Senior Director, Engineering Program/Project Management

Celestica’s Hardware Platform Solutions (HPS) designs and delivers data center hardware. The Technical and Customer Facing Program Director owns a strategic customer program from concept through new product introduction and volume ramp, serving as the primary technical contact and leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Program delivery: own the integrated program plan (schedule, milestones, phase gates, budget, risks) and drive it through EVT/DVT/PPVT/PVT/Optimization, NPI and ramp to agreed quality, cost and time targets
• Phase-gate governance: ensures alignment at phase gate reviews with clear entry and exit criteria and make go/no-go recommendations
• Customer engagement: serve as the customer's primary technical contact; set and run the engagement cadence, from weekly technical syncs to quarterly business reviews
• Escalation: own the customer escalation path and resolve issues at the lowest effective level
• Cross-functional leadership: lead engineering and program teams through a matrix; set priorities and resolve trade-offs on design, resources and schedule
• Operating model: define and apply the program RACI, decision rights, change control and reporting
• Manufacturing readiness: bring design-for-manufacturability and design-for-test input in early, and confirm test readiness and process capability before each build
• Supply chain alignment: align supplier qualification, material readiness and line readiness with the program schedule
• Reporting: report program health to senior leadership and the customer, and close review actions on time

Requirements:

• 15+ years in hardware product development, including 7+ years leading complex technical programs
• Experience delivering data center, server, storage or networking hardware for hyperscale or tier-1 OEM customers
• Proven track record taking products through EVT/DVT/PVT, NPI and volume ramp in a JDM, ODM or EMS environment
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple sites and time zones
• Strong working knowledge of DFM, DFT, test strategy and manufacturing process capability
• Customer-facing experience at senior technical and executive level
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer or Systems Engineering, or equivalent
• Master's degree in engineering or an MBA
• PMP or equivalent certification
• Experience working with manufacturing partners in Asia