Sr Staff, Program Design

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the Project development for automotive MCU products from Planning to MP (Mass Production) phase on schedule.
• Collaborate closely across multiple departments such as Customers, Software Teams, Marketing, Engineering, Finance, Sales and Vendors/Suppliers during project development phase.
• Deploy best Program Management Practices: Bottoms-up planning, Dependency mapping, Critical path analysis and Risk mitigation using industry standard planning tools such as MS-Project for Project planning and execution.
• Monitor the Project development progress and report the status on a regular basis and escalate issues whenever needed. Also provide regular Project updates to the Senior Management.
• Co-ordinate and Conduct Project Gate reviews.
• Take personal accountability to drive the projects and deliver them on schedule. Ensure proper project meeting cadence is in place and with regular follow-ups on ALL Action Items to resolve any open issues.
• Support Program Manager and project team in all organizational activities during the project development.
• Minimum 10 years project management experience in the engineering sector.
• Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in of HW Chip development (CPU’s/GPU’s/MCU’s/SoC’s/Memory dev etc.)
• Able to plan and manage complex Projects spanning across multiple departments
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Expertise in Microsoft Office 365 including advanced skills in MS Project
• Atlassian JIRA and Confluence
• PMP / PMA certificate is a plus
• Confident English speaker in a global business environment
• Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier . With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world‑leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.