China Experience Product & Partnerships Manager

Responsibilities for Product…

• Define SW platform requirements and capabilities that advance the platform category strategy and deliver business value by working collaboratively with sales, marketing,engineeringand partners.Working with CSA(Customer System/Software Architect) or other SME (Subjective matter expert, like DSP SW architect)to analyze key building blocks include algo blocks,key enablerinfrastructuresoftwarecomponents,existingconcept with high maturity,promote reuseof those key elements, while identify new building blocks, concepts necessaryfor new experience to form scope of the PRE-development or customer project, identifyunique blocks across customers to add product configurationor otherefficientapproachtosatisfydifferent customer needs(Aka Platformapproachhere).

• Continuously evaluate internal and external factors to understand and articulate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for platform capabilities

• Work with engineering to create definitions for major platform increments that effectively support the platform vision and build business cases todemonstratethe financial viability of the platform

• Manage a backlog of minor platform increments to ensure platforms continue to bemaintainedandoptimizedfor new product experiences and customer requirements 

• Drive pricing/cost alignment to ensure platform work supports financial targets 

• Maintain critical documents and tools used to ensure platforms capabilities are visible to and aligned with critical stakeholders  

• Support customer engagements and new business pursuits for platform related matters including gathering critical information, supporting optionsanalysisand influencing as needed to align with platform strategy 

• Identifyand evaluate potential product and platform partners in the Chinese market to expand our market reach

• Reportintoglobal product and technology teams to ensure connection between regional and global technology strategy

• Act as the primary point of contact for regional partners andmaintainproductive relationships through goal and strategy alignment

• Define and manage a product roadmap aimed at the Chinese market

• Ensure platformneeds are clearly represented in automotive processes and provide regular updates to key stakeholders on platform progress, challenges, and strategies

For Partnership…

• Work in collaboration with global Partnerships team teams to ensure connection between regional and global technology strategy

• Synthesize business goals, strategies, and visions into partnership opportunities.

• Scout for andestablishrelationships with new partners.

• Develop and manage trusted cross-functional relationships with assigned set of current partners, driving and tracking towardsestablishedmutually beneficial goals and milestones.

• Align partnership goals and specific partner projects with external partners and internal stakeholders.

• Negotiate and execute licensing and co-development contracts with current and new partners.

• Develop close relationships with Bose’s business leaders, product management, corporate development, legal and licensing, engineering,advanced development, and research teams toidentifyneeds and opportunities for outside technologies to enhance Bose product experiences.

• Coordinate partnership activities with colleagues in Sales and Marketing as partnership activities goto market.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Capable of working independently with a high degree of self-initiative anda strong senseofautonomy..

• Strong communication(verbal & written) & interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of stakeholders, customers, partners, business analysts, architects, subject matter experts

• Excellent leadership, negotiation, and critical thinking skills.

• Strong problem-solving skills.

• Experience interacting with customers, senior executives, and business leaders.

• Ability toestablishand maintain key partnership engagements.

• Results driven and solution oriented.

• Strong organization and planning skills.

• Comfortable challenging the ideas of others.

• High attention to detail& accuracy.

Qualification, Education and Experiences

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience

• MBA or other advanced degree a plus

• 5+yearsof SW product management experience 

• Sound understanding of software architecture 

• Automotiveindustry experience preferred

• Audio industry experience a plus

• Affinity for automotive, and audio/video technologies and trends

• Effective communicator with experience delivering presentations to customers and leadership

• Experiencemanaging a SW product/platform from definition through end of life

• Strong financial acumen and experience with business case development

• Capable of effectively managing products in a matrix organization and driving results through indirectinfluencing

• "Information junkie" thatthrives on being the first to know aboutnew technology.

• Highly polished writing ability,very strongpresentation, and verbal communication skills.

• Proven ability to drive cohesion and collaboration among many different people & functions

• Strong understanding of motivations and incentives of all parties in negotiations,in order todrive actionable solutions.

• Demonstrated experience with the process of working with internal business and legal stakeholders to craft licensing, joint development, and collaboration agreements with partner companies.

• Understanding ofthe work involved in product planning, HW and SW product development, and launch. Familiarity with this in B2B or automotivemarkets specificallyis a strong plus.

• Confidence, presence, and credibility to command the respect of colleagues, senior stakeholders, and executives, especially within Marketing, Engineering, Research, and Sales.