Senior Program Manager, Texas Institute for Electronics Full-time NEW

Senior Program Manager, Texas Institute for Electronics

Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) is a transformative, well-funded semiconductor foundry venture combining the agility of a startup with the scale of a national initiative.

A key part of our mission is to advance the state of the art in 3D heterogeneous integration (3DHI), chiplet-based architectures, and multi-component microsystems- catalyzing breakthroughs across microelectronics, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, high-performance computing, and next-generation healthcare devices.

Backed by $1.4 billion in combined funding from DARPA, Texas state initiatives, and strategic partners, we are building foundational capabilities in advanced packaging and integrated design infrastructure to restore U.S. leadership in microelectronics manufacturing.

TIE's 3DHI and chiplet integration platforms integrate novel thermal management and advanced interconnect solutions to deliver unprecedented performance and energy efficiency. Operating at the intersection of defense electronics and commercial markets, TIE offers a rare opportunity to reimagine an industry from the ground up and build transformative products with global impact.

UT Austin, recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Large Employers, provides outstanding employee benefits and total rewards packages that include:

• Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with 8.25% employer matching funds
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
• Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card
• Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card

Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen or U.S. lawful permanent resident) as per sponsor requirements.

Purpose

The Program Manager will oversee day-to-day execution and sponsor interface for a large, complex, government-funded program with high visibility and rigorous reporting and tracking responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as TIE's primary day-to-day interface with government funding partners and key stakeholders, including reporting on action items, technical oversight, contracting, and program management.
• Maintain the established sponsor cadence (check-ins, deliverable touchpoints, review preparation), ensuring disciplined agendas, clear decision capture, and timely action-item closure.
• Shape and manage expectations with sponsor stakeholders—clarify objectives and align on success criteria.
• Proactively identify performance risk, mitigation options, trades analyses, recommend courses of action, and execute risk reduction plans.
• Drive responsiveness and credibility: ensure rapid, high-quality turnaround on sponsor inquiries, action items, and data requests with accurate, well-organized responses.
• Own program governance in close partnership with contracts, legal, and finance, including reporting requirements, formal deliverables, documentation discipline, invoicing milestones, change control, and audit-ready records.
• Maintain a disciplined deliverables management system (templates, review workflow, submission calendar, version control, and archives) to ensure on-time, sponsor-ready submissions.
• Support a compliance-focused execution posture appropriate for large government programs (e.g., CUI/ITAR handling and alignment with a NIST/CMMC-like environment), including appropriate partner flow-down expectations.
• Build and maintain integrated program management plans (WBS/IMS, milestones, resources, dependencies) and provide clear progress-to-plan tracking across internal teams and partners.
• Coordinate execution across TIE teams (engineering, packaging/fab operations, supply chain, test/characterization, finance, quality) and a large partner ecosystem; identify execution bottlenecks early and drive mitigation and contingency plans.
• Facilitate Technical Interchange Meetings and program reviews—coordinate inputs and SMEs, keep discussions aligned to sponsor objectives, and translate outcomes into executable next steps (owners, timelines).
• Define and manage program KPIs and risks (schedule confidence, burn vs. plan, deliverable health, risk burndown), escalating as needed to maintain clear visibility for leadership and sponsors.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, engineering, scientific, business, or related quantitative discipline.
• 10+ years of program management experience
• At least 3 years of experience demonstrated success leading large, complex federally funded programs under the Department of War / Department of Defense, Space Force, or closely related defense agencies with sustained sponsor oversight, formal deliverables, and multi-party execution.
• Strong working knowledge of government contracting and execution (OTA and/or FAR-based agreements), including deliverables, reporting, and change control.
• Experience coordinating across external companies and universities (partners, vendors, sub-awardees) in multi-party government programs with formal governance and accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability to package complex technical progress into clear, sponsor-ready narratives and status updates.
• Strong working proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Teams, Outlook, Excel); experience working in or alongside ERP systems, including during process or tool migrations.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in in a technical, engineering, scientific, business, or related quantitative discipline
• Prior program management experience with DARPA-funded programs, particularly where integrated with or complementary to larger Department of War / Department of Defense efforts.
• Strong working proficiency with Smartsheet or similar program execution tools.
• Experience operating in startup or early-scale organizations delivering major government programs (high ambiguity, high ownership, lightweight but disciplined process).
• Familiarity with CUI/ITAR, cybersecurity compliance expectations, and environments aligned to NIST/CMMC-like requirements.
• Background supporting advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, packaging, or lab-to-production scale-up programs.

Salary Range

TIE Pays Industry Competitive Salaries

Working Conditions

• May work around standard office conditions
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
• Use of manual dexterity (ex: using a mouse)

Work Shift

• Monday – Friday: Standard and Flexible

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.