Principal Program Manager - Networking Hardware Development

Principal Program Manager – Networking Hardware Development

Bachelor’s Degree
10+ years program management experience
5+ years’ experience in network hardware design and manufacturing
Demonstrated team leadership capabilities with strong communication, interpersonal, and influence skills
Prior experience driving collaboration with customers on hardware design projects
Strong operational and financial knowledge
Strong ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
Experience working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environments
Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10%

Oversee the direction of multiple programs, ensuring alignment with world-wide cross-functional delivery teams.
Collaborate with Business Unit leaders to develop project and program resourcing strategies, ensuring optimal support for projects and daily operations.
Identify program impediments and guide proper escalation as needed, planning and scheduling programs to deliver key milestones and manage interdependencies.
Review and monitor project health with functional leaders, establishing and implementing metrics to measure project performance.
Track and optimize resource usage, ensuring accurate status reporting of all projects and programs.
Drive continuous improvement through trend reporting analysis and metrics management.
Manage global communications regarding release plans and deliveries, ensuring regular, active communication with customers, key stakeholders, and executives.
Demonstrate a commitment to customer service by anticipating, meeting, and exceeding expectations, and prioritizing customer issues.
Ensure compliance with company security policy procedures and maintain the quality of milestones and deliverables within program requirements.