Hardware Engineering Program Mgr

Job Description:

Juniper Networks System Technologies team (ST) is providing world class Engineering design & test services in the area of Compliance, EMC, Safety, Mechanical, Thermal, Power, PCB.

As Program Manager you’ll be the point of contact between ST and other functions in Juniper, with exposure to several product lines to create the next generation of Juniper products. You’ll represent ST organization in Cross-functional meetings, you’ll drive planning and communication to meet project deliverables in tight schedules.

Responsibilities:

Create project plans for ST functions to capture and inter-connect the key functional deliverables and needs: resources, allocation, milestones, and budget. 
Keep schedules up to date, leverage forecasting in case of uncertainty. 
Ensure the ST team delivers as committed, manage conflicts.
Prepare reporting for Executives, for Management, and to NPI team. 
Provide concise & accurate communications, with numbers (dates, quantities, completion and confidence percentages)

Skills:

Excellent communication skills at all organization levels, capable of summarize and explain complex issues in few relevant words. Key is to communicate in numbers.
Able to monitor and report project status clearly and concisely.
Outstanding problem solving skills, pro-actively raise awareness of issues to allow SME to find solutions. Guide and influence multi-disciplinary team to meet the goals. Understand and follow recommendation from ST-Leaders
Must demonstrate high energy, initiative, attention to detail.
Work experience on HW, capable of managing prototypes and related constraints. 
Work experience on high end routing/switching HW systems preferred.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science, Physics or Engineering HW related.
4 years of program management experience in high-technology industry
Strong understanding of HW NPI phases
Advanced use of MS-Office, and tools for program management (Smartsheet, MS-Project, custom tools)

Preferred Qualifications:

PPM certification
MBA or Master's degree

Other Information:

Relocation is not available for this position