Director, Technical Project Management (R&D)

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Role Summary

The Director Technical Project Management provides enterpriselevel leadership across strategy partnerships grants and technical program execution at APDC (Advanced Packaging Development Center). This role leads a combined organization spanning:

• Strategy & Partnerships Program Management

• Grants & Talent Programs

• Technical Program / Customer Turnkey Management

The Director is accountable for governance prioritization disciplined execution commercialization readiness and technical program value across AppliedIME collaborations EPIC Packaging commercialization customer turnkey programs and APDC internal development initiatives.

This role serves as the single point of accountability for program excellence risk management and value realization across all strategic compliance and technical program portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

1. Program Portfolio Leadership & Governance

• Provide people leadership and performance management for Program Managers across (a) Strategy & Partnerships (b) Grants Talent & Partnership Operations (c) Technical & Customer Turnkey Programs

• Establish standardized governance frameworks covering charters milestones risk registers change control budget discipline closure criteria and crossfunctional communication.

• Lead crossprogram prioritization aligned with APDC strategy EPIC roadmap customer needs and Applied business priorities.

• Drive recurring governance rhythms: quarterly reviews EMT/Steering Committee updates leadership readouts and external partner checkpoints.

2. Strategic Partnerships IP & Commercialization

• Oversee execution of the AppliedIME partnership ensuring strong governance for P3.0 sustaining and P4.0 transition activities.

• Ensure full operationalization of IP legal confidentiality export/trade compliance frameworks across all engagements.

• Lead crossfunctional alignment for EPIC Packaging commercialization including:

  • Revenue and opportunity tracking tied to tool & solution sales

  • Commercialization model development (credits consultancy licensing)

  • Alignment with HQ Finance Business Units Strategic Marketing

• Provide executive direction on new and nonstandard partnerships: consortiums thirdparty MOUs technicalcommercial collaborations.

• Oversee negotiation frameworks for panel packaging and other emerging HI collaboration models.

3. Grants Compliance & External Accountability

• Own APDC grants and incentives governance across EDB A*STAR/IME and internal compliance requirements.

• Ensure auditready operations: timely submissions accurate reporting documentation hygiene and crossfunctional readiness.

• Manage structured transition from P3.0 P4.0 commitments ensuring continuity of existing programs while establishing new controls for upcoming obligations.

• Drive APDCwide quarterly grant reviews and structured leadership reporting.

• Oversee APDC talent pipeline programs including:

  • R&D hiring coordination

  • NCG Program & Discovery Day execution

  • Internships onboarding frameworks and talent development platforms

4. Customer Turnkey & Technical Program Execution

• Provide executive oversight of customer turnkey programs (e.g. EPIC Packaging customers such as Micron SKH):

  • Budget adherence within 10%

  • 90% milestone adherence

  • Clear SOW charter control and crossfunctional governance with BU APDC account teams

• Ensure IME RCA & technical programs:

  • Align to APDC priorities

  • Deliver measurable technical or business value

  • Follow disciplined scoping change control and closure criteria

• Lead creation and institutionalization of standardized turnkey engagement frameworks including:

  • Evaluation criteria

  • Stakeholder roles

  • Gated execution workflows

  • Readiness checks for new customer integrations

• Oversee RCA tracking customer communication BU TV program management and APDCMETA technical coordination.

• Ensure strong crossmodule alignment (engineering process plasma CMP bonding) and transparent escalation paths.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10 years experience leading complex crossfunctional programs in semiconductor advanced packaging or deeptech ecosystems.

• Proven leadership across technical commercial legal/IP and publicprivate partnership dimensions.

• Demonstrated ability to drive governance across multiparty ecosystems (Applied IME EDB consortiums customers).

• Experience managing grantbased or complianceheavy programs highly preferred.

• Strong executive communication influence and stakeholder management skills.

• Peopleleadership experience with senior program managers or multidisciplinary teams.

Work Location

• Science Park II (Moving to Tampines in end 2026)

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