Head of Automotive Business m/f/d

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team, you'll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that, we need the absolute best talent. We're big enough to give you all the resources you need, and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits, not to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where, when, and how you do your best work.

Dolby is looking for a leader to head and grow our Automotive business line within the Consumer Entertainment business. The role reports into the VP & GM of Consumer Entertainment.

The automotive industry is amid a transformation with the growth of connected and electric vehicles and autonomous driving, and entertainment is gaining in prominence as part of the in-vehicle experience. Dolby re-entered the automotive business about 5 years ago and Automotive is now one of our fastest growing businesses. Our current offerings are products for the playback of Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision content. Dolby Atmos Music is the dominant use case that we address, and we are expanding beyond music into podcasts, audiobooks and video. Video consumption in cars has started to grow with the China market being the one where this behavior shows up the most. We are also exploring emerging use-cases such as lighting in cars.

Dolby is a B2B company, with a well-recognized consumer brand, and we work with content creators, content distribution services and platforms, device manufacturers, chip companies and software platforms to help our customers and partners deliver outstanding entertainment experiences to consumers.

This is a global business with customers and consumers located all around the world. The leader will have a GM mindset and be a product leader. Dolby is functionally organized with the main business-related functions being business/product, engineering, sales, and marketing. Other key functions are legal, finance, people, operations and IT. The primary functions reporting into this role are business and product.

The GM mindset is required to work collaboratively with the other functions while retaining the responsibility and accountability for the overall success of the Auto