Manager, Risk Management

Harman
life insurance, sick time, long term disability
United States, Michigan, Novi
Mar 06, 2025
Description & Requirements About the Role As a Risk Manager within the Software Products organization, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a comprehensive risk management framework that supports the organization's strategic goals. Your role is critical in ensuring that risks across the portfolio are identified, quantified, and mitigated effectively. By working closely with business unit leads and other key stakeholders, you will create transparent risk reports and contingency plans to ensure resilience and successful product delivery in a dynamic, competitive environment. What You Will Do Develop and maintain a comprehensive risk management framework for managing risk across the IC-SP organization, ensuring that risks are categorized, tracked and reported. Provide the metrics and tools needed to quantify risks, making them measurable and trackable across the portfolio. Develop dashboards and reporting mechanisms that give leadership a clear picture of risk exposure and mitigation progress. Develop and implement crisis management strategies, ensuring rapid response to unforeseen risks, minimizing business disruption, and coordinating cross-functional teams to mitigate impact. Ensure that the Software Products organization has contingency plans in place to respond to significant disruptions, ensuring resilience at both the product and organization levels. Create risk mitigation plans working closely with the BU leads and other stakeholders. Monitor, create transparency and track the defined mitigation plans along with the portfolio management team to ensure timely releases of product roadmaps, including proactive identification of delays in delivery, market shifts, and competitive pressures. Ensure portfolio-level risks are aligned with strategic goals, minimizing any potential negative impact on achieving business objectives. Track external risks (market conditions, customer trends) that may affect current product performance and portfolio alignment. What You Need Bachelor degree in engineering (Information Technology, Computer Science) or Business Administration or appropriate graduation Expert knowledge in Project & Risk management and coordination in a globally distributed development environment (Waterfall, Agile). Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Global mindset, teamwork in a multi-location team, enterprise approach. Ability to understand complex systems, to break down and structure into reasonable parts so dependencies become visible, describable, and thus manageable. Proven and effective communication, analytical, judgment, initiative, and execution skills. What is Nice to Have Certified Project Management Professional (e.g. PMP). Risk Management Certifications is a plus Automotive experience. What Makes You Eligible Be willing to travel up to 5% domestic and international travel Be willing to work in an Novi, Michigan office (Hybrid) Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment What We Offer We offer an authentic diverse, equal, and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development in a truly global organization. You will work on products and services that touch people's lives and will change the industrial standards, being a part of the transformations in our industry. Our work environments are fast paced, challenging, empowering, collaborative, flexible and exciting. We offer our own HARMAN University with regular updates on the new technologies and trends by utilizing various sessions organized by Self Learning and Development Trainings to help grow and advance talent. We offer competitive compensation/benefit programs and recognition programs. #LI-MM1 #Hybrid Pay Transparency $ 120,750 - $ 177,100 Dependent on the position offered, other forms of compensation are also available, such as bonuses or commission. Pay is based on a wide range of factors, including, without limitation, skill set, experience, training, location, and business need. While the above range is a reasonable estimate of the wage range for this position, please note the disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographical differential associated with the location where the position may be filled. Benefits HARMAN is interested in the health and wellbeing of you and your family and offers a range of benefits designed to support your needs for holistic wellbeing. Benefits and perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with HARMAN, and may include paid vacation and holidays, paid sick leave, volunteer leave, and paid bonding and care giver leave. Employees may also be eligible to participate in comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, fertility support and adoption assistance, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan with employer match, short and long term disability coverage, life insurance, and more. Important Notice: Recruitment Scams Please be aware that HARMAN recruiters will always communicate with you from an '@harman.com' email address. We will never ask for payments, banking, credit card, personal financial information or access to your LinkedIn/email account during the screening, interview, or recruitment process. If you are asked for such information or receive communication from an email address not ending in '@harman.com' about a job with HARMAN, please cease communication immediately and report the incident to us through: harmancareers@harman.com. HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Apply