Senior IP Program Lead Semiconductors

GlobalFoundries inc.; Penang; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries is seeking an IP Program Manager within the GF Power BCDx organization to ensure IPs meet technical, quality and schedule requirements. You will work with customers and internal teams across design, operations, and vendors to coordinate IP development, releases and validation.

You will lead milestone planning, multi-project management, and post-silicon issue resolution while preparing executive status updates and risk mitigations.

Qualifications

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 8+ years’ experience in semiconductor industry.
• Prior experience or formal training in project, program, or product management.
• Validation knowledge: familiarity with the full IP lifecycle, including post-silicon validation and debug skills.
• Experience working with IP vendors or IP providers.
• Highly reliable and execution-focused with disciplined follow-through on emails, action items, commitments, and details.
• Strong interpersonal skills – influence without authority.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) skills—confidence in leading calls with execs, engineers, vendors and customers.
• Detail-oriented—identifying gaps in planning and execution.
• Resourceful—solving non-routine issues.
• Drive for continuous learning and improvement.
• Ability to distill complex issues into simple narratives.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with silicon engineering teams to coordinate high-level milestones for IP development and integration.
• Ability to multi-task and manage IPs across several projects simultaneously.
• Drive resolution of technical and post-silicon issues between cross-functional teams and external IP providers.
• Planning and tracking silicon validation schedule, testplan reviews and spec signoff with cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate meetings with process engineering, IP development teams, vendors, and IP consumers to resolve technical/schedule issues.
• Assemble regular project status presentations for cross-functional executive reviews.
• Focused issue reporting, bug tracking and communication of program risks and status.
• Identify risks, develop mitigation strategies, and facilitate conflict resolution.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Execution discipline

Issue resolution

Education

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Job description

GlobalFoundries is seeking an IP Program Manager within the GF Power BCDx organization to ensure IPs meet technical, quality and schedule requirements. You will work with customers and internal teams across design, operations, and vendors to coordinate IP development, releases and validation.

You will lead milestone planning, multi-project management, and post-silicon issue resolution while preparing executive status updates and risk mitigations.