Manager 5, Program Manager Engineering

Company Description

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

Job Description

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing one or more sustaining product programs beyond factory introduction and ramp up of mass production.
• Applies program management and manufacturing expertise in resolving complex cross-functional problems and issues with cross functional teams.
• Provides input to process technology direction and establishes methodologies for achieving these goals.
• Develops and presents program status and review information to department/corporate groups resulting in influencing direction/decisions/outcomes.
• Facilitates the resolution of complex team issues, builds consensus, maintains process focus, and overcomes barriers.
• Ensures that program objectives and deliverables are accomplished in a timely fashion to meet product ramp requirements.
• Interacts with marketing, materials, quality and engineering to define program plans.  May work with counterparts from other sites to support program deliverables after product/process transfers.
• May support marketing, sales and engineering to support customer requirements.
• Works with the engineering program manager to generate program plans i.e. Program/product overview, schedule, build and test (manufacturing and qualification) plans, resources and costs.
• Ensures tooling and test equipment capacity supports initial high volume manufacturing after program transfer.
• Defines pre-production demand to manufacturing site specifying BOM readiness and software revision requirements.
• Defines and implements business processes to optimize manufacturing, development, and/or qualification process.  
• Acts as the overall Lead to the Sustaining Core Team.

Qualifications

Required:

• Possess University Degree (Engineering or any discipline),  MBA is a plus.
• Minimum 5-10 years Program Management experience with at least five years cross-functional team management.

Preferred:

• Experience with directing and leading functional teams, leading cross functional disciplines (engineering, manufacturing, materials, finance and marketing).
• Experience working with either CM’s and/or high volume sites.
• Cross functional team management experience.

Skills:

• Understands how to sustain a product in a Contract Manufacturer environment.
• Manufacturing/process related working experience.
• Product and process requirements, development and implementation Customer interface experience.
• System top level assembly, first article inspection review, manufacturing test.
• Development of SOP, production process, validation, FAI requirements.
• Ability to thrive in a fast pace technology development environment, while being flexible to support program requirements.

Additional Information

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

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