Technology and Quality organization part of Supply Chain Operations is seeking a HW Director position in Taiwan responsible for Component Quality and Technology in PCB and substrate commodities.
What You'll Do
In this role you have the responsibilities of:
Commodity leader for PCB and Substrate:
- Establish deep, strong technical relationship with industry and Cisco suppliers.
- Drive Advanced
PCB
- Develop and execute Substrate long-term Commodity Strategy supporting internal (SiOne, SiPh), ASIC and Merchant Si
- Robust Design rules and Producibility for PCB and Substrate
- Enable Multi-source PSL development aligned with tech roadmap and investment.
Who You'll Work With
- Drive PCB and sub-tier suppliers for technology/material/chemical/equipment development to support next-gen PCB for Cisco products
- Partner with GSM to enable the PCB commodity strategy (including suppliers development, resiliency enablement, productivity through VE programs)
- Engage with SiOps,T&Q, ASIC engineering and suppliers for future substrate and package solutions development.
- Partner with APJC SCO functional leaders to mentor local leaders and build a local leadership platform to support the SCO-TPE team.
- Create site identity and synergy for all SCO functions (SiOps, GSM, T&Q, Meraki, Acacia) and work with cross functional leaders to understand talent acquisition need and roadmap, support hiring/retention
Who You Are
- Understand SCO strategies, methodologies and resources to help engineering and operations achieve their desired business outcomes.
- Have worked in cross-functional environments with track record of success in correlating the factors that influence strategies for product development, sourcing and manufacturing.
- Possess domain knowledge in PCB and substrate with extensive partnership and established relationship with PCB and Substrate suppliers.
- Organized and detail oriented, with ability to lead through influence and example, while communicating clear expectations through delegation and holding others accountable for results.
- Have developed successful teams, managed programs and initiatives.
- Collaborate with regional leaders (Sales, Eng, SCO) in the Cisco Taiwan office to drive site-level employee engagement and build the “Best Workplace in Taiwan™”
- Establish effective relationships with local government, work cross-functionally and articulate Cisco’s outstanding contributions to the transformation of Taiwan’s IT industry to the Government.
Minimum requirements for this role:
- 15+ years of technical experience related to PCB & substrate technology and manufacturing
- 10+ years in management and related experience.
- Extensive engagement with Senior Leadership.
- Outstanding organizational and team leadership skills.
- Possess strong business acumen and executive presence.
- Skilled in advising and influencing teams to drive actions and results to support and enable SCO priorities.
- Ability to simplify the complex into clear and concise messaging.
- Typically requires MS/MBA or equivalent.