Defense Microelectronics Program Manager

Project

Work done for a product or program.

• Plan program phases under government contract milestones and reviews.
• Manage earned value reporting and contract deliverables.
• Coordinate trusted foundry, radiation testing and screening flows.
• Track export control, ITAR and facility security obligations.
• Run customer technical interchange meetings and formal design reviews.
• Manage subcontractors and long-lead material.
• Prepare program risk and cost reports for government customers.

Function

Work that keeps the discipline running: methods, tools, suppliers and people.

• Maintain the policies, processes and tools of the function.General
• Keep the function compliant with legal, financial and regulatory requirements.General
• Report the function's performance and improve it over time.General

Project

1. Produce and hand over the role's key deliverables
   • Integrated master plan
   • Earned value reports
   • Contract deliverables tracker
   • Design review packages
2. Support programsGeneral
   • Agree what each program needs
   • Deliver in time for milestones
3. Manage issuesGeneral
   • Track requests to closure
   • Escalate risks

Function

1. Run the functionGeneral
   • Maintain policies and processes
   • Keep records and controls
2. ImproveGeneral
   • Report performance
   • Lead improvement work