Principal Project/Program Mgmt Specialist

About the role

Lead complex product development programs within the Hi-Rel Business Division, driving cross-functional teams from project inception through customer release. Own project execution, serving as the primary point of accountability for scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and overall program success. Develop and manage integrated project plans, budgets, forecasts, milestones, and deliverables to ensure alignment with business and customer objectives. Facilitate effective decision-making by leading execution reviews, resolving issues, mitigating risks, and removing roadblocks to maintain program momentum.

Prepare and deliver concise project status updates, management reviews, and decision-point presentations to executive leadership and stakeholders. Drive continuous improvement through the development and implementation of project management best practices, processes, and execution methodologies. Partner closely with engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, marketing, sales, and program leadership to ensure successful execution across the product portfolio. Monitor and communicate key performance indicators (KPIs), proactively escalating issues and driving corrective actions to achieve program goals.

Support annual operating planning and portfolio management activities, including project estimation, forecasting, resource planning, and budget management. Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Demand Creation teams to align development priorities with customer requirements and market opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of projects to schedule, budget, and quality.
• First time-right mentality with execution.
• Implement project management strategy to challenge the status quo and drive higher efficiency of execution to scale up to the roadmap requirements.
• Continuous focus on mitigating project risk by tracking progress, contingency planning, and acting on small signals with high urgency and timely escalation to prevent fire fighting.
• Develop a strong team that understands their role and responsibilities, collaborates with each other and others in the team, and seamlessly executes with continuous focus on improving all execution vectors.

Requirements

• Experienced professional with 10+ years of relevant experience working for a major analog semiconductor or Space system company.
• 5+ years of hands-on technical program/project management experience leading teams to develop broad market or custom mixed-signal analog products for satellite and space, commercial, industrial, or automotive applications.
• PMP certification is not a requirement but will be a plus.
• 5+ years of relevant experience being part of Product line NPI functional teams as a hands-on product, test, validation, design, quality, or related function.
• In-depth understanding of new product introduction and product development flow from concept to production release.
• Exposure to Automotive process or Space RADHard processes is a plus.

Skills

• Proficient with industry-standard project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, SharePoint, FMEA, Root Cause Analysis, Microsoft OneNote.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical or Electronics Engineering; Masters or PhD in EE is preferred.