About this role
Responsibilities & Key Deliverables
The Platform Leader will be responsible for ensuring the growth and competitiveness of the product platform. This role is responsible to deliver customer value, cost efficiency, and compliance, while continuously evolving to meet future market and technology needs. The incumbent will collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline projects delivery, optimize performance, and achieve QCD goals.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Lifecycle Management:
- Oversee the end-to-end platform lifecycle, from ideation to new product introduction, mid-life upgrades, cost down programs.
- Ensures competitive benchmarking and address gaps proactively.
- Identify opportunities for new capabilities or product enhancements.
- Manage a diverse portfolio of products.
Team Leadership & Collaboration:
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver projects, ensuring collaboration across R&D, Testing, QA, Manufacturing and Sourcing.
- Ensure early involvement of stakeholders in design, testing and evaluation of key attributes.
- Act as a single point owner for all platform related decisions and trade-offs.
Business Impact & Operational Efficiency:
- Deliver performance metrics, ensuring platform meet Quality, Time, Cost and budget targets.
- Drive cost optimization in product development without compromising quality.
Stakeholder Communication:
- Provide regular updates to senior leadership on platform progress, risks, and opportunities.
Experience
15+ years in R&D, with at least 8-10 years in Project Management
Qualifications
B.E./B.Tech/M.Tech in Engineering /Technology, MBA preferred
Preferred Industries
Other facts
About Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
A USD 19.4 billion multinational group based in Mumbai, India, Mahindra provides employment opportunities to over 256,000 people across 100 countries. Mahindra operates in the key industries that drive economic growth, enjoying a leadership position in tractors, utility vehicles, information technology, financial services and vacation ownership. In addition, Mahindra enjoys a strong presence in the agribusiness, aerospace, components, consulting services, defence, energy, industrial equipment, logistics, real estate, retail, steel, commercial vehicles and two wheeler industries. The Automotive and Farm Equipment Business is the largest contributor of the Mahindra Group’s revenue. With 30,000+ full time employees spread across 20 locations, Mahindra has a strong presence in India. Further it propels an entire manufacturing ecosystem of 1,200 suppliers and 3,500 dealers, thereby creating direct and indirect employment for over 200,000 individuals.
Our Farm Equipment business is the number 1 tractor company in the world by volume. In addition to our focus on maintaining a leading position in the core tractor mechanization business, we strive to deliver on our aspiration of “Farm Tech Prosperity” thus enabling our customers and our communities to RISE.
Our Automotive business is a full-range mobility player with a presence in almost every segment of the automobile industry. Our product portfolio ranges from world class SUVs, premium luxury UVs, sedans, pick-ups, light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles to three-wheelers. All these cater to a diverse customer base spanning across rural and semi-urban customers. Leveraging our growing dominance, domestic & international market penetration and recent strategic acquisitions, we aim to provide world class exeperience to our customers and team members.
What you'll do
- The Platform Leader is responsible for overseeing the entire platform lifecycle and ensuring the growth and competitiveness of the product platform. This includes managing cross-functional teams to deliver projects and optimizing performance to meet quality, time, cost, and budget targets.
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