Sr Staff Project/Program Design

Renesas is seeking a Sr Staff Project/Program Design Manager for its central engineering group and CTO office to lead multi-site MCU chip development. This role involves driving complex chip projects from planning to post-silicon phases, collaborating across software, marketing, and engineering teams. The manager will deploy best program management practices, monitor progress, report to senior management, and ensure project gate reviews and meeting cadences are maintained to resolve issues efficiently.

Must Have

• Drive the Project development for complex chips from Planning to post-silicon phase on schedule.
• Collaborate closely across multiple departments such as Software Teams, Marketing, Engineering, and Customers during project development.
• 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.
• Provide regular Project updates to the Senior Management.
• Co-ordinate and Conduct Project Gate reviews.
• Ensure proper project meeting cadence is in place and with regular follow-ups on ALL Action Items to resolve any open issues.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 10+ years of project management experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Proven track record of managing complex programs spanning across multiple departments.
• Expertise in program management tools and methodologies (Agile, Waterfall).
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence and drive decisions across global teams.
• 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.
• Proficiency in Atlassian JIRA and Confluence.

Good to Have

• PMP / PMA certificate

Perks & Benefits

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions.
• Opportunities to explore hardware and software capabilities and try new things.
• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet global customers' evolving needs.
• Help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.
• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment.
• People-first culture and global support system.
• Remote work option (as part of a general company hybrid model, though this specific role is not remote).
• Employee Resource Groups.

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.

Job Description

Renesas' central engineering group and CTO office is looking for a program manager to drive our multi-site MCU chip development.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the Project development for complex chips from Planning to post-silicon phase on schedule.
• Collaborate closely across multiple departments such as Software Teams, Marketing, Engineering, and Customers during project development
• 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
• Provide regular Project updates to the Senior Management
• Co-ordinate and Conduct Project Gate reviews
• Ensure proper project meeting cadence is in place and with regular follow-ups on ALL Action Items to resolve any open issues

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field with 10+ years of project management experience in the semiconductor industry
• Proven track record of managing complex programs spanning across multiple departments
• Expertise in program management tools and methodologies (Agile, Waterfall)
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to influence and drive decisions across global teams
• 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.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’

At Renesas, you can:

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.
• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.
• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting 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 law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement

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We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.