Program Manager

Cohu • San Diego, CA

20d

About The Position

Lead end-to-end program execution for development projects, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and high-quality delivery. Collaborate with internal teams including engineering, production, support, and sales to drive project milestones and resolve roadblocks to development. Develop and maintain detailed project plans , risk registers, and status reports tailored for both internal and external stakeholders. Facilitate regular executive briefings and meetings with customer and internal leadership. Proactively identify risks and issues and implement mitigation strategies to ensure project success. Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, SLAs, and quality standards. Drive continuous improvement and post-project reviews to capture lessons learned and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline or directly related equivalent experience required.
• 10+ years of semiconductor equipment industry experience; backend test segment preferred with 5+ years of engineering product marketing or program management experience.
• Strong communication skills (written/verbal) and with credible executive presence.
• Experience delivering executive presentations spanning technical, business and strategic topics.
• Knowledgeable about semiconductor capital equipment market and customer requirements with the ability to navigate deeply technical discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent people and management skills to interact with staff, colleagues, cross-functional teams, and third parties.
• Attention to detail, and self-disciplined to drive individual activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program execution for development projects, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and high-quality delivery.
• Collaborate with internal teams including engineering, production, support, and sales to drive project milestones and resolve roadblocks to development.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans , risk registers, and status reports tailored for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate regular executive briefings and meetings with customer and internal leadership.
• Proactively identify risks and issues and implement mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, SLAs, and quality standards.
• Drive continuous improvement and post-project reviews to capture lessons learned and best practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees