Product Lifecycle New Product Program Manager

New Product Program Manager

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

As a New Product Program Manager (NPPM), you will be responsible for driving the successful introduction and ramp-up of new silicon products from concept through production. You will partner multi-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.

Your Impact

• Program Leadership: Lead 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, achievements, and deliverables.
• Risk Management: Identify and proactively manage program risks, ensuring timely mitigation plans are in place.
• Partner Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact for program status, updates, and critical issues to senior management and interested parties.
• Lifecycle Ownership: Own all aspects of product lifecycle management-scope definition, BOM/POR, schedules, interlocks, communication, and sustaining handoffs.
• Multi-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: Drive continuous improvement initiatives in program execution, using standard methodologies and lessons learned.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of program management experience in semiconductor, silicon, ASIC, or high-tech product development.
• Demonstrated success in launching at least ten new silicon products within fast-paced settings.
• 10+ years of 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.
• Knowledge of silicon development flows: architecture, design, verification, product/test engineering, and silicon lifecycle management.
• Experience translating customer requirements into actionable engineering achievements.
• 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 highly preferred.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead and influence multi-functional teams without direct authority.
• PMP, Agile, or similar project management certification.
• Experience with silicon product development, ASIC/SoC, or hardware manufacturing.
• Familiarity with supply chain operations, quality/reliability testing, and manufacturing process flows.
• Black Belt in Six Sigma or equivalent process innovation/management.
• Experience using program management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira).