Program Manager

Company Description

Job Description

As part of Renesas’ Power Division you’ll be responsible for driving end-to-end custom IC development planning and execution in support of leading customers in the consumer space. The Principal Project Program Manager role offers the opportunity to help build and demonstrate industry best practices working with highly skilled and proven development teams to enable our customer base.

Job Description

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Drive the Project development for custom IC products from Planning to MP (Mass Production) phase on schedule.

Collaborate closely across multiple departments such as Customers, Software Teams, Marketing, Engineering, Finance, Sales and Vendors/Suppliers during project development phase.

Define and lock program scope, strategy, and major execution commitments (schedule, budget, scope)

Deploy best Program Management Practices: Bottoms-up planning, Dependency mapping, Critical path analysis and Risk mitigation using industry standard planning tools such as MS-Project for Project planning and execution.

Monitor the Project development progress and report the status on a regular basis and escalate issues whenever needed (internally and externally). Also provide regular Project updates to the Senior Management.

Escalation point for unresolved functional and logistical issues and for any help needed across the project team.

Co-ordinate and Conduct Project Gate reviews.

Take personal accountability to drive the projects and deliver them on schedule. Ensure proper project meeting cadence is in place and with regular follow-ups on ALL Action Items to resolve any open issues.

Support project team in all organizational activities during the project development.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Typically more than 8 years in a similar role involving coordination of development projects in a technical environment.

Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in hardware development

Able to plan and manage complex Projects spanning across multiple departments

Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills

Expertise in Microsoft Office 365 including advanced skills in MS Project

Atlassian JIRA and Confluence is a plus

PMP / PMA certificate is a plus

Confident English speaker in a global business environment

BS or MS (or equivalent) in Engineering with emphasis in project execution

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’

At Renesas, you can:

Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.

Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.

Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?

Join Renesas. Shape Your Future with Us.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.