Solution Lead – Professional Services, Automotive ADAS & AD

What's the role?

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.

Who are you?

• 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.
• Experience with simulation environments and tools (e.g. IPG CarMaker, dSPACE, or similar).
• 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.
• 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!

Who are we?

HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.