Program Manager I

Job description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Job Responsibilities

• Track release schedules, milestones, and deliverable status across R&D and PV teams using Jira and other tools.
• Maintain release calendars, checklists, and status dashboards, and keep release documentation (release notes, sign-off records) accurate and up to date.
• Follow up with RD/PV stakeholders to collect status updates, open items, and required sign-offs.
• Administer and maintain release tracking tools and templates; flag process gaps or missed deadlines to management.
• Communicate release status, risks, and blockers clearly to stakeholders across time zones.
• Attend two weekly/bi-weekly staff meetings conducted fully in English and produce accurate, well-organized meeting minutes covering decisions and action items.
• Distribute meeting minutes promptly and follow up on outstanding action items with owners.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any field; fresh graduates are welcome to apply.
• Excellent spoken and written English — able to follow live, fast-paced discussions with US and Brazilian English speakers and produce clear, accurate meeting minutes.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and reliable follow-through on tracked items.
• Comfortable learning and using tracking/collaboration tools such as Jira, and spreadsheets.

Additional Skills/Preferences

Prior experience with administrative coordination, project tracking, or documentation; exposure to Jira, or similar tools; experience working in a cross-cultural/international team setting is a plus.

Team structure

• reports to the Release Management team lead; works closely with R&D and Product Verification (PV) engineering teams.

Key stakeholders

• RD and PV counterparts based in the Taiwan, US and Brazil; department senior management for staff meetings.

Tools/systems used

• Jira, and release tracking/status dashboards. Basic linux experience will be helpful We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.