Senior Program Manager

About This Role

• The Advanced Packaging Technology Development Substrate and Wafer Assembly (APTD: S and WA) team develops and delivers advanced substrate packaging and wafer assembly solutions for customers.
• As part of the Substrate Technology Integration Group , within APTD, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of advanced packaging.
• In this role, you will: • Work at the forefront of packaging technologies essential for next-generation AI devices. • Collaborate with substrate suppliers worldwide to drive innovation and scalability. • Contribute to the deployment of EMIB-T, our next-generation advanced packaging substrate technology, enabling heterogeneous chip architectures. • Lead efforts to qualify new capacity at advanced packaging suppliers, ensuring timely readiness to meet growing customer demand.
• We are seeking highly motivated professionals with strong technical expertise who thrive on solving complex challenges, challenge conventional approaches, and build lasting supplier partnerships.
• Note: This position requires regular onsite presence to fulfil essential responsibilities.
• Key Responsibilities: • Collaborate closely with on-site supplier engineering teams and the US integration team to advance substrate building block technologies and manage critical process interactions. • Monitor, optimize, and improve capacity in bottleneck processes by implementing strategies that reduce throughput time (TPT). • Oversee schedules for product and test vehicle (TV) deliveries, proactively resolving issues to achieve aggressive on-time delivery (OTD) targets. • Conduct thorough analysis of substrate lead times, develop reduction roadmaps, and consistently meet quarterly lead time goals. • Ensure strict adherence to Process Control System (PCS) commitments by suppliers. • Partner with internal teams to design and execute new factory TV/product certification plans focused on yield improvement. • Develop and maintain detailed micro-schedules for new factory startups, including milestone tracking to ensure supplier compliance with startup timelines. • Lead qualification activities and monitor ramp indicators to guarantee smooth, incident-free production ramp-up of new capacity. • Influence strategic decision-making at senior supplier management levels.
• Work Environment: • Regular travel to supplier sites and onsite presence at factories (minimum three days per week). • Collaboration with diverse teams across Asia and the US. • Flexibility to adapt to evolving project scopes and dynamic business needs.