Team Lead Product Development

Tasks and Responsibilities:

Act as the primary IT interface for business-IT topics within the assigned domain.

Translate business priorities, needs and improvement opportunities into structured IT demand.

Own and maintain the domain IT roadmap in alignment with business priorities, IT strategy, architecture, budget and delivery capacity.

Prepare prioritization proposals, decision options and roadmap updates for domain-related initiatives.

Ensure transparency on business value, urgency, risks, dependencies, costs and resource constraints.

Coordinate demand and dependencies with other domains, Core / SAP Technology, Shared Technology Services and Enterprise Architecture.

Identify opportunities for business improvement through technology, standardization, automation and process optimization.

Ensure initiatives follow HARTING’s IT governance, architecture, security, data governance and compliance standards.

Provide domain-level steering for approved initiatives together with Project Managers, Solution Architects and delivery teams.

Ensure technical teams receive clear, prioritized and business-validated demand, while technical execution and operations remain with the responsible technology functions.

Escalate unresolved priority, budget, resource or dependency conflicts to the relevant governance bodies.

If applicable, lead assigned team members and foster ownership, transparency, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

University degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering or a comparable discipline.

Long-standing professional experience in IT, digital transformation, business relationship management, product ownership, portfolio management or a relevant business domain.

Strong understanding of business processes and IT-enabled business capabilities in the assigned domain.

Experience in stakeholder management across business and IT leadership levels.

Experience in demand management, roadmap planning, portfolio prioritization or IT governance.

Good understanding of enterprise architecture principles, application landscapes and IT delivery models.

Experience working in complex, international and matrix-oriented organizations.

Fluent English skills.