Silicon NPI Business Process Manager

Cisco•San Jose, CA

8d•$148,500 - $193,300

About The Position

As the Silicon NPI Business Process Manager for Silicon One, you will design, deploy, and govern end-to-end operational processes for bringing networking silicon from tape-out through production ramp. The role establishes standardized processes across prototype lot planning, supplier forecasting, supply commitments, and phase-gate readiness. It builds and maintains RACI frameworks across Silicon Engineering, Product Management, Sourcing, and Manufacturing Operations, and creates the playbooks, governance structures, and automated dashboards that enable Supply Chain Program Managers (SCPMs) to execute predictable new product introductions. The role develops prototype and NPI build-planning procedures, converts engineering demand into supplier forecasts, manages supply-commit processes with external manufacturing partners and foundries, and standardizes Clear-to-Build methods and prioritization. It defines supply-chain readiness gates, enables SCPMs with toolkits and checklists, and coordinates cross-functional alignment. It also governs readiness metrics and executive dashboards, presents portfolio-level readiness and risks to leadership, and advances digital planning and automated exception management through enterprise ERP and APS tools. The position serves as the operational lead for Silicon One SCPMs and works with Silicon Engineering, Product Management, Sourcing, suppliers, Manufacturing and Sustaining Operations, and executive leadership.

Requirements

8–10+ years of experience in semiconductor supply chain, NPI program management, silicon operations, or manufacturing process engineering.
Knowledge of the silicon development lifecycle, including tape-out, wafer fab, bump, probe/CP, OSAT assembly, ATE final test, and board-level EVT/DVT/PVT.
Experience designing, documenting, and implementing enterprise-wide supply-chain operating models, SOPs, and multi-functional RACI frameworks from scratch.
Data analytics and dashboard modeling experience using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Advanced Excel, SQL, or Python.
Familiarity with ERP/APS platforms such as Kinaxis, SAP, or Oracle.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree, MBA, or MS in Supply Chain or Engineering.
Experience with high-performance networking ASICs, advanced packaging such as 2.5D/3D, CoWoS, or chiplets, or deep sub-micron process nodes.
Lean Six Sigma, APICS/ASCM (CSCP/CPIM), or PMP certification.
Direct experience establishing governance and RACI structures in matrixed, high-velocity hardware organizations.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and govern SOPs for prototype build planning across Silicon One programs, including engineering samples, EVT, DVT, PVT, and qualification lots.
Establish a unified process for translating engineering build demand into rolling forecasts for foundry wafer starts, OSAT packaging substrates, probe, and final test.
Build and manage closed-loop supply-commit processes with external manufacturing partners and foundries.
Standardize Clear-to-Build methodologies, risk-buy policies, and prototype-lot prioritization frameworks across multiple projects.
Architect and maintain RACI matrices for the pre-production lifecycle, defining decision rights, achievement sign-offs, and deliverable ownership.
Establish and govern decision-making paths for critical NPI issues, including ECOs, tape-out shifts, wafer scrap excursions, split-lot trade-offs, and allocation conflicts.
Audit and refresh RACI boundaries as organizational structures evolve.
Define, standardize, and govern supply-chain readiness phase-gate criteria for Silicon One products.
Build standardized SCPM toolkits, playbooks, RACI-aligned checklists, and templates to support operational readiness and exit approvals.
Partner with Product Management, Silicon Design Engineering, Quality, Sourcing, and Manufacturing Operations to align at each achievement gate.
Institutionalize post-launch retrospectives and continuous-improvement processes.
Design, automate, and publish the Silicon One NPI Readiness Dashboard suite, tracking program health, achievement attainment, wafer cycle-time velocity, and supply-commit integrity.
Establish and track operational benchmarks, including schedule consistency, CTB lead-time health, supplier commit accuracy, yield-ramp velocity, handoff readiness, and RACI sign-off compliance.
Synthesize multi-program operational data into executive summaries for leadership and business-unit reviews.
Evaluate, automate, and integrate NPI planning workflows within enterprise ERP and APS systems.
Replace manual spreadsheet tracking with scalable, automated exception-management mechanisms.
Align tape-out schedules, silicon revision plans, and product roadmaps with supply-chain capability and explicit decision rights.
Synchronize foundry, substrate, packaging, and test-hardware supplier forecasts.
Establish handoff criteria and accountability transitions from ramp stabilization into high-volume manufacturing.
Present program readiness, portfolio-level risk heatmaps, and mitigation strategies to executive leadership.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
Paid parental leave.
Short- and long-term disability coverage.
Basic life insurance.
Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants, subject to continued employment and vesting terms.
Paid holidays and a floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
Paid birthday day off, year-end holiday shutdown, and personal wellness days.
Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification.
Paid sick time and carryover of unused sick time, subject to policy.
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues.
Optional paid volunteer days.
Annual bonuses for eligible non-sales employees, subject to Cisco policies.