Sr Staff Director, Program Management 2260

The Senior Staff Director Program Management is a highly visible leadership role responsible for establishing building and leading Kioxia America Inc Program Management capability. This role is designed to create a scalable high-impact Program Management capability that strengthens execution across cross-functional initiatives spanning storage memory SSD controller firmware software and platform development.

This role requires a senior-level leader who can operate both strategically and hands-on with technical depth and organizational influence to lead complex storage and memory-related programs. The Senior Staff Director will define how Program Management operates across the organization establish scalable governance processes systems tools and operating mechanisms and create a consistent execution model that improves visibility accountability cross-functional alignment decision-making and business outcomes.

The position will build and lead the Program Management team and partner extensively with Engineering Product Management Product Planning Operations Manufacturing Supply Chain Quality Sales Finance IT and other internal functions as necessary. The role will also serve as a key point of alignment with global teams to ensure consistency in program priorities technical roadmaps processes reporting decision-making and execution.

Success in this role will be measured by meaningful improvements in program performance predictability decision-making organizational alignment and overall execution.

Key Responsibilities

Build and Establish the Program Management Capability

• Build and formalize the KIOXIAs Program Management function from the ground up.
• Define the Program Management operating model team structure responsibilities engagement model governance and performance expectations.
• Establish scalable processes methodologies templates systems dashboards and reporting mechanisms appropriate for a growing semiconductor company.
• Assess current practices across teams and unify fragmented or inconsistent approaches into a cohesive operating model.

Lead Complex Program Execution

• Drive programs across concept architecture development validation qualification manufacturing readiness launch customer enablement and sustaining phases.
• Establish integrated program plans with measurable objectives schedules milestones deliverables resource assumptions technical dependencies and success criteria.
• Drive accountability across Engineering and business teams for execution commitments and outcomes.
• Develop program health metrics scorecards KPIs and executive reporting mechanisms.

Provide Technical and Domain Leadership

• Bring sufficient technical depth to credibly lead and challenge complex programs.
• Understand technical architectures development dependencies qualification requirements product lifecycle stages and key engineering tradeoffs.
• Translate technical risks dependencies and engineering issues into actionable business implications and leadership decisions.
• Partner with technical leaders to assess readiness resolve interdependencies and improve execution confidence.

Drive Integrated Cross-Functional Leadership

• Align organizations with differing objectives priorities and operating practices around unified program goals.
• Lead cross-functional planning prioritization risk resolution and resource discussions.
• Improve collaboration between technical operational and commercial organizations.
• Influence stakeholders across a highly matrixed environment without relying solely on formal authority.

Align with Global Teams

• Serve as a key Program Management liaison between the company and its parent organization.
• Establish strong working relationships with corresponding global teams across Program Management Engineering Product NAND technology controllers firmware software and Operations.
• Align internal programs with global teams products and technology roadmaps.
• Represent the local organizations priorities constraints and capabilities to parent-company stakeholders.

Build Organizational Alignment and Capability

• Establish a unified Program Management approach across technical and business teams.
• Develop common planning standards milestone definitions reporting expectations readiness criteria and escalation processes.
• Educate leaders and teams on the role value and expectations of Program Management.
• Promote a culture of transparency urgency ownership collaboration and proactive risk management.

Lead Process Systems and Governance Improvements

• Assess existing tools workflows reporting systems and sources of program data.
• Implement systems and dashboards that provide consistent visibility into program and portfolio health.
• Create centralized visibility into milestones risks issues technical dependencies decisions and resource constraints.
• Develop governance mechanisms for prioritization escalation and resource planning.

Lead and Develop the Team

• Lead manage mentor and develop a team of approximately 35 Program Managers and/or Technical Program Managers.
• Define team roles responsibilities goals performance measures and development plans.
• Deploy resources based on company priorities technical complexity and business impact.
• Build a high-performing Program Management team capable of operating effectively across both technical and business organizations.

Executive Communication and Leadership

• Provide executive leadership with clear concise and actionable updates on major programs and portfolio health.
• Develop executive-level reviews that highlight progress risks dependencies decisions and actions needed.
• Present fact-based assessments of technical readiness execution confidence and program performance.
• Facilitate difficult cross-functional discussions and help drive timely decisions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on program execution organizational capability and strategic priorities.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering Business Operations. Plus 10 years of progressively responsible experience in Technical Program Management Program Management Engineering Management Product Development semiconductor technology or a related field.  Memory or storage related industry leadership experience preferred.
• Deep technical knowledge in SSD NAND flash memory architectures data center embedded storage storage controllers or memory-related technologies.
• Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional programs involving multiple technical disciplines and business functions.
• Experience leading and developing Program Management professionals.  Experience managing hardware embedded or firmware engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to understand complex technical architectures identify interdependencies assess risk and translate technical issues into program and business impacts.
• Strong executive communication facilitation analytical organizational and problem-solving skills.

Additional Information :

Req#2260; #LI-CB1

The expected salary for this position is $209170.00 - $348620.00.

At KIOXIA we value the following:

• Investment in you
  • Offering opportunities for career growth and personal development training
• Open-minded management
  • Empowering employees by listening and responding to ideas issues and approaches
• Flexible work-life balance
  • Offering a generous PTO allotment holiday shutdown and flexible work options
• Variety of cultures perspectives backgrounds and experiences of all our team members
  • Through our opportunity belonging and respect initiatives our focus is to strengthen our company culture to create an environment of belonging for all
• Benefits for our team members
  • Excellent medical and non-medical benefits 401(k) matching pet insurance

KIOXIA America Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time