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
The High Performance Compute (HPC) team is seeking an experienced Program Manager to work as part of the Program Management Office. The HPC PMO has oversight of the NPI development process, IP process and 3rd party management process and additionally partners with stakeholders to drive change initiatives and continuous improvement across HPC and in the wider Renesas organization. Additionally, the team form a consolidated view of execution across HPC acting as a central conduit for escalation and resolution of cross portfolio issues.
This role will have a broad and varied remit; with potential to Program Manage vendor selection for IP and outsource contracts, direct NPI development, continuous improvement initiatives, and change management. Critical aspects of the role include execution on given timelines, program budget responsibility, program escalation path ownership, monitoring and reporting of program progress, comparison of performance against goals (technical and commercial), as well as overall program ownership and accountability. Leadership of cross functional teams including senior stakeholders and communication with internal executive leadership is expected. HPC is distributed globally including Japan, India, Vietnam, and United States.
Principle Accountabilities
- Complete responsibility for the given programs with strong exposure to executive leadership from Renesas and key partners
- Establish, drive, and maintain the overall program plan including regular program reporting to both internal and external teams
- Define all milestones and track on a regular basis. Highlight issues and build options for mitigation/resolution. Ensure risk analysis is complete and maintained including options and trigger dates.
- Organize and hold regular Core Team meetings. Create regular data driven updates for internal and external consumers
- Lead cross functional teams across multiple locations to deliver the program.
- Maintain program budgets and highlight changes against the plan.
Suggest and deliver process improvements in conjunction with HPC PMO and other stakeholders.
Qualifications
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
- 8+ years’ experience managing large multi-disciplined global semiconductor product delivery teams
- A strong understanding of what great semiconductor program management looks like
- Strives for continual improvement in all aspects of work including policies and methodology.
- Experience of effecting change in large organizations
- Strong experience managing multi-national teams across timezones and native languages
- Excellent communication skills at all levels, both internally and externally
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and address the real root cause of issues
- Rapid response – identifying issues in advance, and the right owners to address these
- Tenacity – continual follow up to get the job done
- Ability to propose innovative solutions.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Japanese language skills would be preferred
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.
