Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Motorola Mobility, a Lenovo Company, is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead server product development for Tier-1 hyperscale customers. The role involves managing cross-functional teams to ensure successful product delivery and collaboration with various functional teams to facilitate smooth transitions into mass production.
Responsibilities
- End-to-End Program Ownership: Own and manage product development programs for Tier-1 customers. Drive comprehensive project planning (schedule and budget), proactively mitigate risks, manage stakeholder expectations, and ensure the project team achieves on-time delivery for all milestones
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead multidisciplinary engineering and operational teams (including EE, ME, Thermal, BIOS, BMC, Validation, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain) to rapidly resolve customer-reported design, quality, compatibility, firmware, and hardware issues
- Engineering Change Management: Oversee project change requests, including Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), Bill of Materials (BOM) updates, firmware/hardware revisions, and regression validation plans
- Global Collaboration: Partner with global teams across the US, Taiwan, and international manufacturing sites to align priorities and ensure seamless execution
- KPI & Risk Reporting: Track, analyze, and report key program metrics (KPIs), risks, and mitigation strategies to both internal executives and external customers
- Customer Relationship Management: Work closely with customer program managers, system leads, and engineering teams to provide timely status updates and maintain strict alignment on priorities and deliverables
- Sustaining & Quality Support: Coordinate and monitor Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) returns, Failure Analysis (FA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and the implementation of corrective actions
- Continuous Improvement: Capture and share lessons learned and best practices to elevate team capabilities and optimize future project execution
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
- 10+ years of experience in program or project management within a server or computer hardware design team, with prior ODM experience highly preferred
- Deep knowledge of server architecture (including CPU, memory, storage, thermal, BMC, and BIOS) and a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end product lifecycle—from requirement solicitation through mass production and sustaining engineering
- Proven ability to manage complex, global cross-functional teams and drive high-pressure issue resolution under demanding customer timelines
- Self-motivated leader with exceptional problem-solving abilities, strong communication skills, and a proactive mindset
- Strong experience in collaborating across diverse global teams
- Prior experience supporting Tier-1 hyperscale customers is highly preferred
- PMP or an equivalent project management certification is a distinct advantage
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