Project Manager

Job Description

Role: Project Manager

You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most. 

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical. 

The engineering team at Bose is a thriving, passionate, deeply skilled team of professionals from a broad range of disciplines and experiences, who share a common goal—to create products that provide transformative sound experiences.

Responsibilities

• Manage the development scope, schedule, quality, budget, and other aspects of in-vehicle audio products.
• Efficiently communicate, regardless of language (English or Japanese), with cross-functional teams, vendors, partners and customers to achieve development project goals.
• Report project status, risks, and issues to project stakeholders, including senior management, and provide regular status updates.
• Conduct development progress management, task and resource allocation, development cost management, and manage risks and issues.
• Create and maintain project documents such as project plans, schedules, budgets, and regular reports.
• Adhere to automotive industry standards and processes, such as ASPICE, PPAP, IATF.
• Participate in project reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement activities to enhance project management processes and practices.
• Conduct administrative work across projects. 75% as a project manager; 25% as an administrator for other project managers. This includes handling shipping documentation, quality documentation, project requirement documentation, regular project status reports, project data input, etc.

Qualifications

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience in project development scope definition, schedule management, risk management, stakeholder management, and budget management.
• Excellent communication skills in both English (e.g. TOIEC 600+) and Japanese, with the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to use Microsoft 365 to create and maintain project documentation, including project plans, schedules, budgets, and reports.

Preferred

• Experience in software and hardware development in the automotive industry is desirable.
• Understanding of automotive industry standards and processes such as ASPICE, PPAP, IATF is desirable.
• Possession of project management-related certifications (e.g., PMP, ACP, Certified ScrumMaster) is desirable.

About the Company

Bose Corporation was founded in 1964 by Dr. Amar G. Bose, then a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Today, the company is driven by its founding principles, investing in long-term research with one fundamental goal: to develop new technologies with real customer benefits. Bose innovations have spanned decades and industries, creating and transforming categories in audio and beyond. Bose products for the home, in the car, on the go and in public spaces have become iconic, changing the way people listen to music.

Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.