General informationLocation: Northridge - California, USA
Job Family: Sales
Worker Type Reference: Regular - Permanent
Pay Rate Type: Salary
Career Level: E2
Job ID: R-54009-2026
Description & RequirementsAbout the RoleThe Senior Vice President, Global Sales will lead the transformation and acceleration of HARMAN Professional Solutions' global commercial strategy. As a member of the Professional Solutions executive team, the SVP will shape and execute a scalable go-to-market model, strengthen key customer relationships, and expand presence across priority markets. This leader will play a critical role in driving growth, improving operational discipline, and positioning the business for long-term success.
Your TeamThis role will have senior level direct reports and lead a global team of approximately 120 sales professionals, across multiple Regions.
What You Will DoLead the global sales regions for the Professional Solutions SBU, with accountability for strategy, operations, and financial performance.
Strategy
- Align the Global Markets strategy with the Professional Solutions SBU and Lifestyle Division priorities
- Drive growth and expansion across key markets, segments, and channels
- Work closely with corporate and division leadership to strengthen market position and long-term performance
Operations
- Lead overall performance and operating discipline across the global markets
- Drive financial planning, including budgets, KPIs, and investment priorities in partnership with Finance
- Build and lead a high-performing organization, focused on engagement, capability, and talent development
- Serve as a senior ambassador for the regions, internally and externally
Sales and Marketing
- Provide corporate and SBU leadership with a global sales plan and strategy for the Global Markets.
- Define and execute the global sales strategy across regions and customer segments
- Drive revenue growth and margin performance through strong commercial execution
- Lead sales planning, resource allocation, and customer targeting across global markets
- Oversee key account strategy and support enterprise customer engagement
- Align closely with SBU and division leadership on product planning and portfolio strategy
What You Need to Be Successful- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or related field
- Deep understanding of the professional Audio, Video, and Lighting industry or adjacent sectors
- Proven track record of leading global, multi-region sales organizations with full P&L accountability
- Demonstrated success driving revenue growth, margin expansion, and market share gains
- Experience building and scaling go-to-market strategies across diverse markets and channels
- Ability to lead through complexity, driving alignment and execution across global teams
- Builds high-performing organizations with strong leadership bench and talent development
- Enterprise mindset with the ability to shape strategy and drive outcomes at scale
- Experience partnering closely with product, marketing, and finance to drive business performance
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders, customers, and partners
- Data-driven decision making with a focus on measurable business impact
- Clear, concise communicator across all levels of the organization
Bonus Points if You Have What Makes You Eligible- Willingness to travel 50%, both domestic and international
- Willing to work out of a HARMAN office on a hybrid model
- Due to the nature of global infrastructure, you understand that flexibility in working hours is required
- Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment
What We Offer - Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
- Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)
- Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
- Competitive wellness benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- "Be Brilliant" employee recognition and rewards program
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
Pay Transparency
$ 307,500 - $ 451,000
Dependent on the position offered, other forms of compensation are also available, such as bonuses or commission.
Pay is based on a wide range of factors, including, without limitation, skill set, experience, training, location, and business need. While the above range is a reasonable estimate of the wage range for this position, please note the disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographical differential associated with the location where the position may be filled.
BenefitsHARMAN is interested in the health and wellbeing of you and your family and offers a range of benefits designed to support your needs for holistic wellbeing. Benefits and perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with HARMAN, and may include paid vacation and holidays, paid sick leave, volunteer leave, and paid bonding and care giver leave. Employees may also be eligible to participate in comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, fertility support and adoption assistance, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan with employer match, short and long term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.
