NPI Operations Program Manager

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Working as the Product Owner and Team Leader, this individual will manage a cross-functional POM Team that is responsible for identifying and managing operational activities of multiple products throughout their life cycle and representing Operations in the Core team.Responsible for making decisions and commitments on behalf of the Operations team in the Product Line Core Team (PLCT) and Product Development Team (PDT) meetings·Identify and prepare a qualification plan for product development, samples, and manage the qualification builds for the client SSD organization· Coordinate with Supply Chain Planning teams, Procurement, Sales Operations, and Factory Management during the development and manufacturing ramp-up of the product.Ensuring Low Volume Manufacturing (LVM)and production readiness by coordinating with Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales Operations, and FactoryEnsure Bill of Material (BOM) and SKU management requirements are met·Maintaining and updating Western Digital’s internal software and databases to reflect existing and future NPI /Engineering demand, assembly instructions, build, and engineering sample planMaintains and leads efforts to improve our models and further, automate and optimize business processes and cost-reduction activities.The Candidate will work on multiple projects simultaneously and interact with different teams both internally and externally.