Program Manager

Pay rate: $60/hr to $75.00/hr on W2

Location: San Diego, CA (Onsite)

Onsite interview is required so need local candidate

Top 5 Required Skills:

1. Communication–

a. able to communicate effectively within and outside teams in the organization. Understands audience and communicates accordingly.

2. Risk Management –

a. Exercises proactive & effective risk management and mitigation.

3. Technical –

a. Knowledge about HW/VLSI flows and different phases in chip development

4. Organizational -

a. detail-oriented about planning, tracking milestones, etc. Managed programs using PM best practices.

5. Familiarity with program management tools and dashboards -

a. Example- Splunk, JIRA, Thoughtspot, Tableau, PowerBI/automate etc.

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Required Years of Experience:

2+ years of Program Management or related work experience.

Job Description:

The successful candidate will be responsible for Program Management in our Hardware Program Management Office including the following responsibilities:

- Manages and takes responsibility for multiple small programs/technology with moderate complexity or a single complex program/technology by applying up-to-date program management knowledge to meet deadlines.

- Collaborate with key stakeholders and program sponsors to develop goals, set the prioritization of deliverables, and discuss necessary priorities and stakeholder needs.

- Builds and manages the execution of the Plan of Record (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope) for the programs/projects, which includes schedule, stakeholder identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, infrastructure setup, test plan coordination and prioritization.

- Tracks and manages all key metrics pertaining to a program and identifies when metrics deviate significantly from Plan of Record; escalates issues in a timely manner and proposes corrective actions.

- Manages and prioritizes the work of the program team by establishing schedules, task assignments, and tracking tasks of team members.

- Coordinates the work of multiple cross functional teams on assigned tasks with guidance and maintains progress in tracking system.

- Identifies program issues/risks and creates a risk mitigation plan for multiple small programs or a single medium sized or complex program. Maintains and updates the risk tracker.

- Help to promote program vision and objectives within own team, and ensures program objectives are met or exceeded. Represents the program and drives alignment across stakeholders.

- Monitors budget/spending, on-time delivery, and achievement of program milestones.

- Supports the compliance of processes by following best practices and procedures and providing observations for process improvement.

- Develop engineering-based performance indicators/metrics geared towards risk identification, assessment, quantification. Monitor and ensure adherence to Test plan tracker, Sign-off checklists, etc.

- Partners with Engineering and Program Management leads to drive continuous improvement by coordinating Project Lessons Learnt sessions, participating in initiatives etc..

- Supports team vision and objectives by motivating team.