Program Manager Contract Jobs in Schenectady, NY

About NY Creates:

NY Creates serves as a bridge for advanced electronics, leads projects that advance R&D in emerging technologies, and generates the jobs of tomorrow. NY Creates also operates some of the most advanced facilities in the world, boasts more than 3,000 industry experts and faculty, and manages public and private investments of more than $25 billion - placing it at the global epicenter of high-tech innovation and commercialization.

Job Description:

Position Summary, EUV Program Manager

This position requires leadership, organization, and coordination in support of NY Creates Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) program - a next-generation semiconductor research and development center, supporting the research and development of the world's most complex and powerful semiconductors. The EUV program consists of NY Creates current EUV offerings as well as North America's first and only non-profit research and development center utilizing ASML's High NA EUV tool, developing the semiconductor industry's most advanced manufacturing technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinating the executive staff and underlying personnel in the administrative system that guides day-to-day operations, supporting the development and maintenance of processes, procedures, and communications that enable EUV program to fulfill its mission and goals.
• Assisting the staff in assuring compliance against the terms, deliverables, and milestones outlined in EUV program plans and partnership contracts.
• Coordinating and supporting the external presence of EUV program via reports, newsletter content generation, conference coordination, and other outreach, as required.
• Acting as a liaison on behalf of the program with its internal and external stakeholders, including sponsors, and partners, as well as government officials, executives and staff members of NY Creates, and the public.
• Meeting planning and facilitation, presentation preparation, communications with program partners, potential partners, and representatives of government agencies, and review and editing of critical documents.
• Coordinating with internal departments to establish and execute support systems required by the EUV program and its partners.
• Supporting the efforts of EUV program leadership toward the establishment of the EUV program's project portfolio, from strategic alignment of programs and projects to portfolio categories and criteria, through proposal, evaluation, selection and prioritization, to contracting, execution, tracking and measuring the achieved results.
• Evaluating and maintaining program and project financial models, budgets, and forecasts.
• Providing regular financial analysis and fiscal-related reporting to leadership and other stakeholders as required
• Assist in managing the allocation of financial resources for assigned projects and initiatives.
• Facilitate the planning, coordination, and oversight of project scopes, budgets, deliverables, milestones, schedules, and dependencies across the programs and projects in the portfolio and resolve or escalate conflicts.
• Creating and maintaining program documentation and artifacts to track project proposals, plans, contracts, budgets, changes, deliverables, and the progress of each project
• Creating and analyzing key performance indicators to assist with driving improved results and provide detailed analysis, identifying risks and opportunities and addresses weaknesses or execution issues if required.
• Tracking project changes and implementing changes to the contract documents.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications, EUV Program Manager

• This position requires a bachelor's degree in the area of hard sciences or engineering sciences, business, management, or a related field from a college or university accredited by the U.S. Department of Education or internationally recognized accrediting organization OR equivalent relevant professional experience.
• The incumbent must have a minimum of ten years of relevant professional experience and possess clear and well-reasoned verbal and written communications.
• The incumbent must have 7+ years professionally responsible experience in project management managing technical projects.
• The incumbent must have 5+ years' experience in navigating complex organizational structures and collaborating with technical and business teams.
• The incumbent must have a basic understanding of semiconductor industry, IC manufacturing process and process technologies.
• The Program Manager will possess clear and well-reasoned verbal and written communications.
• The incumbent must have experience in project management best practices and standards, working with stakeholders and collaborating in a cross-functional team environment.
• Additionally, the Program Manager must possess the ability to interface with customers and internal partners at various levels within an organization; work independently; prioritize demands in a fast-paced environment; have strong organization skills; and have experience with project management software.

Preferred Qualifications, EUV Program Manager

• Fifteen years of professionally responsible work experience in a similar position
• Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute
• MS or higher in Hard Sciences or Engineering Sciences
• 5+ years' experience working in a semiconductor foundry and has a sound technical understanding of semiconductor industry, IC manufacturing process and process technologies, specifically advance patterning and packaging.
• Demonstrated experience leading, influencing and driving collaboration without authority with multiple internal and external partners.

This position is contingent on the satisfactory completion of a background check; this position may require annual background checks.

Don't meet every requirement? At NY Creates we are dedicated to building a welcoming team. If you are excited about working for NY Creates but your experience doesn't exactly align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway, you might still be a perfect fit for this or another role.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental
• Competitive Pay and PTO
• Flexible Heath Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
• Basic / Optional Life Insurance
• Post-Retirement Health Insurance
• Employer contribution of 7% of earnings to a Basic Retirement plan after meeting one year of service.
• Optional employee contributed retirement account

Location: 257 Fuller Road, Albany, NY 12203

Salary Range: $120,000 - $150,000

*Posted salary ranges re determined upon experience and education.

Additional Information:

NOTE: Some positions require access to export-controlled commodities, technical data, technology, software, or restricted programs where U.S. Government authorization may be required.

For positions requiring such access, offers of employment are contingent upon the employer being able to obtain the necessary authorization, including, if required, an export license from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security, the U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, or other government agencies. The decision to pursue an export license application is at The Research Foundation for SUNY's sole discretion. Proof of status may be required prior to employment in connection with necessary authorizations.

Employment is with the Research Foundation for SUNY which is an Equal opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

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