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Cisco Silicon One™ is redefining networking silicon and setting new industry standards for decades to come. We are seeking a experienced New Product Program Manager to join our dynamic team, build and manage ASIC Program schedules, and ensure best-in-class operational excellence across the various phases of the ASIC product lifecycle-from prototype through production sustainment.

As a New Product Program Manager (NPPM), you will be responsible for managing the successful introduction and ramp-up of new silicon products from concept through production. You will partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Test, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to ensure on-time delivery, quality, and cost objectives are met. This role requires strong program management skills, technical competence, and the ability to influence and coordinate across multiple organizations.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Program Leadership: Support multi-functional teams through the full silicon product lifecycle-from definition, prototyping, and validation through volume production.

• Schedule Management: Develop, maintain, and communicate detailed program schedules, landmarks, and deliverables.

• Risk Management: Identify and proactively manage program risks, ensuring timely mitigation plans are in place.

• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact for program status, updates, and issues to senior management and interested parties.

• Lifecycle Ownership: Assist in managing aspects of product lifecycle management-scope definition, BOM/POR, schedules, interlocks, communication, and sustaining handoffs.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Engineering, Test, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Marketing to ensure alignment and resolve issues.

• Cost and Quality Targets: Ensure products meet established cost, quality, and reliability targets at each development stage.

• Operational Rigor: Monitor alignment to Plan of Record (POR), manage changes, and ensure alignment with schedule, quality, and cost targets.

• Documentation and Reporting: Prepare and present program status reports, post-mortems, and lessons learned to leadership.

• Program Improvement: Participate in process improvement initiatives in program execution, using standard methodologies and lessons learned.

 

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of program management experience in semiconductor, hardware, or high-tech product development.

• Experience successfully launching one or more new silicon products in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience with new product introduction (NPI) processes and product lifecycle management for silicon ASICs including process, product and package qualifications as well as Test HW process and bring-up.

• Working knowledge of silicon development flows: architecture, design, verification, product/test engineering, and silicon lifecycle management.

• Familiarity with hardware/system design, testing, and production engineering.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field; Master's degree strongly preferred.

• PMP, Agile, or similar project management knowledge (certification is a plus)

• Experience with silicon product development, ASIC/SoC, manufacturing

• Familiarity with supply chain operations, quality/reliability testing, and manufacturing process flows.

• Experience using program management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira).

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