Sr Staff Director, Program Management - 2260

Serve as a key Program Management liaison between the company and its parent organization.

Establish strong working relationships with corresponding global teams across Program Management, Engineering, Product, NAND technology, controllers, firmware, software, and Operations.

Align internal programs with global teams’ products and technology roadmaps.

Represent the local organization’s priorities, constraints, and capabilities to parent-company stakeholders.

Establish a unified Program Management approach across technical and business teams.

Develop common planning standards, milestone definitions, reporting expectations, readiness criteria, and escalation processes.

Educate leaders and teams on the role, value, and expectations of Program Management.

Promote a culture of transparency, urgency, ownership, collaboration, and proactive risk management.

Assess existing tools, workflows, reporting systems, and sources of program data.

Implement systems and dashboards that provide consistent visibility into program and portfolio health.

Create centralized visibility into milestones, risks, issues, technical dependencies, decisions, and resource constraints.

Develop governance mechanisms for prioritization, escalation, and resource planning.

Lead, manage, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 3–5 Program Managers and/or Technical Program Managers.

Define team roles, responsibilities, goals, performance measures, and development plans.

Deploy resources based on company priorities, technical complexity, and business impact.

Build a high-performing Program Management team capable of operating effectively across both technical and business organizations.

Provide executive leadership with clear, concise, and actionable updates on major programs and portfolio health.

Develop executive-level reviews that highlight progress, risks, dependencies, decisions, and actions needed.

Present fact-based assessments of technical readiness, execution confidence, and program performance.

Facilitate difficult cross-functional discussions and help drive timely decisions.

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on program execution, organizational capability, and strategic priorities.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Business, Operations. Plus 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in Technical Program Management, Program Management, Engineering Management, Product Development, semiconductor technology, or a related field. Memory or storage related industry leadership experience preferred.

Deep technical knowledge in SSD, NAND flash memory architectures, data center, embedded storage, storage controllers, or memory-related technologies.

Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional programs involving multiple technical disciplines and business functions.

Experience leading and developing Program Management professionals. Experience managing hardware, embedded or firmware engineering teams.

Demonstrated ability to understand complex technical architectures, identify interdependencies, assess risk, and translate technical issues into program and business impacts.

Strong executive communication, facilitation, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

The expected salary for this position is $209,170.00 - $348,620.00. At KIOXIA, we value the following:

Investment in you Offering opportunities for career growth and personal development training

Offering opportunities for career growth and personal development training

Open-minded management Empowering employees by listening and responding to ideas, issues, and approaches

Empowering employees by listening and responding to ideas, issues, and approaches

Flexible work-life balance Offering a generous PTO allotment, holiday shutdown, and flexible work options

Offering a generous PTO allotment, holiday shutdown, and flexible work options

Variety of cultures, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences of all our team members Through our opportunity, belonging and respect initiatives, our focus is to strengthen our company culture to create an environment of belonging for all

Through our opportunity, belonging and respect initiatives, our focus is to strengthen our company culture to create an environment of belonging for all

Benefits for our team members Excellent medical and non-medical benefits, 401(k) matching, pet insurance

Excellent medical and non-medical benefits, 401(k) matching, pet insurance

KIOXIA America, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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