Job Description

【Reason for Hiring】
The Automotive High Performance Compute (HPC) team is seeking an experienced SoC Senior Program Manager to own a next generation SoC product throughout the complete lifecycle: ideation, architecture, design, development, manufacturing, bring up, and customer launch.

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 HW, SW, AI, and Systems as well as strong customer and internal executive leadership is expected. Program is composed of project teams who are distributed globally including Japan, India, Vietnam, and United States.

【Role Responsibilities】
This position is a great opportunity to take ownership of a key automotive SoC product, integrating the latest technology and process nodes into a best-in-class product.

• Complete ownership and accountability for the given programs with strong exposure to executive leadership from Renesas, our customers, and our key partners
• Create and manage business plan and program budget with strong support from contributing project teams (HW, SW, AI, marketing)
• 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 Program Development 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.

【What We Offer】
・Opportunity to engage in the development of cutting-edge SoCs (System on Chips) used in autonomous driving systems.
・Hands-on involvement throughout the entire process, from development to release, while closely collaborating with automotive manufacturers.
・Work in a global environment with a development team composed of international members from the United States, Asia, India, Vietnam, and more.

【What Are We Looking For】
・A leader who can unite the team and foster collaboration to achieve common goals.
・A self-motivated and proactive individual who can act quickly and independently in their work.
・Someone with strong management skills, capable of tracking team progress, monitoring member status, and effectively managing project timelines.
・A strong communicator who can engage and involve those around them to drive progress.
・A positive-minded individual who approaches challenges with enthusiasm and a forward-thinking attitude.

Qualifications

【MUST】

• 10+ years of experience in the semiconductor engineering field, with a focus on the complete lifecycle of SoC platforms.
• Experience in managing large, multi-disciplinary global SoC product delivery teams.
• Proven track record of successfully program managing complex SoC products and delivering high-quality platforms to customers.
• Strong experience with customer communication
• Strong experience managing multi-national teams across time zones and native languages

【WANT】

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address customers’ expectations.
• Strives for continual improvement in all aspects of work including policies and methodology.
• Collaborating with senior and executive leadership to develop team objectives in accordance with wider company strategy.
• Strong collaboration with engineering, business, and other teams to identify process and efficiency gaps and propose changes to address them
• Excellent command of verbal and written English and Japanese.
• Ability to propose innovative solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills

Additional Information

ルネサスは、「To Make Our Lives Easier 」（人々の暮らしを楽“ラク”にする）というPurposeの下、組み込み半導体ソリューションを提供します。高品質とシステムレベルノウハウを兼ね備えた組み込み半導体のリーダーとして、自動車、産業、インフラ・IoT分野向けに、ハイパフォーマンスコンピューティング、組み込みプロセッシング、アナログ＆コネクティビティ、そしてパワーを含めた幅広い製品ポートフォリオを軸とした、スケーラブルで包括的なソリューションを提供しています。

ルネサスは、30か国以上で21,000 人を超える多様性あふれる従業員と共に、限界に挑戦しながら、デジタライゼーションを通じてユーザエクスペリエンスを充実化させ、新たなイノベーションの時代を切り開いていきます。そして世界中の人々やコミュニティの未来のために、持続可能で省エネ効果の高いソリューションの開発に全力で取り組み、「To Make Our Lives Easier」を実現します。

ルネサスで実現できること

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• やりがいとインパクトのある仕事をする： 革新的な製品とソリューションの開発に関わることにより、世界中のお客様のニーズに応えると同時に、人々の生活をより便利で安全かつ安心なものにすることに貢献できます。
  
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