Director, Mobility & Emerging Technology

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Date:
Sep 29, 2026

Location:

Fountain Valley, CA, US, 92708

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This role exists to define, validate, and advance Hyundai Motor America's future mobility opportunities across Mobility, Electrification, Connectivity, and Autonomy (MECA), with a clear focus on U.S. market relevance and commercial execution. The Director converts emerging technology, software, energy, autonomy, and new mobility concepts into strategies, business cases, funded pilots, partnerships, and scalable programs that strengthen Hyundai's competitive position, create daily customer value, and unlock new sources of enterprise growth.

Future mobility strategy and roadmap development:

• Define HMA's MECA opportunity roadmap across software-defined vehicles, GenAI-enabled AI assistants, connectivity, electrification, energy services, autonomy, robotics, and new mobility platforms; translate U.S. customer needs, market shifts, regulatory developments, and competitive intelligence into actionable strategic recommendations.

Business case development and investment justification:

• Build and defend executive-ready business cases, including total addressable market, unit economics, margin impact, ROI, data monetization potential, funding requirements, risk assessment, and implementation sequencing to secure capital, headcount, and cross-functional support.

Software, connectivity, data, and monetization strategy:

• Lead strategy development for AI assistants, in-vehicle experience, OTA capability, vehicle cybersecurity posture, privacy and data governance, in-car Wi-Fi/connectivity partnerships, app-store models, subscriptions, digital wallet integration, and other in-car monetization opportunities.

EV infrastructure, energy, and charging ecosystem strategy:

• Advance EV charging infrastructure, vehicle-to-grid (V2G), bi-directional charging, home energy integration, energy services, retail energy models, battery technology pathways, hydrogen, and extended-range EV (EREV) opportunities from strategy through pilot and scalable deployment.

Autonomy, robotics, and emerging platform assessment:

• Evaluate robotaxi, ride-hailing, robotics, urban air mobility, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), and other emerging mobility platforms; identify where Hyundai should partner, pilot, invest, or defer based on customer value, competitive advantage, commercial viability, regulatory readiness, and execution risk.

Partnership development, ecosystem scanning, and pilot execution:

• Identify, structure, and lead high-profile partnerships and new business development opportunities across startups, suppliers, technology companies, utilities, charging networks, government programs, and venture activity; move initiatives from concept through pilot, launch, post-launch learning, KPI evaluation, and scale while owning issue resolution and stakeholder alignment.

People leadership and organizational capability building:

• Manage and develop a direct team responsible for MECA strategy, market sensing, business case development, stakeholder engagement, and…