Senior Principal Program Manager, Business Acceleration
A highly visible senior program management role at a semiconductor connectivity company (AI infrastructure). Day to day you run executive reviews, drive cross-functional teams (Sales, Product, Engineering, Supply Chain) to clear blockers, build customer/market heatmaps, and accelerate strategic sales and business initiatives. Onsite in San Jose; pays $205k–$260k base.
- Compensation
- $205K–$260K / yr
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline
- Significant experience in program management, product operations, business acceleration, product management, or related cross-functional role within semiconductor, hardware, connectivity, computing, o
- Strong understanding of semiconductor and hardware product development processes
- Ability to understand complex technical issues and communicate them clearly to technical and executive audiences
- Exceptional PowerPoint skills with ability to build clear, executive-ready slide narratives quickly
- Demonstrated fluency with AI tools to accelerate analysis, reporting, and communication
- Experience working across Engineering, Product, Sales, FAE, Operations, and/or Supply Chain organizations
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously and maintain rigorous follow-through
- Strong analytical, organizational, and executive communication skills
Nice to have
- Advanced degree preferred
- Experience working with semiconductor, connectivity, networking, compute, storage, or AI infrastructure products
Full description
Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at .
About Astera Labs
Astera Labs is a global leader in semiconductor-based connectivity solutions that enable AI and cloud infrastructure. Our products help the world's leading technology companies build scalable, high-performance computing and AI systems.
We are looking for a technical, high-energy Senior Principal Program Manager, Business Acceleration to help drive execution across some of Astera Labs' most strategically important customer and business initiatives.
This is a highly visible role that works directly with senior leadership and partners across Sales, Product, Engineering, Field Applications, Supply Chain, and other functions to identify execution gaps, drive accountability, and accelerate business outcomes.
The Opportunity
The ideal candidate is more than a traditional program manager. You are technically credible, highly organized, comfortable operating with senior executives, and willing to relentlessly drive teams toward resolution.
You will bring structure to complex, cross-functional initiatives across strategic sales opportunities and product development operations involving semiconductor connectivity programs. You will identify blockers, establish clear ownership, track progress, escalate issues, and ensure that critical actions are completed.
Success in this role requires someone who can walk into a room with engineers, product leaders, sales executives, and senior management and quickly understand what roadblocks are in the company's strategic sales opportunities, ask the right questions, and drive the organization toward action and execution so that those opportunities convert into revenue.
Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Business Program Management
- Lead recurring executive reviews of strategically important sales and business initiatives.
- Partner with Sales, Product, Engineering, FAE, and other teams to identify blockers, dependencies, and execution risks.
- Establish clear action owners, timelines, and follow-through mechanisms.