Sr Mgr, Project/Program Design

About the role

This position leads customer-facing product programs from proposal through production launch and lifecycle support, focusing on strong cross-functional project execution to ensure successful delivery of microcontroller (MCU) products for all relevant markets. The ideal candidate has experience managing a team of project/program managers, semiconductor product programs, coordinating global engineering teams, driving execution against aggressive timelines, and serving as the primary escalation point for customer and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end execution of MCU product programs across silicon, software, systems, validation, manufacturing, and quality teams.
• Build and maintain integrated program schedules with clear milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
• Drive execution readiness for silicon bring-up, software releases, validation, qualification, and production launch.
• Track program KPIs including schedule, cost, quality, risk, and resource utilization.
• Identify execution risks proactively and lead mitigation and recovery plans.
• Coordinate global cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, product marketing, applications, quality, and supply chain.
• Ensure alignment between customer commitments and internal execution capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in semiconductor, embedded systems, automotive electronics, or related industries.
• 5+ years of experience in technical program management, customer program management, or project execution roles.
• Experience managing complex MCU or SoC product development programs.
• Strong understanding of embedded systems, software development lifecycles, and semiconductor product development.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional global teams and customer relationships.
• Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with project management tools and methodologies.

Skills

• Program execution excellence
• Technical depth in IC products
• Risk management and problem solving
• Executive communication and stakeholder alignment
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Strategic planning and operational execution
• People management experience

About the company

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, Renesas offers the opportunity to work on world-leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future. The company culture, TAGIE, is grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial.