Program Manager

Avanciers is seeking a highly skilled Quick Turn Program Manager for an exciting opportunity with one of our Fortune 500 clients, based in Santa Clara, CA.Role: Quick Turn Program ManagerLocation: Santa Clara, CA (Onsite)Employment Type: Full-TimeKey responsibilitiesIntake & triage: qualify requests (business need, urgency, constraints), define scope/options, and align on priority.Rapid planning: build tight execution plans (milestones, owners, critical path), set success criteria, and establish change control.Cross-functional execution: coordinate engineering, test/validation, manufacturing/ops, supply chain, labs, and support to meet dates.Risk/issue management: run daily/near-daily war rooms, remove blockers, drive fast escalation, track actions to closure.Build/release readiness: ensure required reviews, validation, and sign-offs happen without unnecessary delay; manage cut-lines.Communication: provide crisp status (what changed, impact, next steps), executive summaries, and stakeholder alignment.Post-mortems & improvements: capture lessons learned, improve quick-turn playbooks, templates, and operational cadence.Typical qualifications5+ years (varies by level) in program/project management for hardware, software, or systems.Demonstrated success delivering time-critical programs under ambiguity.Strong skills in scheduling, dependency management, and prioritization (critical path, tradeoffs).Comfortable leading incident-style execution (war room cadence, escalations, action tracking).Familiarity with common tools (e.g., Jira/ADO, Confluence, Smartsheet/MS Project) and basic metrics/reporting.Excellent stakeholder management; ability to drive decisions with incomplete data.