CPU SW Program Manager

General Summary:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of Program Management or related work experience.

• Excellent opportunity to work on the latest cutting edge software, hardware technologies
• Drive requirements scoping, analysis and planning including interdependencies, staffing constraints and schedule optimization across multiple tech teams and customer connect
• Establish clear Plan of Record commitment and drive prioritization
• Strong technical understanding of SW deliverables and risk management/risk mitigation
• Establish rigorous execution discipline & communications process: risk management, mitigation, tracking, schedule trends vs baseline, recovery actions, executive reporting & stakeholder communications
• Develop program indicators to manage program health including quality and timelines
• Partner with other functional areas to establish critical processes to support disciplined product development and decision making and to ensure quality. Coordination across multiple development sites may be required
• Develop and establish strong processes that streamline the development cycle and help integrate multiple plans, dependencies and deliverables effectively
• Develop metrics driven dashboards/structures/boards in JIRA to track program health and team execution towards programs

• Working independently with little supervision.
• Making decisions that are significant in impact; errors are not readily apparent due to the complexity of work process/product or time between decisions and results; errors typically result in significant expenditure of time, resources, and funds to correct.
• Using verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. May require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents.
• Having a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).
• Completing tasks that require multiple steps that can be performed in various orders; tasks require simultaneously executing multiple cognitive abilities and maintaining information in short- or long-term memory.
• Exercising exceptional creativity to innovate new ideas and develop innovative products/processes without established objectives or known parameters.
• Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or conflicting; advanced data analysis and interpretation skills are required.

• Experience and domain knowledge of Semiconductors/Embedded SW is a must
• 8+ years of experience in a combination of Software product development and program management in semiconductor/SW industry
• Experience with end to end product integration
• Experience managing software products through entire development life cycle

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field
• PMP Certification and/or Agile Certification
• 10+ years Agile Program Management experience or related work experience.
• 2+ year's experience with agile program management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• 5+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
• 3+ year's experience working in a large matrixed organization.
• 3+ year's experience with firmware development