Program Manager

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Manage program execution from planning to delivery, ensuring timely completion of projects within budget and scope.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify project requirements, develop project plans, and track progress against milestones.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and internal teams to ensure successful program outcomes.
• Analyze data to identify trends, opportunities for improvement, and areas for cost reduction.

Job Requirements :

• 12-20 years of experience in semiconductor industry or related field (e.g., VLSI).
• Strong understanding of physical design principles and processes in chip development.
• Proven program management skills with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities will include:

• Coordinate, plan and drive Physical Design IP development, testing and delivery to SoC alongside the smartest minds in the industry

• Negotiate schedule, scope and line up resources to meet aggressive schedules to deliver best in class efficient, high-performance SOCs.

• Organize and lead interdepartmental discussions to set project milestones/schedules, plans of records, define project tasks, establish program policies and processes.

• Responsible for managing IP-SoC relationship.

• Troubleshoot program issues and help to develop alternative program tasks, schedules, milestones, resource plans, processes etc. to resolve program issues and conflicts.

• Determine risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate information to internal and external key stakeholders. Must be able to proactively drive and solve problems to solutions.

• Roll-up and report regularly to senior management-executives on key development milestones, budget, metrics, risks, and mitigation plans.

• Develop processes to increase the productivity and efficiency of the team.

• Manage teams through design, development, validation, test, manufacturing, deployment, and sustaining activities for hardware products.

• Be an advocate for the program in cross-functional and stakeholder meetings