Sr Staff Director, Program Management - 2260

About the Role

This highly visible leadership role is responsible for establishing, building, and leading KIOXIA America, Inc.'s Program Management capability. The Senior Staff Director will define how Program Management operates across the organization, establish scalable governance, processes, systems, tools, and operating mechanisms, and create a consistent execution model that improves visibility, accountability, cross-functional alignment, decision-making, and business outcomes.

The position will build and lead the Program Management team and partner extensively with Engineering, Product Management, Product Planning, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Sales, Finance, IT, and other internal functions. The role will also serve as a key point of alignment with global teams to ensure consistency in program priorities, technical roadmaps, processes, reporting, decision-making, and execution.

Responsibilities

• Build and formalize KIOXIA’s Program Management function from the ground up, defining the operating model, team structure, responsibilities, engagement model, governance, and performance expectations.
• Establish scalable processes, methodologies, templates, systems, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms appropriate for a growing semiconductor company.
• Assess current practices across teams and unify fragmented or inconsistent approaches into a cohesive operating model.
• Drive programs across concept, architecture, development, validation, qualification, manufacturing readiness, launch, customer enablement, and sustaining phases.
• Establish integrated program plans with measurable objectives, schedules, milestones, deliverables, resource assumptions, technical dependencies, and success criteria.
• Drive accountability across Engineering and business teams for execution commitments and outcomes.
• Develop program health metrics, scorecards, KPIs, and executive reporting mechanisms.
• Bring sufficient technical depth to credibly lead and challenge complex programs, understanding technical architectures, development dependencies, qualification requirements, and key engineering tradeoffs.
• Translate technical risks, dependencies, and engineering issues into actionable business implications and leadership decisions.
• Align organizations with differing objectives, priorities, and operating practices around unified program goals.
• Lead cross-functional planning, prioritization, risk resolution, and resource discussions.
• Improve collaboration between technical, operational, and commercial organizations in a highly matrixed environment.
• Serve as a key Program Management liaison between the company and its parent organization, aligning internal programs with global teams’ products and technology roadmaps.
• Establish a unified Program Management approach across technical and business teams, developing common planning standards, milestone definitions, and reporting expectations.
• Educate leaders and teams on the role, value, and expectations of Program Management.
• Promote a culture of transparency, urgency, ownership, collaboration, and proactive risk management.
• Assess existing tools, workflows, reporting systems, and sources of program data to implement systems and dashboards providing consistent visibility into program and portfolio health.
• Develop governance mechanisms for prioritization, escalation, and resource planning.
• Lead, manage, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 3–5 Program Managers and/or Technical Program Managers.
• Provide executive leadership with clear, concise, and actionable updates on major programs and portfolio health.
• Facilitate difficult cross-functional discussions and help drive timely decisions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on program execution, organizational capability, and strategic priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Business, Operations, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in Technical Program Management, Program Management, Engineering Management, Product Development, semiconductor technology, or a related field.
• Memory or storage-related industry leadership experience preferred.
• Deep technical knowledge in SSD, NAND flash memory architectures, data center, embedded storage, storage controllers, or memory-related technologies.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional programs involving multiple technical disciplines and business functions.
• Experience leading and developing Program Management professionals.
• Experience managing hardware, embedded, or firmware engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to understand complex technical architectures, identify interdependencies, assess risk, and translate technical issues into program and business impacts.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

• Opportunities for career growth and personal development training.
• Open-minded management that empowers employees by listening and responding to ideas, issues, and approaches.
• Flexible work-life balance with a generous PTO allotment, holiday shutdown, and flexible work options.
• Inclusive culture valuing diverse cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences.
• Excellent medical and non-medical benefits, 401(k) matching, and pet insurance.

Pay

The expected salary for this position is $209,170.00 - $348,620.00.