Senior Engineering Program Manager Job in Cupertino, California US
Senior Engineering Program Manager
Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile, portable, hand-held consumer electronics products, like the Kindle and the new Kindle Fire. The products we design and engineer are easy-to-use and offer users benefits that are only made possible through tightly integrated digital technologies and wireless connectivity. As a Engineering Program Manager, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative consumer products. You will work closely with an internal inter-disciplinary team to drive key aspects of product definition, execution test and delivery. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment. The Role: The Engineering Program Manager will lead internal engineering teams through the product execution phase process. The candidate is responsible for creating the project plan, including the schedule. You will work with the Product Manager to derive the product requirements and obtain executive approval. The Engineering Program Manager will drive and motivate the cross-functional team to deliver the product(s) as per the agreed-to requirements and cross functionally manage other internal team members. The Engineering Program Manager will be responsible for the coordination and planning of all engineering builds at the supplier and drive the configuration management deliverables to ensure the timely release of all assemblies to production. Drive execution of projects. Lead cross functional retail project meetings. Lead milestone reviews. Present project status to the executive team. Manage Retail project builds globally.