Objective of Role:
The Product Strategy & Requirement Planning Senior Executive plays an important role in shaping future product solutions across the Global South (LAMEA and ISEAA) region. The role translates customer, market, competitor, and regulatory insights into structured product requirements and recommendations that support future product and portfolio decisions. This role drives requirement planning activities for assigned products, applications, and strategic initiatives while collaborating with regional and global stakeholders to ensure market needs are effectively represented throughout the product planning process.
Overview of Main Tasks:
Develop and manage product requirements for assigned products, applications, and market opportunities, translating customer, market, and business needs into actionable product specifications.
Collect, consolidate, and evaluate customer, market, competitor, and application requirements from Global South markets to ensure accurate regional representation in product development activities.
Conduct market intelligence, customer research, and competitive assessments to identify emerging trends, growth opportunities, and market risks.
Analyze customer needs, market attractiveness, and business potential to support prioritization of product requirements and future product initiatives.
Monitor regulatory, industry, and technology developments and assess their impact on future product competitiveness and market requirements.
Support portfolio reviews and competitiveness assessments by identifying product gaps, enhancement opportunities, derivative concepts, and market coverage improvements.
Contribute to product roadmap discussions by providing structured market insights, customer feedback, and fact-based recommendations.
Develop business cases and supporting analyses for product initiatives, portfolio opportunities, and strategic product proposals.
Lead cross-functional workshops and requirement review sessions, facilitating alignment between Regional Centers, Product Management, Engineering, and other key stakeholders.
Coordinate requirement planning activities across markets and functions, ensuring consistency, transparency, and traceability throughout the planning process.
Prepare management presentations, planning materials, and executive summaries to support strategic discussions and decision-making forums.
Build strong relationships across regional and global stakeholders, acting as a trusted point of contact for assigned products, strategic topics, and planning activities.
Qualification & Education
Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related field
Required Experience:
Minimum 4 years of experience in Product Management, Product Strategy, Product Marketing, Engineering, Commercial Vehicles, or a related field.
Experience managing cross-functional projects and stakeholder relationships in a matrix environment.
Ability to independently drive initiatives, analyses, and recommendations from concept through implementation.
Automotive industry experience is an added advantage.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities with the ability to translate market and customer insights into product recommendations.
- Good understanding of product strategy, market assessment, customer requirements, and portfolio planning principles
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate across functions, markets, and regions.
- Proven ability to evaluate complex information, develop structured recommendations, and support fact-based decision-making
- Experience using generative AI tools to improve productivity and optimize workflows would be advantageous
Language:
- Fluent in English (Written & Spoken)
- German, Portuguese, Spanish, and/or Arabic language skills would be advantageous.
