Description
We are seeking a Senior NPI Program Manager (Operations) to facilitate growth and expansion in several areas. As an individual contributor, you will be responsible for the Operations NPI schedule and related milestones of taking a product from tape-out to production release.
We require someone with a strong engineering background and a keen interest in program management who can work in a dynamic environment. You should thrive working on groundbreaking technology and enjoy working with people to take on problems.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Tracking and communicating key results, constraints, risks, dependencies, and critical paths while working with ASIC, product, test, system, software engineering, and planning teams and other program managers towards a common goal.
- Handling cross-functional communications independently while working within a matrixed GM team and publishing progress/roadblocks to upper management.
- Bringing diverse teams together to tackle complex problems and work towards closure.
- Understanding and collaborating in developing the Plan of Record (POR), ensuring qualification plans, checklists, and specifications are in place to support production release.
- Developing engineering wafer and hardware risk plans and owning internal and external sample supply.
- Leading and attending cross-functional NPI meetings related to your product and highlighting key Ops issues and ensuring that the product is ready for production.
- Driving process improvement initiatives for NPI across Operations and cross-functional teams.
- Owning metrics for NPI supply commits, production ramp, and release turning points and managing bring-up budgets/OPEX for NPI.
- Developing processes and metrics for functional teams in Ops planning, engineering, logistics, and quality teams.
We need someone with 7+ years of proven experience in an engineering or technical/engineering program management role. A Bachelor's in EE (or equivalent experience), Master's preferred. PMP or other Project/Program Management Certification is a plus.
You should have excellent leadership, problem-solving, decision-making, and cross-functional influencing skills. Proficiency in Program Management and planning tools. Ability to analyze and solution supply chain processes. Excellent knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing flow and processes. Strong verbal and written communications skills. Have the ability to work independently and navigate ambiguous situations.