Program Manager

Motorola Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Motorola Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd in Penang seeks an experienced Project/Program Manager to lead end-to-end development of mission-critical radio, video and security systems. You will drive cross-functional teams across engineering and business units, ensuring on-time delivery within budget and scope.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled schedule analytics, risk tracking, and rigorous quality/regulatory compliance, with PMP/PMI-ACP credentials considered a bonus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Telecommunications, IT or an equivalent technical field.
• 2 to 15+ years of proven project/program management experience.
• Demonstrated experience integrating modern AI tools into daily workflows to improve schedule analysis, risk tracking, and operational output quality.
• PMP or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification (bonus points if you have)
• Consumer Electronics Manufacturing 1,001-5,000 employees

Responsibilities

• Drive complex programs from initiation through baseline to market launch in strict compliance with the development lifecycle.
• Build, manage, and communicate clear executive schedules using enterprise tools such as Smartsheet or Microsoft Project. Track critical path dependencies, manage established schedule baselines, and present transparent health updates to senior stakeholders.
• Govern program scope and manage design or milestone changes.
• Work closely with the Business team and Engineering Department Head to align resource loading against product roadmaps, ensuring optimal headcount utilization across functional disciplines.
• Proactively identify critical path bottlenecks, lead crisis recovery efforts for troubled milestones, and apply schedule compression techniques (such as fast-tracking or crashing) while accounting for quarter-end operational constraints.
• Lead Statement of Work (SOW) sign-offs for outsourced programs, managing external vendor, JDM, or ODM deliverables to ensure quality and contract compliance.
• Act as the primary point of contact for program escalations. Ensure full compliance with quality, regulatory (e.g., FCC, country type approvals, carrier certifications), and reliability standards while maintaining complete artifacts in the program repository.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Schedule analysis

AI workflow integration

PMP/PMI-ACP (cert)

Education

Bachelors in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelors in Telecommunications

Bachelors in IT

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Job description

Join Motorola Solutions' Video organization in Penang to lead end-to-end product development lifecycles for mission-critical radio, video and security ecosystem solutions. In this role, you will drive cross-functional engineering squads across a matrixed organization; partnering with engineering functional heads to deliver complex hardware, software, and integrated system products on time and within budget.

Key responsibilities

Drive complex programs from initiation through baseline to market launch in strict compliance with the development lifecycle.

Build, manage, and communicate clear executive schedules using enterprise tools such as Smartsheet or Microsoft Project. Track critical path dependencies, manage established schedule baselines, and present transparent health updates to senior stakeholders.

Govern program scope and manage design or milestone changes.

Work closely with the Business team and Engineering Department Head to align resource loading against product roadmaps, ensuring optimal headcount utilization across functional disciplines.

Proactively identify critical path bottlenecks, lead crisis recovery efforts for troubled milestones, and apply schedule compression techniques (such as fast-tracking or crashing) while accounting for quarter-end operational constraints.

Lead Statement of Work (SOW) sign-offs for outsourced programs, managing external vendor, JDM, or ODM deliverables to ensure quality and contract compliance.

Act as the primary point of contact for program escalations. Ensure full compliance with quality, regulatory (e.g., FCC, country type approvals, carrier certifications), and reliability standards while maintaining complete artifacts in the program repository.

About you

Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Telecommunications, IT or an equivalent technical field.

2 to 15+ years of proven project/program management experience

Demonstrated experience integrating modern AI tools into daily workflows to improve schedule analysis, risk tracking, and operational output quality.

PMP or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification (bonus points if you have)

Consumer Electronics Manufacturing 1,001-5,000 employees

For more than 80 years, Motorola has helped the world be its best.

From introducing one of the first commercially successful car radios that delivered vital news right to us no matter how far from home, to developing the equipment that transmitted the first words from the moon, to leading a public safety revolution with the world's first-ever handheld laser scanner, Motorola's employees have a history of exploding possibility across the planet, innovating smarter, more flexible and more insightful ideas.

Our employees enable industries worldwide to thrive, achieve and do their best work. They create indispensable, indestructible tools to help more people in more businesses in more places to be their best. They do it to better serve the government, health, public safety and other businesses for which we've created clear and confident communications solutions for more than 80 years. The work they do is meaningful, impactful and ongoing.

And we need driven, motivated visionaries like you to join them.

For more than 80 years, Motorola has helped the world be its best.

From introducing one of the first commercially successful car radios that delivered vital news right to us no matter how far from home, to developing the equipment that transmitted the first words from the moon, to leading a public safety revolution with the world's first-ever handheld laser scanner, Motorola's employees have a history of exploding possibility across the planet, innovating smarter, more flexible and more insightful ideas.

Our employees enable industries worldwide to thrive, achieve and do their best work. They create indispensable, indestructible tools to help more people in more businesses in more places to be their best. They do it to better serve the government, health, public safety and other businesses for which we've created clear and confident communications solutions for more than 80 years. The work they do is meaningful, impactful and ongoing.

And we need driven, motivated visionaries like you to join them.