Sr Program Manager

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$60.00/hr - $60.00/hr

Job Title: Sr Program Manager

Work Location: Austin TX 78728

Duration: 11 Months

Work Type: Temporary Assignment

Job Type: Hybrid

Seniority Level: Associate

Employment Type: Contract

Job Function: Project Management and Other

Industries: Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

Tek Wissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide. This client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. The company also produces flash memories, graphics processors, motherboard chip sets, and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods.

• As the Program Manager, you will have the opportunity to manage End-to-End ownership of overall solutions for innovative products.
• Solid program management of various software development teams, monitoring the quality of the resulting software deliverables and a strong partnership with the customer support teams are the key focus area of this role.

• The right candidate will have solid knowledge of program management, impeccable track record of delivering complex software programs, and experience with Device Drivers, Firmware, Graphics technology, SOC product development and customer facing experience.

• Responsible for leading program level BIOS deliverables and related dependencies, ensuring firmware commitment delivery on schedule from emulation through end of life.
• Responsibilities include defining and leading key product deliverables/schedules and driving cross functional activities to achieve high quality deliverables to internal teams as well as customers.
• Primary contact for firmware deliverables and issue status for internal teams.
• Foster relationship with program, development, QA and validation teams, while leading expectations of internal and external teams.
• Advocate strong process discipline for firmware release sampling, silicon release sampling, firmware issue tracking and operational firmware processes.
• Align with cross-functional teams (Design, Platform, Validation & QA, Customer Teams, and Firmware Development) on requirements, schedules, and deliverables, as well as communicating same.
• Coordinate hardware and silicon sampling ordering to meet committed BIOS/firmware deliverables.
• Maintain awareness of, and provide status reports on firmware readiness, status and key issues.
• Identify program risks and coordinate with firmware management on mitigation plans.
• Commit to the highest levels of internal and external customer happiness.
• Initiates significant changes to existing processes and methods to improve project and team efficiencies.

• Experience in areas of datacenter system design, software development, and validation
• Experience in the computing industry, at the OEM, ODM, or technology provider level.
• Experience managing and delivering programs.
• Experience leading cross-functional and cross-regional teams to deliver program goals.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Highly organized, strong attention to detail, able to prioritize, and balance multiple work streams to tight deadlines.
• Deals efficiently with people in tense situations and confronts and resolves conflicts efficiently.
• Ability to network quickly and independently to align resources towards a common goal.
• Ensures that project goals and project objectives are met.
• Makes decisions or takes actions that move items to closure without divisiveness.
• PMP certification a plus, but not required
• BIOS and UEFI knowledge a plus, but not required

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to manage, Building, creating, and maintaining a well-developed, managed and executed program plan, and handle across multiple programs & organizations
• Highly organized, able to prioritize, and juggle multiple work streams to tight deadlines
• System or silicon based program management experience
• Strong Microsoft office tools – excel, power point, etc; power
  
  BI & AI tools experience would be preferable.

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in electrical, computer engineering, or computer science strongly preferred
• Project management experience in a manufacturing test environment
• Skilled in MS Office & MS Project tool suites, Confluence, MS Share Point

Tek Wissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.