Program Manager

Keysight Technologies; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Keysight Technologies seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead global planning transformation efforts, uniting customer, market, and business insights with strategic roadmaps. You will drive scalable planning capabilities with Product Planning, R&D, and AI teams, ensuring adoption and measurable outcomes across the organization.

You will shape frameworks, leadership communications, and high-impact programs, leveraging analytics and AI to improve decision quality and productivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Business, Data Analytics, Economics, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in Program Management, Strategy, Business Analytics, Digital Transformation, or related fields.
• Proven experience leading complex cross-functional programs and transformation initiatives.
• Experience working with Product Planning, Portfolio Management, Business Strategy, or Operations Planning organizations.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing, and organizational change management skills.
• Exposure to analytics, AI, automation, or digital transformation initiatives is preferred.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including development of executive-ready materials.

Responsibilities

• Drive planning transformation initiatives that improve planning effectiveness, decision quality, and operational efficiency.
• Establish and evolve planning frameworks, methodologies, and best practices.
• Partner with Product Planning teams to identify capability gaps and enable continuous improvement.
• Drive adoption of planning capabilities through stakeholder engagement and change management.
• Translate customer, market, and competitive insights into planning actions and business outcomes.
• Enable adoption of customer, market, and competitive intelligence capabilities across Product Planning organizations.
• Improve how intelligence is consumed and applied to support planning and decision-making.
• Drive development and adoption of planning frameworks, market models, and business assumptions that support strategic planning and decision-making.
• Define and manage planning-related programs, roadmaps, and strategic initiatives.
• Establish milestones, success metrics, and business outcomes for assigned programs.
• Coordinate execution across Product Planning, R&D, Business Analytics, Business Engineering, and AI teams.
• Monitor program progress, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning effectiveness through AI, analytics, and automation.
• Evaluate, prioritize, and drive implementation of AI-enabled planning capabilities.
• Contribute to future planning productivity roadmaps and transformation priorities.
• Build alignment across Product Planning, R&D, Operations, and leadership stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into actionable initiatives, programs, and delivery plans.
• Communicate strategy, progress, and outcomes to leadership and executive audiences.

Skills

Program management

Strategy

Business analytics

Digital transformation

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

AI/automation exposure

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Data Analytics, Economics, or related disciplines

Job description

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~15,000 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.

Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

Responsibilities:

Overview:

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~15,000 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.

Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

Responsibilities:

Role Overview

• The Strategic Planning & Intelligence Program Manager is accountable for driving planning transformation initiatives that improve planning effectiveness, decision quality, and organizational productivity.
• This role is responsible for developing and operationalizing planning capabilities by connecting customer, market, competitive, and business insights with planning frameworks, processes, and AI-enabled productivity initiatives.
• The successful candidate will work cross-functionally with Product Planning, R&D, Business Analytics, Business Engineering, AI teams, and leadership stakeholders to identify opportunities, establish roadmaps, and drive adoption of scalable planning capabilities across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Planning Transformation & Enablement
• • Drive initiatives that improve planning effectiveness, decision quality, and operational efficiency.
  • Establish and evolve planning frameworks, methodologies, and best practices.
  • Partner with Product Planning teams to identify capability gaps and enable continuous improvement.
  • Drive adoption of planning capabilities through stakeholder engagement and change management.
• Customer & Competitive Intelligence Enablement
• • Translate customer, market, and competitive insights into planning actions and business outcomes.
  • Enable adoption of customer, market, and competitive intelligence capabilities across Product Planning organizations.
  • Improve how intelligence is consumed and applied to support planning and decision-making.
  • Drive development and adoption of planning frameworks, market models, and business assumptions that support strategic planning and decision-making.
• Program & Portfolio Leadership
• • Define and manage planning-related programs, roadmaps, and strategic initiatives.
  • Establish milestones, success metrics, and business outcomes for assigned programs.
  • Coordinate execution across Product Planning, R&D, Business Analytics, Business Engineering, and AI teams.
  • Monitor program progress, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment.
• AI-Enabled Planning Productivity
• • Identify opportunities to improve planning effectiveness through AI, analytics, and automation.
  • Evaluate, prioritize, and drive implementation of AI-enabled planning capabilities.
  • Contribute to future planning productivity roadmaps and transformation priorities.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Alignment
• • Build alignment across Product Planning, R&D, Operations, and leadership stakeholders.
  • Translate business needs into actionable initiatives, programs, and delivery plans.
  • Communicate strategy, progress, and outcomes to leadership and executive audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Data Analytics, Economics, or related disciplines.
• 10+ years of experience in Program Management, Strategy, Business Analytics, Digital Transformation, or related fields.
• Proven experience leading complex cross-functional programs and transformation initiatives.
• Experience working with Product Planning, Portfolio Management, Business Strategy, or Operations Planning organizations.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing, and organizational change management skills.
• Exposure to analytics, AI, automation, or digital transformation initiatives is preferred.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including development of executive-ready materials.

Why This Role Matters

• This role sits at the intersection of planning, intelligence, analytics, and transformation.
• The Strategic Planning & Intelligence Program Manager helps convert customer, market, competitive, and business insights into scalable planning capabilities, effective workflows, and measurable business outcomes.
• By driving cross-functional initiatives and organizational adoption, this role enables better planning decisions, improved productivity, and stronger execution across the organization.

Keysight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.