Electrical Technical Program Manager II (PCB)

About the role

We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to work on wearables electrical engineering hardware device project.

Responsibilities

• Deliver programs within defined scope, quality, schedule, and budget constraints, navigating moderate-probability and moderate-impact risk factors
• Lead cross-functional, multi-project initiatives requiring broad alignment and coordination across engineering, operations, and vendor teams
• Manage overseas contract manufacturing vendors, interfacing with them and their engineering team, overseeing program management.
• Oversee all phases from design through “OK to Fab,” including work with flexes, rigid boards, and hardware design processes.
• Ensure effective implementation planning and project tracking in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Provide program-level strategic planning and partner with executive-level leadership for direction-setting and status communication.
• Manage and influence internal exempt employees, matrixed teams, and contractors to deliver high-quality systems and enhancements.
• Foster strong team collaboration, uphold accountability, and drive issue resolution.
• Engage with vendors, ensuring expectations, schedules, and deliverables are clearly aligned and managed.
• Lead scope definition, requirements gathering, documentation, and timeline estimation.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, status reports, and communication plans across multiple organizational levels.
• Oversee budget management, resource allocation, contingency planning, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Drive the use of program-level issue/bug tracking and risk management tools.
• Manage creation and maintenance of build matrixes across multiple configurations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of related experience required
• Full lifecycle Technical Program Management experience overseeing hardware design through “OK to Fab” (including flexes and rigid boards)
• Electrical engineering experience, primarily interfacing with managing electrical engineering team, scheduling milestones, upleveling key issues & risks from the engineering team
• Strong vendor management, matrixed team leadership, and stakeholder communication skills up to executive leadership.
• Experience managing overseas contract manufacturing vendors, interfacing with them and their engineering team, overseeing program management.
• Proven track record managing cross-functional programs, complex schedules, risk management frameworks, and bug/issue tracking in large organizations.

Qualifications

• MBA or a related advanced degree preferred
• Mandarin language proficiency.
• PMP or PMI certification preferred
• Prior FAANG or Big Tech a plus

Benefits

• [medical insurance]
• [dental insurance]
• [vision insurance]
• [401(k) retirement plan]
• [long-term disability insurance]
• [short-term disability insurance]
• [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State]
• [10-15 days of paid vacation time]
• [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year]
• [Ascendion Learning Management System]

Pay

The salary for this position is between $135,000 - $208,000 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.