Career Center

Location: Austin (onsite at least thrice a week)

The Role

Develops, defines, and executes plans of record, including: schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables, and risks. Monitors and drives the program from initiation through delivery, interfacing with internal and external stakeholders across functions on technical matters, as needed. Monitors budget/spending, on-time delivery, and achievement of program milestones. Represents the program and drives alignment across stakeholders.

Skills and Responsibilities

•             Strong technical program management skills. 

•             Requires demonstrated expertise in the development, implementing, and management of development processes

•             Strong ability to facilitate problem solving & resolve issues across organizations and an ability to learn on the job.

•             Managing multiple simultaneous programs which include development and delivery of HW/SW modules and solutions in Embedded space.

•             Involves coordination across the organization, across geos, from HW to SW development, execution, testing, certification and delivery to customer.

•             Using verbal and written communication skills to convey information in articulate manner. Require basic negotiation and influence, ability to resolve issues in non-confrontational manner with tact and diplomacy

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

•             Supports the establishment of program goals and prioritizes deliverables under minimal supervision of Program Management stakeholders.

•             Manages and takes responsibility for multiple small programs/technology with minimal complexity or a single program/technology with moderate complexity by applying up-to-date program management knowledge to meet deadlines.

•             Builds and manages the execution of the Plan of Record (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope) for multiple small programs or a single medium sized program, which includes schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, and prioritization.

•             Tracks all key metrics pertaining to a program, provides early warning for potential metric deviations and escalates in timely manner when metrics deviate significantly from Plan of Record.

•             Develops clear Program Dashboard on planning and development progress, reports crisp status update and timely communication to stakeholders.

•             Coordinates the work of a small team on assigned tasks with guidance and maintains progress in tracking system.

•             Identifies program issues/risks and creates a risk mitigation plan for multiple small programs or a single medium-sized program. Maintains and updates the risk tracker.

•             Supports team vision and objectives by motivating team.

•             Supports the compliance of processes by following best practices and procedures and providing observations for process improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

•             Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

o             A technology related engineering degree plus related experience preferred (silicon process technology, product development, and/or technical project management), or equivalent combination of training and experience.   An advanced degree may reduce the preferred experience.

•             2 years of Program Management or related work experience.

•             1 year of working with operating budgets, resources, and/or project financials.

Preferred Qualifications

•             3 years Program Management or related work experience.

•             1 years experience with program management tools such as dashboards, Gantt charts, etc.

•             1 years experience working in a large matrixed organization.

•             Prior experience in HW and SW Solution development.