Product Line Engineering Manager - P&A

The Product Line Engineering (PLE) Manager is the top leader of an LCP program at Harley-Davidson and is accountable to define, gain alignment, and deliver all aspects of the program. They own motorcycle scope, design, and development and are responsible for setting clear expectations aligned with

that exceed customer expectations. The PLE Manager will coach, guide, mentor, and empower the Program Leadership Team (PLT) and other program stakeholders to ensure delivery of great Parts & Accessories (P&A), and overall customer riding experience. The PLE Manager is the cross-functional program leader fully accountable for all aspects of its success.

Job

• ◆Team Leadership: Actively lead, inspire, and develop a team of direct and indirect reports. Build and maintain a high-performing, collaborative team that will tackle the hard problems with a solution focused mindset. Define talent requirements, assess current capabilities vs. future needs, and deliver on the appropriate balance of internal development, hiring, and external expertise. Ensure the organization maintains the technical capabilities required for its product categories.
• ◆Program Scope: Define program scope definition by partnering with Accessory Category Management, Design Studio, Engineering Vehicle & Systems teams to deliver a vision for the program that achieves its strategic and business objectives. Actively manage investment of resources, capital, and expense.
• ◆Program

Document compelling How We Win and Table Stakes

that define the most critical product attributes to ensure program success, as well as program fences (MY Timing, Vehicle Cost, Investment). Help the team translate program

into vehicle, system, and component levels that define what good looks like and focus the team to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.

• ✓Product Development: Lead and prioritize the development activities across the team. Relentlessly maintain the team’s focus on what matters most to ensure the program progresses to plan and that work products meet expectations and will maintain program fences. Ensure solutions that are efficient, durable, and manufacturable and aligned with the program’s intent. Ensure

established that best support customer needs. Validate and approve technical correctness of engineered solutions.

• ✓Program Operations: Lead the program’s day-to-day business through the PLT to ensure high quality work products, transparent issue escalation, and robust solutions. Utilize metrics to drive the program and prioritize work to mitigate risk prior to issue realization.
• ✓Program Communication: Ensure robust communication up and down the leadership chain so expectations are clear, team members have a rich understanding of context and oversight teams (e.g. PDL) understand high-level status, risks & issues and plans.

• ✓Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field is required
• ✓Master’s degree in engineering or related field preferred

Minimum of 8 years of relevant engineering experience.

• ✓Broad product development experience and knowledge.
• ✓Demonstrated success in leading and delivering high impact product development projects involving complex interactions across cross-functional stakeholders from program definition through production implementation.
• ✓Experience operating within a formal product development process and leading program management activities including critical path timelines, program budgets, resource allocation, quality planning, and issue resolution.
• ✓Demonstrated ability to make robust, lasting decisions and to optimize tradeoffs across multiple stakeholder inputs.
• ✓Ability to effectively communicate technical and business subjects in a clear, concise manner to multiple levels of the organization and work with diverse global teams both internally and externally.
• ✓Experience mentoring others either within or adjacent to your direct supervision.

• ✓Motorcycle vehicle or accessory development experience and knowledge.
• ✓Knowledge of product development and delivery in a highly discretionary, consumer-centric industry.
• ✓Advanced motorcycle riding skills.

The pay range shown represents the national average pay range for this role. Your pay may be more or less than the stated range and is dependent on your geographic location and level of experience.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Direct Reports: Yes

Travel