Senior Director Program Management

Possible office locations: Austria (Gratkorn/Graz), Germany (Hamburg & Munich), France (Caen & Sophia Antipolis), Netherlands (Eindhoven). **Responsibilities**: - Manage a portfolio of programs for a product line or segment by steering multi-site, cross-functional teams consisting of Marketing, Sales, Customer Support, Systems, HW and SW engineers. - Manage and build a high-performance team of EPMs. - Initiate, plan, execute and close all programs as committed. - Track and publish programs’ business and technical KPIs. - Identify resources gaps and work with engineering leadership to have them resolved. - Handle typical escalations from programs. Provide architectural and technical guidance when required. - Inform the executive management team on risks and serious issues, taking responsibility in seeing them resolved. - Drive discussions to decisions on changes to program scope, schedule, and cost. - Ensure internal alignment on pre and post customer communications. - Engage regularly with internal and external stakeholders to ensure goals are aligned and met. - Ensure maintenance of comprehensive program documentation. Qualifications and Skills - Bachelor/Master/Phd degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business or similar is preferred. - Experienced in developing SoCs spanning the full life cycle: concept, development, customer sampling, mass production release and maintenance. - Business oriented. Able to handle multiple programs simultaneously. - Open minded and creative. - Self-motivated and deadline driven with a "Can do" attitude. - Strong leadership, time management and analytical skills. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Experienced with standard Program Management processes and tools. - Willing and able to travel to engineering and customer locations. The information below applies to our NXP site in Austria: At NXP in Austria, we are proud to have received the **Leading Employer Award 2020 & 2021 **, which is presented exclusively only to the top 1% of employers in Austria. For more information visit our Career Website or our NXP Austria Website and follow us on social: LinkedIn, Facebook (Global), Facebook (Austria) and Twitter. **What can you expect?** Contract: This is a fulltime position with a permanent contract. Benefits: Besides a competitive salary, you will be eligible for our bonus plan and receive lunch vouchers, a higher than average number of vacation days and the possibility to buy company shares with a 15% discount. We also have a work from home policy and many more benefits. In certain cases we also provide a relocation package and support for your move to Austria. Development opportunities: We believe that a key component to growing our business is to develop our people. To enable you to grow your career at NXP, we offer online and offline learning opportunities to help you develop some of your core and professional skills. Our office : NXP Graz/Gratkorn is based just outside of Graz, the city with the second highest population in Austria and the capital of the province Styria, with access to a highway, airport proximity and very good public transport connections to Graz. From there, you can enjoy the variety of opportunities Styria has to offer - whether you prefer outdoor activities in the gorgeous alpine mountains or cultural activities and events in the city of Graz. Here are some Useful Tips to help you prepare. And more: Life at NXP is more than work alone. We like to start our day with a free coffee and chat with a colleague in our social room and every day we offer fresh fruits for all employees. Join us at one of the many social activities that are organized by and for employees such as our summer parties, Christmas parties and sports events like a tennis tournament or sledging. Due to our location right next to the river Mur you can also enjoy the beautiful cycling and running path in your break or before/after work, because we also offer welfare facilities.