We are seeking a highly experienced and uncompromising Senior Project Manager to drive our most critical initiatives. This is a high-end project management role that goes far beyond passive administrative tracking or simple status reporting. The successful candidate will be expected to actively identify risks, anticipate missed deadlines, and enforce strict accountability across all project phases. In this highly active, hands-on role, you will be the driving force behind turning high-level semiconductor concepts into structured, executable programs. Your primary mandate is to master the upfront mechanics of program planning— rigorous scoping, logical sequencing, and accurate estimation —while steering cross-functional teams through the entire New Product Introduction (NPI) lifecycle.

Scope Baseline: Partner with Product Management and Engineering Architects to translate market requirements into clear, bounded program scopes.
Establish strict change-management protocols to evaluate and approve scope changes, minimizing feature creep and assessing impact on tape-out schedules.
Maintain an exhaustive project tracker detailing original baseline dates, revised dates, task owners, and current status.
Trend Analysis: Identify recurring delays or bottlenecks within the project lifecycle and determine whether team velocity and project health are genuinely improving.
Concise Executive Reporting: Synthesize detailed,



task-level information (which remains in the project tracker) into high-impact, daily health updates. These daily reports must highlight exceptions, risks, and required decisions, and be concise enough for leadership.
Dependency & Blocker Management: Establish and lead core team meetings, phase-gate reviews, and executive steering committee updates.
Risk Management: Quantify technical and schedule risks specific to semiconductor lifecycles (e.g., Vendor/Foundry Management: Coordinate closely with external fabrication and testing partners to ensure external timelines align with internal program estimates.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
PMP, PgMP, or equivalent project management certification is highly desirable.
15+ years of high-end project management and delivery leadership experience.

- Proven track record of rescuing off-track projects and enforcing recovery plans.
- Expertise in evidence-based tracking and executive-level risk escalation.
- Exceptional ability to synthesize complex project data into actionable, short briefings for leadership.
- Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet, Primavera) for Gantt charting, dependency tracking, and resource loading.

📌 Project Manager - Planning (Bengaluru)
🏢 athena technology solutions
📍 Bengaluru