Solution Lead – Professional Services, Automotive ADAS & AD
Responsibilities
The Solution Lead – Professional Services, Automotive ADAS & Autonomous Driving (EMEA) is a senior individual contributor responsible for end-to-end solution leadership and delivery of ADAS & AD engagements across the region.
The role operates without line management responsibility and combines a high degree of autonomy in execution with clear accountability for delivery quality, customer success, and commercial outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
1. Solution Delivery & Ownership
- You own the end-to-end delivery of ADAS & AD Professional Services engagements, ensuring high-quality execution across all project phases.
- You translate customer requirements into scalable, production-ready solution architectures aligned with HERE capabilities.
- You drive solution design across ADAS, automated driving, and location-based systems, ensuring technical feasibility and robustness.
- You take responsibility for delivery outcomes and act as the escalation point for critical technical, delivery, or contractual challenges.
2. Solution Shaping & Pre-Sales Support
- You work closely with bid management teams on RFIs and RFQs, contributing to the development of winning solution strategies.
- You support solution definition, estimation, and delivery approach, ensuring alignment between technical feasibility and customer expectations.
- You help position Professional Services effectively in complex pursuits by combining technical depth with customer understanding.
3. Customer Engagement
- You act as a senior interface toward OEMs, Tier-1s, and strategic partners, building trust through expertise and clarity.
- You lead technical discussions and ensure strong alignment between customer expectations, solution design, and delivery approach.
- You take ownership in complex or critical situations, ensuring issues are addressed in a structured and transparent way.
4. Business Contribution
- You identify and shape new business opportunities early by leveraging your domain expertise and customer interactions.
- You support PoCs, pilots, and co-innovation initiatives to de-risk solutions and expand HERE’s footprint.
- You contribute to commercial success by aligning delivery with business value and supporting overall revenue growth.
5. Cross-Functional Collaboration
- You collaborate closely with Product Management, Automotive Solutions, and BSA teams to ensure aligned and integrated solutions.
- You work across Sales and Engineering functions to connect customer needs with product capabilities and delivery execution.
- You actively bring together the right stakeholders to drive progress and ensure effective decision-making.
6. Continuous Improvement & Innovation
- You develop reusable assets, solution patterns, and reference approaches to improve delivery efficiency and scalability.
- You stay current on industry trends such as SDV, ADAS evolution, and AI-driven automotive solutions, and translate these into practice.
- You contribute to the evolution of Professional Services delivery models through structured feedback and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, GIS, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in automotive, software, or related domains.
- A solid understanding of ADAS / Autonomous Driving systems.
- Experience in customer-facing roles, ideally with OEMs or Tier-1s.
- A background in solution architecture, system integration, or software delivery.
- Fluent English is required; proficiency in German and/or French is considered a plus.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with automotive standards (e.g. ASPICE).
- Experience with ADAS technologies (e.g. electronic horizon, HD maps).
- Exposure to RFQs, pre-sales, or solution shaping.
- Experience with simulation environments and tools (e.g. IPG CarMaker, dSPACE, or similar).
- Interest in AI-driven automotive systems.
What Do We Offer?
- A great work-life balance.
- 30 paid vacation days.
- Hybrid model of work (2 days office and 3 days home office per week).
- On-site Gym and Sauna(For Berlin location), Stay active and unwind with our fully equipped fitness center and relaxing sauna.
- Yoga Room(For Berlin location), A dedicated space for mindfulness, stretching, and relaxation.
- Work on the development of high-scale services, serving and storing petabytes of data.
- Work with cutting-edge, modern technologies.
- Flexible working hours.
- Competitive salary plus bonus.
- BVG Ticket (For Berlin location).
- German language course (For Germany-based employees).
- Employee wellness programs and life-coaching sessions.
- A diverse team of fantastic & talented people from 60+ countries worldwide.
- Brown bag talks, team events, BBQ on the rooftop, and more!
Change is HERE. Apply Now!
As part of HERE Technologies employment process, candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This offer and any related claims are subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. This will involve employment, education, and criminal verification if applicable.
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