Program and Operations Manager

About Tylsemi

Tylsemi is building and scaling high-impact semiconductor operations. We partner across design, manufacturing, and supply chain to bring silicon from concept to high-volume production with speed, quality, and predictable execution.

Role Overview

As a Program and Operations Manager at Tylsemi, you will drive end-to-end execution across complex, cross-functional semiconductor programs—aligning stakeholders, building operating cadence, and ensuring predictable delivery from planning through ramp. This role is ideal for leaders with 10+ years of experience who combine rigorous program management with a strong customer experience mindset, turning ambiguity into clear plans, measurable outcomes, and trusted execution across sites and time zones.

What You’ll Do

• Own program execution across multiple workstreams (e.g., silicon development milestones, manufacturing readiness, supply chain, quality, and customer deliverables), ensuring schedule, scope, and risk are actively managed
• Build and run the operating system for execution: weekly business reviews, milestone reviews, action tracking, decision logs, and escalation paths that keep teams aligned and unblocked
• Translate customer needs into clear requirements, success criteria, and deliverables; ensure commitments are realistic, documented, and met with high quality
• Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, product, operations, manufacturing partners, and supply chain to deliver predictable outcomes
• Develop integrated program plans (dependencies, critical path, resourcing assumptions) and maintain them with disciplined change control
• Identify risks early (technical, schedule, supplier, quality, logistics) and lead mitigation plans through closure; communicate tradeoffs and options clearly
• Establish and track KPIs for program health and operational performance (on-time delivery, cycle time, issue aging, quality escapes, customer satisfaction signals)
• Improve processes and tooling for repeatable execution (templates, playbooks, dashboards, retrospectives, continuous improvement actions)
• Support multi-site and international execution with clear communication, documentation, and handoff practices

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in program management, operations, or cross-functional delivery roles in semiconductors, hardware, or complex technical environments
• Proven ability to lead large, multi-stakeholder programs with competing priorities and tight timelines
• Strong customer experience orientation: ability to understand customer expectations, manage communications, and drive outcomes that build trust
• Excellent executive communication: concise status, clear asks, crisp decision framing, and effective escalation when needed
• Strong operational rigor: planning, dependency management, risk management, and follow-through to closure
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and creating structure—defining processes, roles, and success metrics where they don’t yet exist
• Experience working across international teams, suppliers, and partners with sensitivity to time zones and cultural differences

Required Skills

• Program management
• Customer experience

Nice to Have

• Semiconductor lifecycle experience (NPI, tapeout-to-ramp, manufacturing readiness, supplier management, quality systems)
• Experience building operational dashboards and program health metrics for leadership reviews
• Background in process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, or similar) applied to execution and delivery
• Experience managing customer-facing programs, including issue triage, RCA coordination, and communication plans

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Programs run with a predictable cadence: clear milestones, owners, and decision-making, with minimal last-minute surprises
• Cross-functional teams stay aligned on priorities, dependencies, and tradeoffs—even across multiple sites and time zones
• Customer commitments are met with high quality, and communication is proactive, clear, and trusted
• Risks are surfaced early and mitigated effectively, improving on-time delivery and reducing execution churn
• Operational processes become more repeatable and scalable through documented playbooks, metrics, and continuous improvement

Location

• San Jose, CA
• International

Experience

10+ years (scope and ownership will be aligned to experience level).