Director of Program Management
rambusSan Jose (CA)
Director of Program Management
Posted 5 days ago
rambusSan Jose (CA)
SENIORITY
Manager
About the role
Director Of Program Management Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, is seeking to hire an exceptional Director of Program Management to join our Memory Interface Controller (MIC) team in San Jose, California. In this role, you will be working with some of the brightest inventors and engineers in the world developing products that make data faster and safer. As a Director of Program Management, you'll play a pivotal role in leading new product programs that are critical to the short-term and long-term success of the business unit. In this full-time role, you'll report directly to our Sr. Director of Program Management. MIC is dedicated to enabling leading edge server and client memory technologies, and your contributions will be instrumental in bringing the next generation of products to the market. Rambus offers a flexible work environment, embracing a hybrid approach for most office-based roles. Employees are encouraged to spend an average of at least three days per week onsite, allowing for two days of remote work.
Responsibilities:
- Lead new IC products through the Product Lifecycle (PLC) from Concept, through Planning, Development, Prototyping and Testing, Pilot Production to release to Mass Production
- Own the "on-time, on-spec, on-budget and with high-quality" delivery of products to customers
- Program planning, schedules, budgeting, risk assessment, resource planning and management, and tracking customer activities associated with the programs
- Track program financial performance as a function of our deliverables and expense profile
- Review, disposition, and communicate changes in Scope / Schedule / BudgetPlan and manage delivery of engineering samples (ES), customer samples (CS) and NPI volume ramp
- Manage customer feedback and work with the team to ensure customer expectations are exceeded
- Track product cost (wafer cost, yield, test time etc.) to ensure product margin requirements are met
- Conduct regular meetings to ensure customers and internal teams are clear on expectations and problem-solving actions are in place to address issues in a timely manner
- Maintain adequate technical depth and managerial skills to address program and product issues
- Be the advocate and champion of your programs and maintain management and key stakeholder alignment
- Own PLC Program Exit Reviews to get management approval for funding and moving the project to the next phase
- Present status of your programs to executive management during monthly program reviews
Qualifications:
Bachelors' or Masters' Degree in Electronics/Electrical/Computer Engineering 10+ years of relevant experience in silicon/ASIC design management or program management5 or more years' experience as a Program Manager, PMP certification is a plus SoC/ASIC Architecture, design, implementation, or validation experience Technical appreciation of ASIC/ASSP flows (front end and backend development processes, product and test engineering, characterization and validation, hardware/software design) Program management and analytical skills, ability to organize information for internal and external consumption. Expert knowledge of Microsoft Project and other program management tools for use in complex semiconductor programs Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office tools Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook Able to motivate and energize teams and lead by influence in a matrixed organization Strong communication skills and the ability to keep calm and make progress in high stress situations Ability to travel to Rambus sites as well as customer locations as required
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