Technical Program Manager

**The future starts here Ready t **o join NXP in MCU/MPU Engineering?**

Be an integral member of a global, highly-experienced team in R&D that drives the planning and execution of advanced microcontroller and microprocessor related projects. 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.

**Your responsibilities**
- Lead all phases of various SoC projects from architectural definition to validation
- Create project plans with milestones, timelines, and ownership, and drive delivery
- Facilitate related project calls with global cross-functional teams, drive progress and resolve issues
- Facilitate project health check awareness and support executive/senior management reporting.
- Work with internal and external partners to drive connectivity software and hardware integration and collaboration activities
- Act as the first line of contact for issue escalation
- Provide balance in technical support for architectural approvals, development, documentation closure and source control management (quality control).
- Ensure 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.

Key Challenges:

- Leading effective meetings with diverse technical leaders, helping them prioritize and communicate clearly.
- Influencing peers and managers and holding everyone accountable.
- Drive strict project pace by accurately identifying technical risks for appropriate and timely closure.
- Cross Functional Aspects
- The team interfaces with R&D Senior Management, Business line Product Management and Business Line Program Management. Within R&D, this team interacts with functional leaders in every discipline related to chip development.
- Within this role, you should expect to interact across functions, teams and regions on a daily basis.

**The 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 organisation. 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 in project management
- Experienced Manager with proactive and solution-oriented approach
- Experience with Project Management tools such as MS Project or similar
- General understanding in system design and architectural definition

Furthermore, you are:

- 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
- Flexible, calm under pressure, and comfortable taking ownership in ambiguous environments