Program Director

Job Summary

Drive end to end program delivery, including planning, execution, tracking, and reporting.
Identify, monitor, and mitigate risks, dependencies, and issues throughout the program lifecycle.
Align program execution with customer specific processes, quality expectations, and engagement frameworks.
Ensure programs comply with audit and regulatory requirements, especially for automotive or other industry specific verticals.

Key Responsibilities

Maintain transparency through structured communication—dashboards, reports, stakeholder updates, and escalation management.
Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies (planning, stand ups, retrospectives) and drive continuous process improvement.
Define, track, and report on key KPIs to support informed, data driven decisions.
Support change management activities including scope modifications, resource planning, and timeline adjustments.
Conduct program evaluations, capture lessons learned, and implement corrective and preventive actions.

Skill Requirements

Overall 20 - 25 year experience, Minimum 4+ years of experience in VLSI project management ; with strong knowledge within VLSI, silicon development/ engineering environments.
Hands on exp. in at least one/more silicon dev workflow, and  familiarity in end-to-end silicon development : Arch., RTL design, verification, DFT, PD  & STA, tapeout cycles and Silicon validation
Experience working in regulated industries, preferably automotive or other compliance centric verticals.
Proven experience collaborating with engineering, product, QA, design, and cross functional teams to define scope, requirements, and program roadmaps.
Skilled in translating business objectives into actionable technical plans with clear milestones and success metrics.

Other Requirements

Experienced in applying industry standard estimation methods, and using tools/techniques for effort estimation, work package sizing, and complexity analysis.
Proficient with project management tools including Microsoft Project (MPP), Jira, Confluence, and other planning/scheduling tools.
PMP certification preferred and considered a strong advantage