Project Manager

Job Objective

To lead and manage customer projects for the Semiconductor Equipment Business Unit from project initiation and NPI through production launch and ongoing project support, ensuring customer requirements, technical specifications, quality, delivery, cost, and project timelines are achieved.

The role will serve as a key interface between overseas customers, overseas internal teams, and local cross-functional functions, driving effective communication, project execution, risk management, and timely resolution of technical and operational issues.

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Key Responsibilities

1. Manage semiconductor equipment customer projects from project initiation, NPI, qualification, production launch, and transition to mass production or ongoing production support.
2. Act as the key project interface for overseas customers and overseas internal teams, ensuring effective communication, alignment of expectations, and timely follow-up on project requirements and commitments.
3. Review customer requirements, drawings, technical specifications, project schedules, quality requirements, and other project documentation and communicate requirements clearly to relevant internal functions.
4. Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, resource requirements, and action trackers to ensure projects are completed according to agreed timelines.
5. Lead cross-functional project teams including Engineering, NPI, Manufacturing, Quality, Sourcing, Procurement, Materials, Production, Planning, Logistics, and other supporting functions.
6. Coordinate NPI activities, including product and process readiness, BOM readiness, material availability, tooling and equipment readiness, engineering validation, qualification, and production ramp-up.
7. Monitor project progress against agreed milestones and proactively identify schedule gaps, technical issues, resource constraints, material risks, and other potential project delays.
8. Drive project risk assessment, mitigation planning, escalation, and timely closure of critical project issues.
9. Coordinate Engineering Changes, customer change requests, drawing revisions, BOM changes, specification changes, and other project changes to ensure proper implementation and impact assessment.
10. Manage project meetings with customers and internal teams, prepare project status reports, and clearly communicate project progress, risks, issues, recovery plans, and required decisions.
11. Coordinate customer sample builds, prototype builds, pilot runs, qualification activities, production readiness reviews, and other project-related deliverables.
12. Work closely with Supply Chain and Materials teams to ensure material readiness and identify risks related to long-lead-time components, supplier capacity, shortages, and delivery schedules.
13. Coordinate with Production and Engineering teams to ensure manufacturing capacity, manpower, equipment, processes, and documentation are ready according to the project ramp-up plan.
14. Monitor project performance in terms of schedule, quality, delivery, cost, and customer requirements and initiate corrective or recovery actions when performance deviates from plan.
15. Support project costing, cost improvement, productivity improvement, and other initiatives to achieve project and business objectives.
16. Facilitate timely resolution of technical, quality, delivery, and operational issues involving customers, overseas internal teams, suppliers, and local cross-functional teams.
17. Maintain accurate project documentation, action lists, schedules, risk registers, change records, and project performance reports.
18. Drive continuous improvement and lessons-learned activities to improve project execution, NPI effectiveness, operational readiness, and customer satisfaction.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or other related engineering fields.
• Project Management, Operations Management, or Business Management qualifications will be an advantage.
• PMP or other recognized Project Management certification is an advantage.

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Required Experience

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Project Management, Program Management, NPI, Engineering Project Management, or related roles within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in Semiconductor Equipment, Semiconductor, Electronics, Precision Engineering, Automation Equipment, Capital Equipment, or High-Mix/Low-Volume manufacturing is highly preferred.
• Experience managing projects from NPI or project initiation through production launch and ramp-up.
• Experience working directly with overseas customers and international or regional internal teams.
• Strong experience coordinating cross-functional teams across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Materials, and Production.
• Experience with technical drawings, BOMs, engineering specifications, manufacturing processes, and Engineering Change Management.
• Experience managing project schedules, milestones, risks, action items, and project recovery plans.
• Experience with prototype, pilot build, qualification, validation, and production readiness activities is preferred.
• Experience managing multiple projects and customer priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

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Skills & Competencies

• Strong project management and project execution skills.
• Strong planning, scheduling, prioritization, and follow-up capabilities.
• Strong customer and stakeholder management skills, particularly in an international working environment.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken, with confidence in communicating with overseas customers and global internal teams.
• Strong leadership and ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and risk-management skills.
• Good understanding of manufacturing processes, NPI, BOM management, Engineering Change Management, quality requirements, and production ramp-up.
• Ability to understand and communicate technical information across engineering, manufacturing, and customer teams.
• Strong presentation and project-status reporting skills.
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and urgency.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under tight schedules and changing customer requirements.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Microsoft Project or other project management tools is preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP is an advantage.
• Willing and able to participate in meetings across different time zones and travel overseas when required.