EPR Program Manager

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Corporate

We're a global, multi-disciplinary team that's putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Corporate, you are integral to our company's award-winning success.

• Enrich your managerial and organizational talents - from finance, quality, and supply chain to human resources, IT, sales, and strategy
• Augment your comprehensive skillset with expert training across decision-making, change management, leadership, and business development
• Obtain 360-degree support throughout your career life cycle, from early-stage to seasoned leader

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a rapidly evolving area of global regulation requiring producers to manage end-of-life obligations for products, packaging, batteries, electronics, and related materials placed on the market.

The EPR Program Manager owns HARMAN's enterprise EPR compliance program and serves as the single enterprise point of contact for EPR-related activities across Business Units and regions. This role acts as the central program manager and traffic controller for EPR compliance by establishing governance, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, managing reporting processes, and ensuring complete, accurate, timely, and audit-ready regulatory submissions across applicable jurisdictions.

Working closely with Product Counsel, Business Unit EPR Owners, Product Compliance, Engineering, Packaging, Supply Chain, Procurement, Product Management, Manufacturing, Finance, Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs), consultants, stewardship organizations, and regulators, this role drives consistent execution of HARMAN's global EPR obligations.

This position reports to the Director, Sustainability & Corporate ESG.

• Own HARMAN's enterprise EPR compliance program across all Business Units and regions.
• Serve as the single enterprise point of contact for all EPR matters.
• Develop and maintain the enterprise EPR compliance strategy, including governance, standardized reporting methodologies, roles and responsibilities, operational processes, risk mitigation, and escalation paths.
• Lead the Business Unit EPR Owner network by communicating requirements, assigning deliverables, monitoring progress, resolving issues, and driving accountability.
• Maintain the enterprise reporting calendar, including registrations, reporting deadlines, renewals, fee payments, audits, and other regulatory deliverables across all jurisdictions.
• Lead EPR projects by developing project plans, tracking milestones and dependencies, communicating status, and escalating compliance risks, incomplete data, resource constraints, or missed deadlines.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and continuously improve enterprise EPR processes.

• Monitor new and evolving global EPR, product stewardship, packaging, battery, e-waste/WEEE, and related regulations; assess potential impacts and identify new or changing compliance obligations.
• Partner with Product Counsel to translate applicable legal and regulatory requirements into practical reporting requirements, templates, timelines, and execution plans.
• Determine reporting obligations and develop standardized templates that capture required regulatory data and supporting information.
• Drive reporting readiness before every filing by confirming required data, reviews, approvals, and supporting documentation are complete.
• Consolidate validated Business Unit data, prepare final regulatory reports in the required jurisdictional format, and route reports to Product Counsel for legal review and approval.
• Submit approved registrations, reports, declarations, and supporting documentation to regulators, PROs, and stewardship organizations by applicable deadlines.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready records of filings, approvals, supporting documentation, correspondence, and filing confirmations.

• Issue data requests, instructions, templates, and deadlines to Business Unit EPR Owners.
• Coordinate with Business Unit EPR…