Cadence Design Systems

Principal Project Manager - AE

Cadence Design Systems • $120K — $150K *
Austin, TX 78745In-Person
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electronic or Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • Minimum five years of relevant experience in project management or related roles.
  • Proficient in Microsoft 365 tools, specifically Excel and PowerPoint for tracking project milestones.
  • Experience managing customer technical engagements and aligning deliverables with timelines.
  • Ability to handle 3-5 simultaneous customer engagements across various regions.
  • Skilled in matrix management and effective use of JIRA and Microsoft tools for project tracking.
  • Background in electronics with experience in a technology environment.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, initiate, and manage IT projects.
  • Lead and guide technical staff in project execution.
  • Ensure project alignment with budget, schedule, and scope.
  • Collaborate with project personnel to identify and resolve issues.
  • Track project milestones and deliverables systematically.
  • Initiate and approve changes to project plans as needed.
  • Facilitate meetings related to IT projects with stakeholders.
  • Direct activities of project personnel to ensure cohesion and progress.
  • Work closely with account teams to define services projects.
  • Create SOW and collaborate with technical leads and finance/legal teams.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to achieve customer satisfaction.
  • Monitor schedules and issues related to customer engagements.
  • Drive projects to completion within defined constraints.
  • Identify and address potential project risks proactively.
  • Manage priorities for resources to meet project goals.
  • Foster a collaborative and accountable team environment.

Benefits

  • Some telecommuting permitted.
Full Job Description
Job Duties:

  • Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects.
  • Lead and guide the work of technical staff.
  • Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
  • Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
  • Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
  • Initiate, review, or approve modifications to project plans.
  • Schedule and facilitate meetings related to IT projects.
  • Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel.
  • Work closely with the account teams to scope out services projects.
  • Create a Statement of Work (SOW) and cost plans in collaboration with the technical leads and other organizations within Cadence including Cadence Finance and Legal.
  • Lead cross-functional teams, ensuring that all deliverables are successfully managed, executed, monitored, and controlled such that Customer success and satisfaction are achieved.
  • Create, maintain, and track project plans and schedules, activities, and issues associated with customer engagements.
  • Drive project tasks to completion in accordance with schedule, scope and cost constraints and report status and other metrics related to the project activity.
  • Proactively identify, mitigate, and resolve issues.
  • Manage and set priorities for resources across teams to achieve project objectives.
  • Foster an environment of collaboration, trust, and accountability for teams supporting the project.
  • Provide leadership, guidance, and motivation to the cross-functional team while resolving internal conflicts.
  • Contribute to best practices and efficiency improvements for operations/processes.
  • Some telecommuting permitted


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • Minimum five (5) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
  • Utilize Microsoft 365 tools, including Excel, PowerPoint to track and report progress for project milestones
  • Manage customer technical engagements including deployment of new technology, or paid services engagements, ensuring alignment with customer on deliverables and associated timelines and tracking progress
  • Manage 3-5 customer engagements in parallel and work with multiple customers in multiple regions across various technology domains, managing engagements as described above
  • Effective matrix management of resources working on a project/engagement and effective use of JIRA, MS tools, CoPilot to manage activity for individuals working on multiple deliverables across multiple customer projects and multiple Cadence products/business units
  • Background in electronics and experience working with customers in a technology-based environment
  • Product release management utilizing CRM tools such as SAP, JIRA or Salesforce

About Cadence Design Systems

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is an American multinational electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc. The company produces software, hardware and silicon structures for designing integrated circuits, systems on chips (SoCs) and printed circuit boards.
Learn more about Cadence Design Systems
Size
9,300 employees
Market Cap
$43.9 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$590.6 million
Founded
2018
5 Year Trend
+10.5%
Revenue
$2.6 billion
NASDAQ
CDNS
* Ladders Estimates

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