Silicon NPI Business Process Manager

Application window expected to close on: 10/28/2026

About the role

As the Silicon NPI Business Process Manager for Silicon One, you will be the chief operational architect responsible for standardizing and scaling how Cisco brings pioneering networking silicon from tape‑out through production ramp. Silicon One represents Cisco's flagship routing and switching silicon architecture. In this role, you will design, deploy, and govern end‑to‑end operational processes across prototype lot planning, supplier forecasting, supply commits, and phase‑gate readiness. A central pillar of your scope will be establishing multi‑functional clarity by building, embedding, and actively maintaining RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) frameworks across Silicon Engineering, Product Management, Sourcing, and Manufacturing Operations. Rather than running a single product line, you will establish the institutional framework, playbooks, governance swimlanes, and automated dashboards that empower a team of Supply Chain Program Managers (SCPMs) to implement flawless, predictable new product introductions.

You will be the operational lead for the Silicon One SCPMs, providing the RACI frameworks, tools, processes, and governance that make their daily program execution seamless. You will align tape‑out schedules, silicon revision plans, and product roadmaps with supply chain capability and explicit decision rights alongside Silicon Engineering & Product Management; synchronize foundry (wafer fab), substrate, packaging (OSAT), and test hardware supplier forecasts with Global Sourcing & Supplier Management; establish clean, contractual handoff criteria and accountability transitions from ramp stabilization into high‑volume manufacturing with Manufacturing & Sustaining Operations; and present program readiness, portfolio‑level risk heatmaps, and mitigation strategies to Executive Leadership.

Responsibilities

• Prototype & NPI Build Planning & Supplier Forecast Governance
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): Design, implement, and govern SOPs for prototype build planning (engineering samples, EVT, DVT, PVT, and qualification lots) across all Silicon One programs.
  • Supplier Forecasting: Establish a unified mechanism for translating engineering build demand into rolling supplier forecasts (foundry wafer starts, OSAT packaging substrates, probe, and final test).
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