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Technology and Quality organization part of Supply Chain Operations is seeking a HW Director position in Taiwan responsible for Component Quality and Technology in PCB and substrate commodities.

What You'll Do

In this role you have the responsibilities of:

Commodity leader for PCB and Substrate:

• Establish deep, strong technical relationship with industry and Cisco suppliers.

• Drive Advanced PCB technology development to enable next generation Cisco products.

• Develop and execute Substrate long-term Commodity Strategy supporting internal (SiOne, SiPh), ASIC and Merchant Si

• Robust Design rules and Producibility for PCB and Substrate

• Enable Multi-source PSL development aligned with tech roadmap and investment.

Who You'll Work With

• Drive PCB and sub-tier suppliers for technology/material/chemical/equipment development to support next-gen PCB for Cisco products

• Partner with GSM to enable the PCB commodity strategy (including suppliers development, resiliency enablement, productivity through VE programs)

• Engage with SiOps,T&Q, ASIC engineering and suppliers for future substrate and package solutions development.

• Partner with APJC SCO functional leaders to mentor local leaders and build a local leadership platform to support the SCO-TPE team.

• Create site identity and synergy for all SCO functions (SiOps, GSM, T&Q, Meraki, Acacia) and work with cross functional leaders to understand talent acquisition need and roadmap, support hiring/retention

Who You Are

• Understand SCO strategies, methodologies and resources to help engineering and operations achieve their desired business outcomes.

• Have worked in cross-functional environments with track record of success in correlating the factors that influence strategies for product development, sourcing and manufacturing.

• Possess domain knowledge in PCB and substrate with extensive partnership and established relationship with PCB and Substrate suppliers.

• Organized and detail oriented, with ability to lead through influence and example, while communicating clear expectations through delegation and holding others accountable for results.

• Have developed successful teams, managed programs and initiatives.

• Collaborate with regional leaders (Sales, Eng, SCO) in the Cisco Taiwan office to drive site-level employee engagement and build the "Best Workplace in Taiwan™"

• Establish effective relationships with local government, work cross-functionally and articulate Cisco’s outstanding contributions to the transformation of Taiwan’s IT industry to the Government.

  Minimum requirements for this role:

• 15+ years of technical experience related to PCB & substrate technology and manufacturing

• 10+ years in management and related experience.

• Extensive engagement with Senior Leadership.

• Outstanding organizational and team leadership skills.

• Possess strong business acumen and executive presence.

• Skilled in advising and influencing teams to drive actions and results to support and enable SCO priorities.

• Ability to simplify the complex into clear and concise messaging.

• Typically requires MS/MBA or equivalent.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.