Program Manager

• Job Title
  Program Manager
• Position Description
  Reporting to: Product Marketing and Management Director
  People Management Responsibility: No
  Travel Required: Yes
  Shift Required: No
  SUMMARY:
  The primary objective of this role is to manage the engineering programs/projects, focusing on the program/project planning and execution per the scope, time, and budget. This position resides in the Product Marketing and Management department.
  KEY RELATIONS AND INTERFACES:
  1. Internal – Product Marketing and Management, Corporate Mark
• Location
  Beijing
• Responsibilities
  1. Formulates the overall Program/Project Management plan (PMP), in consultation with management and other parties concerned, and based on the engineering office’s and functional lead engineers’ input.
  2. Specifies the program/project scope and quality standard, schedule, phases/milestones, resource requirements, overall cost/budget, risk assessment, and risk mitigation plan.
  3. Executes and keeps updated the Program/Project Management Plan (PMP), clearly indicating program/project deliverables and quality, phase gates and milestones, resource and cost/budget, and risk assessment/mitigation.
  4. Organizes the expert reviews and peer reviews to ensure program/project plan quality; organizes periodical program/project reviews, including phase gate reviews and milestone reviews; reports periodically the program/project status, progress, key issues and corresponding solutions.
  5. Ensures effective transfer and archiving of the program/project results, documents, and the associated knowledge base.
  6. Organizes lessons learned sessions after big milestones or phase gates, for continuous improvement.
  7. Owns the entire end-to-end program/project planning and execution from cradle to volume production, by leveraging the cross-functional teams in the entire organization.
  8. Owns the change management process from program/project start until volume production.
  9. Owns the program/project execution metrics; escalates via exception report when project scope/quality, schedule, cost targets or budget/resources deviation out of the pre-defined boundary; follows up and leads the execution of the mitigation plan after the exception review.
  10. Participates in and contributes to the program/project flow, processes, methodology, and infrastructure set-up, including program/project management tools.
  11. Participates in and contributes to the product marketing and product management activities, including but not limited to product research and definition, competitive analysis and benchmarking, market requirements and trends tracking, customer feedback gathering and analysis, product promotion design, product launch, product support to internal teams (marketing communications, technical sales, FAE/AE, etc.).
  12. Takes other tasks assigned.

Qualifications
Education and Qualification:
1. B.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, Master degree highly preferred.
2. PMP certification highly preferred.
Working Experience:
1. 8+ years in engineering/R&D, project management and program management; product management experience a plus.
2. Experience in program/project flow, processes, methodology, and infrastructure set-up highly preferred.
3. Multi-national company (MNC) working experience in semiconductor industry and/or Software & System industry preferred.
Technical and Professional Knowledge:
1. Extensive experience in the program/project management in semiconductor and/or software & system industry.
2. Deep understanding of integrated circuit technology and related software & system, experience in the server design and relevant applications is a plus.
3. Strong communication ability, written and verbal, with multi-levels of internal and external interfaces.
4. Excellent Mandarin and English language skills.
5. Strong program/project management skills and practices; fluent in project management tools.
6. Documentation skills, fluent in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.).
Natural Talents (Innate Competencies/Behaviors):
1. High sense of ownership and accountability
2. High sense of leadership and influence
3. Ability to manage conflicts
4. Organized, detail-oriented, and pursuit of excellence
5. Eager to make an impact
6. Eager to make continuous improvement
7. Reactivity and self-initiative
8. Customer-friendly