Senior Program Manager, AI & Compute

Celestica Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Program/Project Management to lead and direct design engineers and other technical engineers across complex programs.

You will manage development, implementation, and evaluation of designs, ensuring alignment with schedules, budgets, and customer requirements. The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while coaching a diverse team through accelerated compute and AI-related

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience leading large, complex programs with multiple streams of work.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple high visibility programs of high complexity and business impact; lead cross-functional, global core teams; establish schedules and drive meetings.
• Present to, communicate with and influence segment/LOB business leaders.
• Lead/develop company-wide, cross-functional or complex process initiatives or business strategy.
• Demonstrate ability to grow cross-functional team members and coach Program Core Team members.
• Present and communicate status to business leaders and customers; review/customer feedback.
• Plan the overall program and monitor progress; drive creation and update of the Program Plan/WBS; manage resources.
• Daily program management throughout the program life; drive core team to meet objectives (Cost, Quality, Schedule, Features).
• Define program governance; manage program budget; forecast actuals against plan; manage risks and issues.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder communication

Budget management

Risk management

Team leadership

AI/accelerated compute knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

Celestica Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Program/Project Management to lead and direct design engineers and other technical engineers across complex programs.

You will manage development, implementation, and evaluation of designs, ensuring alignment with schedules, budgets, and customer requirements. The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while coaching a diverse team through accelerated compute and AI-related