Senior Principal Program Manager, Business Acceleration - San Jose, California, United States
$205,000 - $260,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 25 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role drives execution across strategic customer and business initiatives, bringing structure to complex, cross-functional programs within product development operations and strategic sales opportunities.
What you'll do
- Lead recurring executive reviews of strategic sales and business initiatives.
- Partner with Sales, Product, Engineering, and FAE teams to identify blockers, dependencies, and execution risks.
- Establish clear action owners, timelines, and follow-through mechanisms for initiatives.
- Track open issues to resolution and proactively escalate stalled or high-impact items.
- Develop concise executive-level reporting on progress, risks, blockers, and required leadership actions.
- Hold cross-functional stakeholders accountable for commitments and drive timely resolution of critical issues.
What you'll need
- Experience bringing structure to complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Ability to identify blockers, establish clear ownership, track progress, escalate issues, and ensure critical actions are completed.
- Skill in understanding roadblocks in strategic sales opportunities and driving action towards execution.
- Ability to develop and maintain a view of major AI infrastructure buildout programs across key customers and market segments.
- Experience identifying systemic execution issues and establishing mechanisms for organizational responsiveness and accountability.
- Understanding of semiconductor product development and manufacturing processes, including silicon development, validation, tape-out, foundry, packaging, and production.
Skills: strategic sales opportunities, product development operations, semiconductor connectivity programs, supply-chain risks, AI infrastructure
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 43-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
154
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Median days open
43 d
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Median salary
$220k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Astera Labs | All employers we track in this specialty (154 roles · 45 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 154 |
| Median days open | 104 d | 43 d (+61 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: strategic sales opportunities, product development operations, semiconductor connectivity programs, supply-chain risks, AI infrastructure
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 31 d
- AMD · 23 open roles · median 32 d
- NVIDIA · 13 open roles · median 46 d
- Synopsys · 13 open roles · median 44 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 62 d
- Apple · 4 open roles · median 60 d
How we counted: 154 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 45 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 26 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.