Principal Project Manager Semiconductor IC Development

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Principal Project Manager to lead complex multi-site analog and mixed-signal semiconductor IC development projects from concept to mass production. You will own scope, schedule, cost, quality and risk, orchestrating cross‑functional deliverables, such as Design, Test, Validation, Quality and Operations. Your leadership skills ensure on-time execution and delivery readiness for the customer in compliance with the Renesas development process and the automotive and functional safety standards ISO 26262 and IATF 16949.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Management & Leadership: Represent your project across the matrix organization and lead it from concept to mass production release, driving execution across all disciplines and stakeholders.
• Project Planning: Drive comprehensive project planning with the team by ensuring committed and robust timelines, dependencies and critical path, and resource and cost planning.
• Project Execution: Ensure effective project execution by driving task ownership, preventing scope creep, and managing deviations and risks effectively.
• Escalate unresolved issues threatening project goals with clear problem statements and options, ensuring timely decisions.
• Risk & Deviation Management: Proactively identify and manage risks and plan deviations, drive mitigations and corrective actions to minimize impact and prevent recurrence.
• Change Management: Manage project change requests, assess impact on scope/schedule/cost with the team, secure approvals by the stakeholders and communicate decisions.
• Communication & Stakeholder Management: Act as primary point of contact within the organization, ensure clear, consistent communication so all team members and stakeholders understand project goals, plans, risks, and decisions across disciplines.

Core Competencies & Behaviors

• Strategic Execution: Collaborate with the product lines to translate product roadmaps into clear, prioritized and executable project plans.
• Leadership: Align diverse stakeholders and resolves conflicts; excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a multi-site matrix organization.
• Ownership & Accountability: Demonstrate proactive, self‑starting attitude, challenge and drive for team commitment and results in dynamic environments.
• Steering Decisions: Use data and engineering evidence to steer decisions to clear results; anticipates risks and creates resilient plans.
• Escalation: Escalate effectively when goals are threatened; frame options and recommendations for leadership decisions.
• Leading by example: Support other team members to strengthen leadership skills and ensure effective project execution.
• Methodology: Influence and develop new project management methodologies and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in electrical engineering, or related fields.
• Demonstrated Experience: 10+ years in project management in semiconductor, industrial, or automotive product development with 6+ years leading complex multi-site projects/programs; proven delivery across full IC development cycle.
• Standards/Processes: Working knowledge in stage‑gate developments and configuration/change management. IATF 16949 and/or ISO 26262 are a plus.
• Languages: Business‑fluent English; German is an advantage.

• Certifications: IPMA Level C/B or similar certification.
• Tools: Advanced MS Project (or equivalent), JIRA (or similar), Microsoft 365.
• Ability to travel internationally as needed. 

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.