Advanced Planner, Wearable Audio at Bose Corporation in Framingham, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Job Description
Bose is seeking an experienced technical leader to join our fast-growing Wearables category. In this position, you will be responsible for driving and prioritizing the advanced technology roadmap for the category leveraging a combination of market, user, and technical insight to deliver differentiated product capabilities with demonstrably meaningful customer value. You will partner with the Category Director, Product Line Managers, Category Engineer, and Applied Research teams to define and prioritize a compelling portfolio of innovative initiatives with a focus on creating the foundation for product experiences that surprise and delight customers. You must follow best practices and align with company goals while creating better procedures and solutions to increase the speed and impact of technology innovation into the product portfolio to drive meaningful customer value.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional team including members from advanced research, software and hardware engineering, design, and marketing to identify critical technology workstreams, tie them to demonstrable customer value, and drive continued innovation in those domains.


• Partner with Applied Research team members in the creation of new research proposals to ensure customer value proposition and validate high level technical feasibility. Provide guidance and mentorship to team connecting technical research with customer needs.


• Build and deploy data-driven strategic frameworks for prioritizing technology and concept development work leveraging customer, technology, and market insights


• Work with engineering team members to gather and define HW/SW platform design objectives and business goals.


• Recommend internal and external process improvements and excellence conversations cross functionally to ensure we have optimized processes for translating front end technology innovation into meaningful customer impact.


• Engage with leadership across business units to help define the HW/SW platform roadmap and create recommendations for executive approval.


• Adjust, influence and communicate the requirements and expectations to translate aspirational prototype experiences into feasibly deliverable ones.


• Work with the other functional and product leaders in the category business team to understand and help shape the multi-year category strategy and product pipeline


• Work with engineering to drive internal alignment on technology platform investment POR.


• Research competition and broader market trends to identify threats and opportunities in new technologies


• Create, maintain,and disseminate technology advancement project communication to stakeholders.


• Drive alignment and advocacy with external teams on the strategic fit and relevance for front end investigations and investments within the broader category and corporate-wide portfolio

Requirements and Qualifications

• Customer-oriented


• Deep passion and insight for delivering value through innovation and technical excellence


• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude and demonstrable strategic thinking abilities


• Ability to work in environments where requirements are loose and fuzzy while helping identify actionable work that gets answers necessary to move concepts towards productization


• Excellent interpersonal skills and solid communication with all levels of management


• Understanding of market research and data analysis


• Proven track record influencing decision making


• Knowledge of business operations and procedures


• Excellent organizational, leadership, and communication skills


• Proven experience as an engineering leader and/or technical product manager


• BS in engineering or relevant technical field. MSc/PhD is a plus


• Self-motivated and self-directed. Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently


• Willingness to challenge the status quo to further category and company goals

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Bose is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. For additional information, please review: (1) the EEO is the Law Poster (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf); and (2) its Supplements (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm). Please note, the company's pay transparency is available at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/pdf/EO13665_PrescribedNondiscriminationPostingLanguage_JRFQA508c.pdf. Bose is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the application or employment process, please send an e-mail to Wellbeing@bose.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.