Staff Programme Manager

The Team

Responsibilities and Duties

• Define, own, and communicate the integrated programme plan for Product Test and Diagnosis, covering Manufacturing Test, Lab infrastructure and operations, and Silicon Characterisation activities in support of New Product Introductions (NPI).
• Build and maintain cohesive, end-to-end plans that align the outputs of the Chip Test, Board Test, System Test, Lab, and Characterisation teams with broader Manufacturing Operations and product delivery milestones.
• Manage dependencies and execution across engineering, operations, and manufacturing, ensuring clear scope definition, deliverables, timelines, ownership, and success metrics.
• Coordinate and drive Design for X ( DfX ) reviews, ensuring timely input from test, characterisation, lab, and manufacturing perspectives into product design decisions.
• Maintain strong cross-functional and multi-regional working relationships within Graphcore and with external partners, including contract manufacturers and key suppliers.
• Provide programme-level visibility, risk management, and issue resolution, proactively identifying schedule, resource, or technical risks and driving mitigation plans.
• Enhance NPI and New Product Development (NPD) processes by assessing current workflows across test, lab, and characterisation activities, identifying efficiency improvements, and implementing best practices.

Essential Skills

• Strong programme and project management skills, with the ability to apply and tailor different delivery methodologies (e.g. waterfall, Agile, Scrum) to suit hardware-centric, cross-functional programmes.
• Solid understanding of test and diagnosis solutions across the server product lifecycle, including silicon wafers, packaged devices, PCB assemblies, server blades, rack-scale systems, and associated lab and characterisation activities.
• Ability to understand and communicate the interactions between hardware design, manufacturing, test, lab infrastructure, and silicon characterisation to provide effective Design for Manufacturing and Test ( DfM /DfT) feedback.
• Proven ability to work independently while also driving alignment and execution across cross-functional and geographically distributed teams through strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience managing complex dependency networks and aligning technical teams with operational and manufacturing constraints.

Desirable

Benefits

• In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health, mental wellbeing, and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar! We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.