Sr. Manager, Backend Sourcing - San Jose, CA, United States

Originally posted 8 October 2026 by the employer.

About the role

This role is responsible for managing strategic engagement with semiconductor assembly, test, packaging, substrate, and related backend manufacturing partners. You will develop and execute sourcing strategies that deliver market-competitive cost, supply assurance, quality, and technology access.

What you'll do

• Lead, coach, and develop a sourcing team responsible for semiconductor assembly, test, packaging, substrates, and related backend services.
• Develop and execute category and supplier strategies aligned with corporate objectives and technology roadmaps.
• Own day-to-day and senior-level relationships with strategic backend suppliers and implement Supplier Relationship Management governance.
• Lead negotiations for assembly, test, packaging, substrate, tooling, capacity, and contracts.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Planning to translate demand forecasts into assembly, test, substrate, and backend capacity plans.
• Establish and manage supplier KPIs across cost, quality, delivery, yield, cycle time, capacity, technology, and responsiveness.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of semiconductor industry experience, including significant responsibility in backend sourcing, assembly and test manufacturing, packaging, substrates, supply chain, or operations.
• Proven experience leading teams, managing complex projects, and influencing across global, matrixed organizations.
• Strong record of negotiating assembly, test, packaging, substrate, capacity, and complex commercial agreements.
• Deep understanding of semiconductor backend economics, package and test technologies, manufacturing flows, supply dynamics, and supplier cost drivers.
• Demonstrated ability to translate Business Unit, product, package, and test requirements into actionable sourcing strategies.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, business, or finance.

Nice to have

• Established relationships within the global OSAT, substrate, test, packaging, and backend manufacturing ecosystem.
• Experience sourcing across conventional and advanced packaging, wafer-level packaging, assembly, final test, wafer sort, and substrates.
• Advanced degree and a track record of delivering sustained cost, capacity, quality, technology, and risk-management results.

Skills: backend sourcing, assembly and test manufacturing, packaging, substrates, supply chain