SENIOR PRINCIPAL PROGRAM MANAGER

Job Description

The Sr. Principal Program Manager for automotive product lines is a critical role in ensuring successful engagement with large customers working with Renesas on complex, multi-product system design.

You will regularly engage with customers and ecosystem partners to enable coordination of multi-product, multi-BU platform developments.

In some cases, this means coordinating applications work. In other cases, it will require leading new product development with engineering design, marketing, validation team, product and test engineering teams and from pre concept phase to production.

The person in this role leads and facilitates; is driven, organized and detail oriented; excels in program / project management;

thrive in an ambiguous environment; is adept at facilitating actions and resolving conflicts; manages through relationships and influence : and displays grace under fire.

What You'll Work On

• Lead cross-function teams through the new product development process and execute seamless product launches including early design engagement, prototype and design validation, ramp and delivery to customers.
• Work with engineering, product, marketing, finance and rest of the operations functions like planning, foundry engineering, test engineering, product engineering, application engineering, proto teams, logistics, etc.

to create a product development and launch plan that meets the market and business needs.

• Drive early engagement. Drive capital spend optimization and re-use.
• Develop pre-launch and ramp build plans with metrics that lead the team to work strategically and efficiently.
• Pivotal metrics are schedule, cost, quality, availability and order cycle time.
• Develop metrics to measure the team's progress and success at deliver on commitments.
• Act as the Operations leader in communicating program readiness, identifying risks and driving mitigation plans.
• Expand the roles beyond Automotive product lines when needed.
• Drive Automotive programs and prepare PPAP document with cross functional teams' support as needed

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Operations or Supply Chain Management preferred.
• MS in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management preferred.
• 15+ years of relevant project management or program management experience, with a deep technical background, ideally in product engineering or design engineering.
• Travel in USA : 15%
• Ability to converse intelligently with cross-functional team.
• Strengths in problem solving, issue-resolution, attention to detail, and ability to multitask.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives.

Company Description

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets.

Our robust product portfolio includes world leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products.

We are a key supplier to the world's leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.

Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements : Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial.

Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values.

At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what's next in electronics and the world.

Additional Information

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier.

The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions.

These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live.

Learn more at renesas.com.

Renesas' mission, To Make Our Lives Easier, is underpinned by our company culture, TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative and Entrepreneurial.

Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues, customers and stakeholders.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.