Staff Engineering Program Support

Responsibilities

• Coordinate engineering planning activities, schedules, milestones, and deliverables across multiple teams.
• Track progress against agreed plans and provide regular status updates to stakeholders.
• Identify, monitor, and help manage project dependencies, risks, issues, and actions.
• Facilitate engineering meetings, reviews, planning sessions, and cross-functional coordination activities.
• Maintain project documentation, reporting dashboards, action logs, and operational records.
• Support engineering leaders with resource planning, prioritization activities, and workload visibility.
• Drive follow-up actions to ensure commitments are completed and blockers are escalated appropriately.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to improve communication and information flow.
• Aid in the implementation and continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Produce clear and concise reports, presentations, and communications for engineering and business audiences.
• Cookordination activities across geographically distributed teams to support efficient execution.
• Contribute to operational excellence initiatives that improve predictability, efficiency, and delivery outcomes.

Requirements

Essential:

• 10 years experience coordinating complex technical, engineering, programme, or operational activities.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience tracking actions, risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to influence outcomes and drive progress without direct authority.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Experience using project management, planning, reporting, or collaboration tools.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Proactive approach to identifying improvements and resolving coordination challenges.

Desirable:

• Experience supporting engineering, software, hardware, semiconductor, or technology-focused organisations.
• Knowledge of project, programme, or portfolio management methodologies.
• Experience creating executive-level reporting and operational dashboards.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or similar delivery frameworks.
• Experience coordinating activities across international or distributed teams.
• Understanding of engineering product development lifecycles.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven track record of successfully managing engineering projects and programs.
• Experience in project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or Kanban.
• Strong understanding of engineering product development lifecycles.

Skills

• Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Communication Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Problem-Solving

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers:

• Flexible working
• A comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• Disability and life insurance
• A 401(k) retirement plan
• Commuter benefits
• Wellness services
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)