Axelera AI
Technology
SoftwareTechnicalProgramManager
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“Software Technical Program Manager at Axelera AI. Skills: Software development projects, Technical program management, Cross-team coordination, Execution management. Manage day-to-day planning. Manage execution”
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving; Proactive issue identification; Issue resolution
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3-5 years technical program management, 3-5 years project management, Experience coordinating cross-team software integration, Sufficient technical literacy, Track record of improving delivery predictability, Experience working in a matrixed environment, Outstanding verbal communication skills in English, Outstanding written communication skills in English, Attention to detail
Nice to Have
Experience in semiconductor toolchains, Experience in compilers, Experience in AI/ML frameworks, Experience in embedded systems software, Familiarity with AI/ML model deployment pipelines, Familiarity with LLM/generative AI workloads, Familiarity with agile planning methodologies, Familiarity with SAFe-inspired planning methodologies, Familiarity with PI planning, Familiarity with sprint management, Familiarity with iteration management, Familiarity with backlog refinement
What You'll Do.
Manage day-to-day planning
Manage coordination of software development projects
Turn high-level objectives into detailed plans
Ensure task and dependency ownership
Drive plans through to delivery
Surface cross-team risks
Build plans with engineers
Track progress at task level
Run integration cadences
Run coordination cadences
Ensure technical ownership visibility
Make informed trade-off recommendations
Manage cross-team dependencies
Manage assigned complex software projects
Build detailed project plans
Maintain detailed project plans
Establish realistic estimates
Identify dependencies
Define integration milestones
Drive integration process
Define integration strategy
Identify integration environment owner
Ensure integration milestones agreed
Track integration milestones
Escalate integration tasks
Establish definition-of-done criteria
Get stakeholders to agree criteria
Track progress against criteria
Run coordination standups
Communicate status publicly
Identify blockers within 24 hours
Assign resolution ownership
Track resolution to completion
Track estimation accuracy
Track delivery predictability
Identify patterns of optimistic estimation
Make estimation patterns visible
Adopt realistic estimation practices
Identify single-person critical path dependencies
Establish backup coverage
Prepare project-level status views
Maintain project-level status views
Prepare risk registers
Maintain risk registers
Prepare decision logs
Maintain decision logs
Contribute to process improvements
Align project plans with roadmap
Align project plans with PI planning
Align project plans with portfolio priorities
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Across multiple software sub-teams; With engineering sub-team leads; With engineering leads; With engineering and product stakeholders; With leadership; With programme management team; With Software Program Manager
Communication Scope
Translate technical status; Clear summaries; Decision-enabling summaries
Process & Methodology
Agile, SAFe-inspired planning, PI planning, Sprint management, Iteration management, Backlog refinement, Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
About Us Axelera AI https://www.axelera.ai is not your regular deep-tech startup. We are creating the next-generation AI platform to support anyone who wants to help advancing humanity and improve the world around us. In just four years, we have raised a total of $370 million and have built a world-class team of 220+ employees (including 49+ PhDs with more than 40,000 citations), both remotely from 19 different countries and with offices in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, the UK, headquartered at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Netherlands. We have also launched our Metis™ AI Platform, which achieves a 3-5x increase in efficiency and performance, and have visibility into a strong business pipeline exceeding $100 million. Our unwavering commitment to innovation has firmly established us as a global industry pioneer. Are you up for the challenge? Position Overview We're looking for a Software Technical PM to own the day-to-day planning, execution management, and coordination of complex software development projects at Axelera AI. Working across multiple software sub-teams (Runtime, ML, Compiler, Backend, SWD, Apps), the Software Technical PM is responsible for turning high-level project objectives into detailed execution plans, ensuring every task and dependency has a named technical owner, driving those plans through to delivery, and proactively surfacing cross-team risks and roadblocks so that the right people can resolve them. This is a hands-on execution management role, not a reporting role and not a technical leadership role. The core of the work is building plans with engineers, tracking progress at the task level, running integration and coordination cadences, ensuring technical ownership is assigned and visible, making informed trade-off recommendations, and ensuring that cross-team dependencies are managed. Technical decisions and technical problem-solving remain with engineering. Status reporting and dashboards are outputs of the management activity
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