Chief of Staff to VP, HPC Hardware Engineering

Renesas Electronics • Austin, TX

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Chief of Staff to the VP of HPC Hardware Engineering (HWEN) is a senior execution-effectiveness and information-flow leader who enables the Head of HWEN to run a complex, global hardware organization with clarity, speed, and discipline. The Chief of Staff’s primary objective is to ensure that accurate and relevant information is accessible at the appropriate level of detail and delivered precisely when required —across all sites, functions, execution metrics, innovation initiatives, and cost considerations. This is not an administrative or EA role; it is a senior leadership partner role focused on execution clarity and organizational health.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in semiconductors or adjacent deep‑tech industries, with strong exposure to engineering‑led, execution‑intensive organizations.
• Proven experience in roles such as Chief of Staff, Engineering Operations, Technical Program Leadership, Business Operations, or Strategy & Operations supporting senior engineering leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to build information systems and operating mechanisms that improve execution clarity and leadership decision‑making.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills; able to turn complex, messy inputs into clear insights.
• Ability to influence without authority across global, matrixed teams.
• Executive‑level written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with hardware development and digital design execution through tapeout, including typical risks, dependencies, and readiness gates.
• Experience working across multi‑site global engineering organizations.
• Experience building dashboards, KPIs, or execution governance frameworks.
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree, or equivalent demonstrated experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a standardized information flow across all HWEN sites (Japan, Vietnam, India) and horizontal functions to eliminate fragmented reporting and multiple versions of truth.
• Establish consistent definitions, templates, and health indicators for execution (milestones, readiness, risks, quality, dependencies, resourcing, and cost signals).
• Convert complex, bottom‑up execution data into clear, decision‑ready insights for the VP (what changed, why it matters, options, recommendation).
• Ensure leadership reviews focus on decisions and interventions—not status collection.
• Own the HWEN execution cadence, including leadership reviews, tapeout readiness checkpoints, cross‑site syncs, and risk reviews.
• Drive alignment on KPIs and execution metrics across functions and geographies.
• Surface risks, tradeoffs, and cross‑functional dependencies early—especially those that threaten schedule, quality, or tapeout readiness.
• Maintain a single, trusted roll‑up view of execution health across all programs.
• Act as the integration point across sites and horizontal functions to improve coordination, handoffs, and decision speed.
• Identify recurring friction points (unclear ownership, inconsistent readiness criteria, handoff breakdowns, reporting noise) and drive standard ways of working.
• Ensure issues are escalated with clarity, context, and ownership—not as late surprises.
• Track and govern HWEN’s innovation and improvement initiatives (design methodology upgrades, automation, flow improvements, productivity and quality initiatives).
• Ensure initiative work is visible, prioritized, and measured.
• Help leadership make deliberate tradeoffs between tapeout‑critical execution and longer‑term improvement work.
• Prepare the VP of HWEN for engagements with the SVP and broader leadership by providing a crisp execution narrative, top risks, mitigations, and decisions needed.
• Synthesize technical and operational inputs into executive‑ready materials (dashboards, one‑pagers, review decks).
• Ensure consistent messaging and clarity across the HWEN leadership team.
• Maintain a continuous pulse on organizational health, including morale, capacity strain, friction points, and execution stress.
• Bring early signals to the VP with context and options—before issues become systemic.
• Handle sensitive information with discretion and sound judgment.

Benefits

• Opportunities to explore hardware and software capabilities and try new things.
• Develop innovative products and solutions to meet global customers' evolving needs.
• Flexible and inclusive work environment.
• People-first culture.
• Global support system.
• Remote work option.
• Employee Resource Groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees