Program Manager - Consumer Products at Sandisk

Essential Duties and Responsibilities • End-to-End Project Ownership:   • Drive product vision and strategy in partnership with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with consumer needs and business goals.  • Oversee execution across all phases—ideation, planning, development, testing, launch, and iteration—ensuring milestones are met and quality standards upheld.  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with product managers, engineers, designers, marketing, and operations teams to ensure alignment and timely delivery.  • Facilitate regular syncs and working sessions with product, engineering, design, marketing, and operations to maintain alignment and momentum.  • Resolve cross-team dependencies and conflicts, enabling smooth collaboration and timely decision-making.  • Program Planning & Execution: Develop and manage detailed plans to guide program success.  • Create and maintain project timelines, roadmaps, and resource plans, adapting as needed to changing priorities.  • Monitor progress and performance metrics, proactively identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.  • Stakeholder Communication: Ensure transparency and alignment across all levels of the organization.  • Provide clear, concise updates through dashboards, reports, and presentations tailored to different audiences.  • Act as the single source of truth for program status, escalating issues and decisions when necessary.  • Process Optimization: Continuously improve workflows and execution efficiency.  • Analyze existing processes to identify bottlenecks and areas for improvement.  • Implement scalable solutions and best practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.  • Launch Readiness: Coordinate all aspects of go-to-market execution and post-launch support.  • Lead cross-functional launch planning, ensuring readiness across marketing, sales, support, and operations.  • Establish post-launch monitoring and feedback loops, enabling rapid iteration and issue resolution.