Sr Principal, Program Design

Responsibilities

• Drive project development for automotive MCU products from the planning phase through to mass production (MP) on schedule.
• Collaborate across multiple departments including Software, Marketing, Engineering, Finance, Sales, and external vendors.
• Deploy best program management practices such as bottoms-up planning, dependency mapping, critical path analysis, and risk mitigation.
• Monitor project progress, report status to senior management, and escalate issues as required.
• Coordinate and conduct project gate reviews and maintain a regular meeting cadence to resolve open action items.
• Support the Program Manager and project team in all organizational activities during the development lifecycle.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of project management experience within the engineering sector.
• Solid technical background with hands-on experience in HW Chip development (CPUs, GPUs, MCUs, SoCs, or Memory development).
• Expertise in Microsoft Office 365, specifically advanced skills in MS Project.
• Proficiency with Atlassian JIRA and Confluence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to manage client-facing and internal stakeholders.
• Fluency in English for a global business environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or PMA certification.

About the Company

Renesas is a leading global semiconductor company dedicated to making every endpoint intelligent. We provide innovative product solutions across the automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT markets. With over 21,000 employees in more than 30 countries, we foster a culture that is transparent, agile, global, innovative, and entrepreneurial.