Senior Director of Program Management
About The Position
MaxLinear is seeking an experienced program management leader to own customer-facing program management and end-to-end delivery of DCC solutions for module and hyperscale customers, across both new product introduction (NPI) and mass production phases. The role owns business-unit customer success metrics and leads the team toward successful outcomes. The position works with leads and management to manage change, mitigate risks, and resolve issues across the DCC business unit’s product portfolio. It enforces business-unit and new product development processes, ensures the quality of customer deliverables, and drives cross-functional engineering investigations into key customer-facing technical issues. The role also leads customer-facing cross-functional communication, prioritization, decision-making, and conflict resolution; supports customers on technical requirements, end-product integration, and issue management; and keeps the executive team informed of project status, escalating risks and issues in a timely manner.
Requirements
- Proven program management track record successfully delivering complex IC development programs with global cross-functional teams.
- Excellent program management skills in a matrix organization.
- Good understanding of IC development, embedded software development, and system integration flows, with strength in at least one of these areas.
- Strong customer management experience.
- Strong program management skills combined with interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or a related field plus 14 years of experience, or a master’s degree plus 12 years of experience, or a Ph.D. plus 10 years of experience.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience in Broadband Cable, Satellite, Consumer product markets, or Broadband Infrastructure markets.
Responsibilities
- Own customer-facing program management and coordinate end-to-end delivery of DCC solutions to module and hyperscale customers during NPI and mass production.
- Own customer success metrics for the business unit and lead the team to success.
- Work proactively with leads and the management team to manage changes, mitigate risks, and resolve issues across the DCC business unit’s product portfolio.
- Enforce business-unit business and NPD processes and ensure the quality of deliverables to customers.
- Drive engineering investigations of key customer-facing technical issues with cross-functional teams.
- Own and drive customer-facing cross-functional communication, prioritization, decision-making, and conflict resolution.
- Interface with key customers on technical requirements discussions, end-product integration, and issue management.
- Inform the executive team of project status and escalate program risks and issues in a timely manner.
Benefits
- Health care benefits
- 401k savings plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Paid time off
- Annual discretionary bonus eligibility
- Stock-based compensation for many positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
