About GlobalFoundries:
GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.
Summary of Role:
The Sr. Manager, Technical Project Management is responsible for leading, coaching, and scaling a team of Technical Project Managers accountable for end-to-end delivery of complex, technology-enabled initiatives. This role ensures strong technical execution, governance discipline, and delivery rigor across design, build, integration, testing, and deployment phases. The Manager acts as the primary people leader for TPMs while serving as a delivery assurance and escalation point for large-scale programs, working closely with Program Leadership, Architects, Engineering, Vendors, and Business Stakeholders.
Essential Responsibilities:
People Leadership & Capability Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Technical Project Managers, ensuring consistent performance, skill progression, and role clarity.
- Establish clear expectations for TPM ownership across build, integration, test, and deploy phases.
- Identify skill gaps and drive targeted coaching, training, and development plans aligned to enterprise technical delivery needs.
- Support performance management, staffing decisions, onboarding, and succession planning for TPM roles.
Delivery Oversight & Execution Assurance
- Provide oversight and challenge on TPM delivery plans, schedules, RAID, and execution strategies.
- Ensure TPMs effectively translate technical risks and dependencies into schedule, financial, and operational impacts.
- Act as an escalation point for complex delivery issues, enabling timely resolution across cross‑functional teams.
- Reinforce disciplined use of delivery tools (e.g., ADO, Jira), execution cadences, and reporting standards.
Technical & Program Governance
- Ensure consistent application of technical project management best practices across workstreams and initiatives.
- Partner with Architecture, Engineering, Test, Data, and Cutover leads to ensure integrated planning and execution.
- Drive alignment with program and portfolio governance expectations, including change control, milestones, and stage gates.
- Support leadership reviews with clear, fact‑based insights on delivery health and execution risks.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Serve as a trusted point of contact for program leadership on TPM performance, capacity, and delivery health.
- Partner with vendor delivery leads to reinforce accountability, execution quality, and outcome ownership.
- Ensure TPMs maintain effective working relationships with business and IT stakeholders across a matrixed environment.
Other Responsibilities:
- Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
Required Qualifications:
- Education – Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience. MBA preferred, or related field.
- Experience - 8+ years of experience in technical project or program delivery, including leadership of complex, multi-team initiatives.
- Skills
- 2+ years of experience managing or formally leading project managers or TPMs.
- Strong understanding of technology delivery lifecycles, including design, build, integrate, test, and deploy.
- Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and influence across technical and non-technical stakeholder groups.
- Demonstrated experience with Agile, hybrid, and waterfall delivery models.
- Travel - Up to 10%
- Fluency in English Language – written & verbal
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience delivering large-scale enterprise transformations (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, ERP, data, or platform modernization).
- Experience operating in a highly matrixed, global organization.
- Familiarity with technical delivery tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, and integrated reporting platforms.
- PMP, PgMP, or Agile certifications a plus.
- Ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong planning & organizational skills.
- Strong people leadership and talent development mindset
- Execution-focused with high accountability standards
- Ability to translate technical complexity into executive-level insights
- Confident decision-making and escalation judgment
- Collaborative, calm under pressure, and outcomes-oriented
Expected Salary Range
$147,000.00 - $248,000.00The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.
GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.
All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law
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