Senior Director, Centralized Manufacturing Technical Operations

Apigee; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Apigee seeks a senior product/technical program leader to drive product lifecycles in hardware environments, spanning engineering, manufacturing, and NPI. The role requires broad cross-functional influence across semiconductor and cloud infrastructure teams.

You will structure commercial agreements with contract manufacturers, coordinate external suppliers, and scale distributed teams globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Operations, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in product management, technical program management, or hardware operations leadership within semiconductor, cloud infrastructure, or hardware environments.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering, operations, or supply chain organizations.

Skills

Product management

Technical program management

Hardware operations leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or CS

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Redwood City, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Operations, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in product management, technical program management, or hardware operations leadership within semiconductor, cloud infrastructure, or hardware environments.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering, operations, or supply chain organizations.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing product lifecycles spanning product engineering, manufacturing production, and National Product Introduction (NPI) processes.
• Experience structuring commercial agreements and aligning technical roadmaps with external contract manufacturers, suppliers, and ODMs.
• Technical familiarity with advanced hardware commodities, including custom silicon (such as Tensor Processing Units/TPUs), High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM), and optical networking.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and scale geographically distributed technical teams.