Job Description

Join our Back-End Development (BE DEV) organization in a strategic leadership role as the Head of Project Office. You will be responsible for establishing and driving project governance, standardizing project management methodologies, and enabling Best-in-Class Time-to-Market (T2M) and R&D Efficiency across the organization.

Your role

Key responsibilities in your new role

• Lead and define the strategic direction of the BE DEV Project Office, ensuring effective governance, standardization, and execution excellence across development organizations.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve project management frameworks, methodologies, lifecycle standards, templates, and governance processes to support organizational objectives.
• Oversee project portfolio performance by monitoring project health, schedules, budgets, resources, dependencies, and overall execution effectiveness.
• Drive proactive risk management, issue resolution, and dependency management activities while supporting teams in developing mitigation and contingency plans.
• Govern project change management processes by evaluating the impact of scope, schedule, resource, and budget changes on organizational priorities and project outcomes.
• Define, monitor, and report key project management and R&D efficiency KPIs through executive dashboards and management reporting to support data-driven decision-making.
• Lead project management capability development by providing guidance, coaching, training, and best-practice implementation across BE DEV.
• Drive Project Office digitalization initiatives, including the adoption and optimization of project management tools, automation solutions, reporting platforms, and A-Process methodologies.
• Act as a strategic business partner to Development Platforms and Central Functions to align project management practices with business objectives and operational priorities.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence throughout the development organization.

Your profile

Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, Project Management, or a related discipline. A Master's Degree or MBA is strongly preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in project, program, or portfolio management within a semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor Packaging Development processes, development lifecycles, and R&D operational environments.
• Proven experience in establishing project governance frameworks, portfolio management practices, and organizational project management standards.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management disciplines, including project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, closure, reporting, and documentation.
• IPMA PMD certification or equivalent project management certification is highly desirable.

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