Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field required.

Preferred Education:

• MBA or a related advanced degree preferred.

Preferred Certification:

• PMP or PMI certification preferred.

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of experience as a Full lifecycle Technical Program Manager experience overseeing hardware design through "OK to Fab" (including flexes and rigid boards). Need some level of electrical engineering experience - primarily interfacing with managing electrical engineering team, scheduling milestones, upleveling key issues & risks from the engineering team.
• Proven track record managing cross-functional programs, complex schedules, risk management frameworks, and bug/issue tracking in large organizations.
• Strong vendor management, matrixed team leadership, and stakeholder communication skills up to executive leadership.
• Need someone with experience managing overseas contract manufacturing vendors, interfacing with them and their engineering team, overseeing program management.

Preferred Skills:

• Mandarin language proficiency.
• Additional experience developing field matrices with a wide range of configuration options.
• Supply chain management
• Scheduling, road mapping, budget tracking experience

Overview:

The Technical Program Manager is responsible for the successful definition, implementation, and delivery of complex, cross-functional programs involving multiple interdependent projects. This role requires strategic planning, strong communication, and collaboration across engineering, vendor partners, and internal business teams to ensure delivery within scope, quality, time, and budget constraints.

Key Project:

Wearables electrical engineering hardware device project.

Job Responsibilities:

Program & Project Delivery:

• Deliver programs within defined scope, quality, schedule, and budget constraints, navigating moderate probability and moderate impact risk factors
• Lead cross-functional, multi-project initiatives requiring broad alignment and coordination across engineering, operations, and vendor teams
• Need someone with experience managing overseas contract manufacturing vendors, interfacing w/ them and their engineering team, overseeing program management.
• Oversee all phases from design through "OK to Fab," including work with flexes, rigid boards, and hardware design processes.
• Ensure effective implementation planning and project tracking in large-scale enterprise environments.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management:

• Provide program level strategic planning and partner with executive-level leadership for direction-setting and status communication.
• Manage and influence internal exempt employees, matrixed teams, and contractors to deliver high-quality systems and enhancements.
• Foster strong team collaboration, uphold accountability, and drive issue resolution.
• Engage with vendors, ensuring expectations, schedules, and deliverables are clearly aligned and managed.

Operational & Technical Oversight:

• Lead scope definition, requirements gathering, documentation, and timeline estimation.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, status reports, and communication plans across multiple organizational levels.
• Oversee budget management, resource allocation, contingency planning, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Drive the use of program-level issue/bug tracking and risk management tools.
• Manage creation and maintenance of build matrixes across multiple configurations.

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.

Comments for

Suppliers:

• Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.
• Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.

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