NXP

The future starts here! Ready to join NXP in Technical Program Management?

Be an integral member of a global, highly-experienced team in R&D that drives the planning and execution of advanced microcontroller and microprocessors. We are part of MCU/MPU Engineering, a central design organization within NXP, developing products for multiple business lines in Automotive, Internet of Things (IoT), Networking, and Radio Frequency products, with expertise in hardware engineering, including architecture, IP, and full SoC Design.

As a Technical Program Manager your challenge will be to lead effective core teams with diverse technical leaders, helping them prioritize activities and communicate clearly while influencing peers and managers, and holding everyone accountable. You will drive strict project pace by accurately identifying technical risks for appropriate and timely closure.

Your responsibilities

As a Technical Program Manager you are responsible for:

• Leading all phases of SoC projects from architectural definition to validation
• Creating project plans with milestones, timelines, ownership, and drive delivery
• Facilitating project calls with global cross-functional teams to drive progress and resolve issues
• Facilitating project health check awareness and support executive/senior management reporting
• Acting as the first line of contact for issue escalation
• Providing balance in technical support for architectural approvals, development, documentation closure and source control management (quality control)
• Ensuring that the team is effectively delivering on their objectives and all the plans are on track. Perform risk analysis, identify and execute on mitigation steps

Your team

The NXP MCU/MPU Engineering Program Management team are a truly global and diverse team of experienced PMs from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences leading a diverse portfolio across multiple business lines in a matrix organization. They work in close collaboration with the business lines to achieve the market timing and business financial goals, leading the central SOC engineering teams through all the project lifecycles.

By using all PM fundamentals they drive a highly effective NPI process and continuously improve the PM tools, procedures and best practices with enthusiasm and energy to ensure on-time and on quality product delivery through use of analytics and metrics.

The preferred location for this role is Glasgow, Scotland, but other existing NXP locations will be considered.

Your profile

To be successful in this role you have:

• BEng or MEng in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• Deep knowledge of project management
• Management experience with proactive and solution-oriented approach
• Experience with Project Management tools such as MS Project or similar
• General understanding of system design and architectural definition

Furthermore, you should have:

• Strong analytical skills and familiarity with complex environments
• Proven strong leadership skills, team player, able to challenge the status quo and capable to switch between detail and helicopter view
• Flexibility, be calm under pressure and comfortable taking ownership in ambiguous environments

Creating Secure Connections and Infrastructure for a Smarter World

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) makes products and environments safer, more sustainable, and more secure with innovative connectivity and edge processing solutions for a smarter world.

We are in the business of better. Not just better technologies, but better innovations to improve society. As the world leader in secure connectivity and processing solutions for embedded applications, NXP is solving the world’s most complex technology challenges to accelerate business innovation, enhance how we work, and advance how we live.

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