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Senior Manager, Technical Program Management, Compute - Contractor

Job Description

• Highly motivated leader with the technical skills and team leadership behaviors required to deliver Magic Leap’s next generation spatial computing device.
• Working in an agile, startup environment, the Compute Senior Program Manager will be responsible for the design, development, commercialization, and on-time delivery of custom Asics required by our next generation spatial computing device.

Responsibilities:

• Define program scope, goals and deliverables; incorporate input from cross-functional team members and communicate to senior stakeholders.
• Create, maintain, and drive schedule by monitoring progress, coordinating activities, and resolving problems.  Implement, manage, and communicate program changes.
• Actively assess program health, utilize technical, managerial, and leadership skills to keep program velocity on track.  Understand and exercise escalation process both internally and externally to ensure high quality, on-time delivery.
• Lead complex technology partnerships with external vendors, integrate external teams and results into critical path and manage deliverables against SOW’s.
• Work closely with product owners and dependent product teams in defining the vision and ensuring team is doing the right thing for the end user.
• Prioritize team activities, lead decision-making process, and make appropriate commitments to dependent teams and stakeholders.
• Lead team through cycles of learning during the development process, advocate continuous improvement in product and process performance.
• Proactively identify and manage program risk; apply sound engineering problem-solving techniques and innovative mitigation plans to deliver excellence.
•  Lead design control activity, including but not limited to requirements, risk analysis, verification and validation protocols and reports, design transfer.
• Implement metrics as required bringing visibility to product and program health.
• Lead process improvement as required to deliver scope of work assigned.
• Facilitate design reviews according to quality requirements, ensure appropriate technical authorities are represented and design feedback is incorporated.
• Support Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs during relevant Corrective & Preventive Actions (CAPA) and Nonconforming Product Report (NPR) investigations.
• Assist in management of headcount, budget, and purchasing activities.

Qualifications:

• Drive, drive, and drive.  Appropriate balance of gracious and tenacious.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in a technical program management, program management, or product development role.
• Experience designing, developing, and launching to mass production custom ASICs for consumer electronic devices.
• Deep understanding of hardware and software development processes and procedures as well as knowledge of the product development life cycle.
• Track record of understanding of how and when to use popular project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Critical Path, etc.).
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft and Google productivity suites and working knowledge of Jira, Kanban, Tableau, etc.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics, Master’s degree preferred
• PMP certification, CSM, 6 Sigma certification preferred

Additional Information

• All your information will be kept confidential according to Equal Employment Opportunities guidelines.