings and weekends, and periodic extended domestic and international trips.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States and provide proof of employment eligibility at hire.

Responsibilities

Analyze market, consumer, and demographic trends to identify emerging customer needs and future mobility opportunities.
Lead customer and market research initiatives and develop actionable insights that influence future vehicle and portfolio strategies.
Develop data-driven business cases and strategic recommendations to guide product portfolio decisions and secure alignment across regional and global stakeholders.
Identify and define new market opportunities, including future products, segments, and whitespace growth areas.
Partner with cross-functional, regional, and global teams to drive upstream product planning activities, build consensus, and resolve issues.
Support Product Planning across teams, departments, regions, and locations during the upstream vehicle development process.
Communicate and negotiate weekly with local and global counterparts to advance priorities and resolve open issues.