Manager, P&A Portfolio Life Cycle Planning

Auto req ID: 61794 Title: Manager, P&A Portfolio Life Cycle Planning Job Function: Product Management Location: PDC Workplace Category: Onsite Company: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Full or Part-Time: Full Time Shift: SHIFT1

In 1903, out of a small shed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, four young men lit a cultural wildfire that would grow and spread across geographies and generations. Their innovation and imagination for what was possible on two wheels sparked a transportation revolution that would make Harley-Davidson the most recognizable motorcycle brand in the world. Today, we continue to define motorcycle culture, evoking soul-stirring emotion reflected in every product and experience we deliver - like we have for well over a century and will for generations to come. Are you ready to ride with us?

The Harley-Davidson Motor Company Product Development Center (PDC) located in Wauwatosa, WI is home to the mantra – You dream it. We build it. Join our team as a Manager, P&A Portfolio Life Cycle Planning.

Job Summary

The P&A Portfolio Life Cycle Planning Manager is responsible for leading the execution, governance, and continuous improvement of the global Life Cycle Planning (LCP) process for the Parts & Accessories (P&A) portfolios. This role serves as a central integrator across Product Planning, Finance, Engineering, Commercial, Pricing, Sales, and other Product Development functions to ensure portfolio initiatives are effectively assessed, prioritized, governed, and translated into executable P&A LCP plans. The role combines portfolio planning leadership, project assessment governance, data integrity, pricing management, and planning tools ownership to provide a consistent, fact-based foundation for portfolio decision-making.

Job Responsibilities

Global P&A LCP Execution

• Assist in the execution and governance of the annual global LCP process across all P&A portfolios.

• Coordinate key LCP milestones, deliverables, assessments, scenario development, balancing, and approval activities.

• Facilitate cross-functional alignment of portfolio priorities, project timing, resources, financial requirements, and strategic objectives.

• Ensure LCP decisions are translated into clear project plans, charters, timelines, and organizational commitments.

• Identify and proactively manage portfolio risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and decision gaps.

• Drive continuous improvement of the LCP process to increase clarity, efficiency, accountability, and decision quality.

P&A Global Pricing Team Manager

• Lead the P&A Pricing Team and establish clear priorities, objectives, processes, and performance expectations.

• Manage the integration of P&A pricing activities into the broader LCP, financial, commercial, and portfolio planning processes.

• Establish pricing process governance, timelines, inputs, outputs, and cross-functional handoffs.

• Partner with Commercial and Finance to ensure pricing analysis supports portfolio and business decisions.

• Develop and maintain pricing tools, reporting, and analytical capabilities that improve visibility to portfolio performance and pricing opportunities.

Global P&A & Motorcycle Project Assessments

• Own the governance and execution framework for global Motorcycle and P&A project assessments.

• Establish standardized assessment criteria, timelines, inputs, outputs, and decision requirements.

• Coordinate cross-functional assessments across Engineering, Finance, Commercial, Supply, and other support organizations.

• Ensure projects are evaluated consistently against strategic alignment, customer opportunity, financial value, resources, timing, complexity, and organizational capacity.

• Facilitate assessment reviews and consolidate findings to support portfolio balancing and prioritization.

• Identify conflicts, gaps, and resource constraints early enough to influence LCP decisions.

Project Data Governance

• Establish and maintain governance standards for project, portfolio, financial, resource, timing, and assessment data used throughout the LCP process.

• Ensure project information is accurate, complete, current, and consistently structured across planning systems and tools.

• Define data ownership, validation requirements, version control, and governance processes.

• Establish a reliable source of truth for portfolio and project information.

• Partner with functional teams to resolve data quality issues and improve the integrity of information used for executive decision-making.

• Develop reporting and controls to identify data gaps, inconsistencies, and process compliance issues.

Project Tools Management

• Own the strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of tools supporting the global LCP process.

• Manage the development and maintenance of portfolio, project assessment, resource planning, financial, and LCP management tools.

• Ensure tools support standardized processes while providing appropriate flexibility for business and functional requirements.

• Coordinate tool enhancements, user requirements, testing, implementation, and ongoing support.

• Develop dashboards and reporting capabilities that provide leadership with clear visibility into portfolio status, project health, resources, financials, risks, and key decisions.

• Drive adoption and consistent utilization of LCP tools across global teams.

Education Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent Required

Education Specifications

Bachelors Degree Preferred

Experience Requirements

This position typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience. In addition, the successful candidate will have demonstrated the following:

• Experience developing product vision, business cases and pricing that leads to successful product growth and profitability

• Strong project management experience

• Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams

• A proven leader, visionary, with demonstrated ability to execute

The pay range shown represents the national average pay range for this role. Your pay may be more or less than the stated range and is dependent on your geographic location and level of experience.

We offer an inclusive compensation package for all full-time salaried employees including, but not limited to, annual bonus programs, health insurance benefits, a 401k program, onsite fitness centers and employee stores, employee discounts on products and accessories, and more. Learn more about Harley-Davidson here.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Direct Reports: Yes Travel Required: 0 - 10% Pay Range: $114,800 - $183,800 Visa Sponsorship: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or visa transfer Relocation: This position is eligible for domestic relocation assistance (within posted country)