Job Description

Join the movement and find new inspiration

We have an exciting opportunity as:

Assistant Manager PBV Product Planning (all genders welcome) in the Product & Pricing department at the Kia Europe Headquarters in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Kia has entered the European e-LCV market with its first model, the PV5, and has already won the prestigious International Van of the Year 2026 award. The company aims to build a full lineup of PBVs in the coming years and establish itself as a leading player in the electric light commercial vehicle segment.

Job mission:

• We are seeking a Systemic & Analytical Thinking Assistant Manager to support the PBV Product Team in defining Kia’s mid- to short-term PBV product strategy for Europe. This role plays a key part in shaping product characteristics, identifying compelling USPs, ensuring strategic consistency across the PBV line-up, and strengthening product positioning within the European market.
• The successful candidate will contribute to vehicle definition by translating market intelligence into actionable product direction. This includes defining core vehicle characteristics and features based on:
• In-depth understanding of EU market and segment trends
• Deployment of HMG and Kia technology and development strategies (platforms, AER, charging performance, vehicle efficiency)
• Alignment with platform and charging technology roadmaps
• Strategic foresight with a 3–5 year planning horizon
• This role requires a strong foundation in Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) knowledge, including customer needs by segment and body type portfolio strategy. A solid understanding of EV technologies and EU regulatory frameworks is essential.
• The ideal candidate combines analytical rigor with systemic thinking and can effectively collaborate and communicate across regional and global stakeholders to drive alignment and deliver cohesive product strategies.

Your responsibilities:

• Product Planning & Launch Support: Collaborate closely with KEU Pricing, Marketing Communication, PR, Online Marketing, Sales, and Kia HQ (Seoul, S. Korea) to support new PBV product launches.
• Market & Customer Insights: Translate industry trends and customer analysis into actionable product characteristics, features, and USPs. Conduct competitive positioning analysis, pricing assessments, and basket proposals to guide portfolio lifecycle management.
• Data Aggregation & Compliance: Regularly gather and consolidate data from NVEs and partners regarding product specifications and regional/local regulations for PBVs (including e-LCVs).
• Stakeholder Support: Act as a key contact for internal teams, NSCs, and Distributors by providing competitor benchmarking, internal product surveys, and feedback on product-related topics.
• Strategic Analysis: Analyze the competitive landscape to inform a Pan-European PBV Trimline Strategy, providing recommendations aligned with vehicle specifications.
• Competitor Benchmarking: Support on-site competitor product benchmarking and evaluation events to ensure informed decision-making.

Your talents:

• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills to interpret data and support decision-making.
• Self-confidence, positive thinking, resilience, flexibility and ability to adapt in a multicultural and fast-moving environment
• Cooperative nature to ensure smooth information flow and a good collaboration
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in Product Planning/Management or EV Technology domains
• Exposure to Automotive Product Management and Product Development is highly desirable.
• Experience with automotive database and tools [e.g. S&P, Jato, NVES], quantitative and qualitative research, AI-based productivity tools
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); additional European languages are a plus.

Who are we?

At Kia, we are a global mobility brand with more than 75 years of experience. Since our founding in 1944, we have grown from manufacturing bicycles, motorcycles and cars to becoming a provider of mobility solutions, always guided by the changing needs of our customers.

Today, we continue to expand our portfolio of electrified and battery electric vehicles while developing new mobility services. Guided by our brand slogan, Movement that Inspires, we are exploring new ways to make mobility more convenient and relevant for people’s everyday lives. Through continuous innovation and a customer-centric approach, we aim to create products and services that inspire new possibilities and meaningful connections.

As the European sales and manufacturing arm of Kia Corporation, we support 39 markets across Europe and the Caucasus from our headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Together, we are more than 5,500 colleagues, including around 3,500 team members at our manufacturing facility in Žilina, Slovakia.

At our European headquarters, more than 50 nationalities work side by side, bringing different perspectives, experiences and ideas. This diversity is one of our strengths and contributes to the way we work, learn, and grow together. Every day brings opportunities to collaborate, develop new skills, and contribute to our shared success.

If you are looking for an environment where curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning are valued, we would love to hear from you. Join us and be part of the movement that inspires.

You will enjoy working with us if you like these things:

• A pulsating international environment. Our workforce is composed of people from 37 nations.
• Playing an active and important part in the development of Kia in Europe.
• Developing new frameworks and solutions.
• Demanding challenges to which you can creatively contribute.
• A competitive compensation package; private leasing offer; systematic off and on-the-job training, free staff restaurant, support as concerns Health Management and more.

If you’re interested to become part of our Kia team, please apply via our online portal. We are looking forward to getting to know you.