About this role
Job title: Senior Group Manager, Product Planning
About the Role
The Senior Group Manager, Product Planning leads product planning strategy and portfolio governance for the U.S. market, ensuring a competitive, market-aligned, and profitable vehicle lineup across the full product lifecycle. This role translates long-term brand and business objectives into actionable strategies through cross-functional leadership and collaboration with regional and global teams.
What You'll Do
- Manage the Product Planning master schedule to monitor progress and ensure timely completion of all milestones.
- Own and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of assigned models, including market positioning, target buyer, model packaging, and sales volume based on extensive market research and customer insights.
- Oversee development of specifications for full-model changes and mid-lifecycle refreshes driven by key market factors.
- Supervise creation of comprehensive product planning proposals using in-depth market and competitive analysis for executive management presentations.
- Lead future and long-range product, powertrain, and technology planning, aligning local and global strategies through lineup planning, design concepts, brand positioning, competitiveness, compliance, and profitable growth.
- Initiate vehicle packaging and feature strategies for current model year changes and future products.
- Collaborate with regional counterparts to incorporate Canada’s market voice and ensure North American alignment.
- Lead preparation and executive support for monthly Product Committee governance meetings, including agenda and presentation development.
- Collaborate with teams to optimize trim strategies, pricing, cost reduction opportunities, margins, and profitability targets for direct consumer and fleet markets.
- Serve as the primary liaison between Hyundai Motor Company Global Headquarters and HMA/HMNA, representing U.S. market requirements in global forums.
- Lead development of future and long-term Hyundai product plans, including lineup strategy, electrification direction, target buyer definition, and competitive positioning.
What We're Looking For
- Advanced-level strategy leadership for product planning and portfolio governance in the U.S. market.
- Ability to translate long-term brand and business objectives into actionable product strategies through cross-functional leadership.
- Experience managing master schedules and end-to-end model lifecycles with market research and customer insights.
- Strong collaboration with regional teams and global headquarters to ensure North American alignment.
- Experience preparing and presenting to executive governance bodies and Product Committees.
- Ability to lead long-range product planning, including electrification direction and competitive positioning.