Sr.Program manager

About MBRDI: Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI), headquartered in Bengaluru with a satellite office in Pune, is the largest R&D center for Mercedes-Benz Group AG outside of Germany. Our mission is to drive innovation and excellence in automotive engineering, digitalization, and sustainable mobility solutions, shaping the future of mobility. Job Description We are looking for a leader with future-oriented, strategic & entrepreneurial thinking to lead a dynamic team of highly motivated infotainment SW development, testing & Automation team for next-generation Mercedes-Benz vehicles at our R&D Division in Bangalore, India. This role is to build, lead, manage team & work closely with our counterparts in Germany to define and implement inoftainment software, Architecture, Concepts & Feature development on the latest automotive embedded platforms for MBUX.

• Build & develop high quality team to set-up infotainment software CoC for next generation In-Vehicle Infotainment programs.
• Lead & develop 15-20 member team with project specific goals & targets.
• Experience in process improvement methodologies including strategies that will lead to increased productivity & efficiency.
• Drive the team to improve Key Performance Indicator's (KPI's)
• Lead the team and measure project KPIs, performance and delivery timelines.
• Manage critical business functions & activities to ensure SLA adherence with identification of improvement areas & filling the gaps.
• Focus towards innovation, new trends & technologies.
• Experience in agile software development process (SCRUM/KANBAN) including exposure to SWARM based methodologies for delivery.
• Open dialog with team, management, Counterpart & regular communication of strategy.
• Meet budgetary (revenue, investment) as well as HR targets (hiring) targets.
• Interactions with different stakeholders like POs, Concept, Design & different suppliers.