Director Strategic R&D Program Portfolio

TTM Technologies, Inc. - Publicly Traded US Company, NASDAQ (TTMI) - Top-5 Global Printed Circuit Board Manufacturer

TTM Technologies, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of technology solutions including engineered systems, radio frequency ("RF") components and RF microwave/microelectronic assemblies, and quick-turn and technologically advanced printed circuit boards ("PCBs"). TTM stands for time-to-market, representing how TTM's time-critical, one-stop manufacturing services enable customers to shorten the time required to develop new products and bring them to market.

Additional information can be found at www.ttm.com

The Director Strategic R&D Program Portfolio oversees and directs multi-disciplinary teams during critical and strategic research and development activities for components and systems including process developments. Responsibilities include achievement of the technical, budget and schedule commitments of the projects. Directed activities are managed through PLCM and typically cover DoD TRL stages 5-7 development activities.

The Director Strategic R&D Program Portfolio reports into the Strategic Innovation Center of Excellence and has elevated authority through the backing of the business unit leads.

• Oversees the A&D Sector's portfolio of strategic research and development projects including but not limited to budgets, schedules, work plans, resources requirements, cost estimates and projections. Leads multidisciplinary teams to ensure that TTM's technology maturation expectations are met in accordance with strategic plans and roadmaps.
• Establishes and maintains framework and processes (governance, communication management, performance management, risk management) for Strategic R&D portfolio management in the TTM A&D Sector organization
• Coordinates decisions on selection, prioritization, balancing, and termination of portfolio projects to ensure alignment with strategic goals and business priorities
• Establishes and maintains appropriate infrastructure and systems to support portfolio management processes
• Continuously reviews, reallocates, reprioritizes, and optimizes Strategic R&D portfolio to ensure ongoing alignment with evolving business goals, market opportunities, and threats
• Provides key stakeholders with timely assessment of portfolio performance and portfolio-level issues and risks impacting performance
• Measures and monitors the value of the projects and communicates to the A&D Sector and corresponding business units through metrics and targets such as benefit ratios, return on investment (ROI), net present value (NPV), payback period (PP), internal rate of return (IRR), and scorecards
• Supports senior-level decision making by ensuring timely and consistent communication to stakeholders on progress, changes and/or impacts
• Influences executive sponsorship engagement for the portfolio and each portfolio component as needed and to enable adjusted priorities for successful project execution
• Participates in ongoing strategic R&D project reviews as well as key decisions
• Participates in A&D Sector strategy development, market shaping and program development through direct customer engagement and proposal preparation for assigned strategic IRAD and CRAD projects,
• Ability to interface with customers on externally funded Strategic R&D projects, responsible for execution of contract against technical, cost, schedule, and performance requirements
• Responsible for meeting legal and regulatory requirements for both internally and externally funded Strategic R&D projects with support of other functions
• Applies Product Life Cycle Management (PLCM) for new product development efforts across the A&D Sector's Strategic R&D portfolio
• Collaborates with the Sales, Business Development, and Operations teams at all levels to identify opportunities for the Strategic Innovation Center of Excellence and actively lead the development and implementation of action plans to realize those opportunities
• Assess incoming R&D requests and gating of solicited and unsolicited externally funded opportunities against defined criteria to identify those that are "strategic" and provide input to BU leads for concurrence/down selection.
• Support the proposal process for strategic innovation customer funded R&D efforts (CRAD) in particular when a statement of work has to be furnished or the contractual requirements are outlined.
• Help to prepare unsolicited proposals based on an understanding of customer needs.
• Understands resource allocation (personnel and material) to ensure successful Strategic R&D project execution, recommends resource alignment when needed (e.g. allocation or hiring of additional people)

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Master's degree preferred
• Minimum of 15 years of development experience with 8 years of managerial experience

• Strong interpersonal skills to arbitrate conflicts, ability to negotiate program and resource priorities
• Program and portfolio management
• Supplier management
• Proposal and capture management, preferable with DoD Contracts

TTM offers a variety of health and well-being benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending and health savings accounts, accident benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid vacation & holidays. Benefits are available on the 1st of the month following date of hire. For some positions, only PTO and holiday benefits are offered.

Compensation ranges for roles at TTM Technologies varies depending on a wide array of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At TTM Technologies, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on each individual set of circumstances. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Additional compensation: An annual or quarterly company bonus may apply based on position assignment. Positions hired for alternative shift may be eligible for a shift premium based on the assigned shift and location.

Export Statement:
Must comply with TTM Export Control Policies and Procedures and all applicable laws including ITAR, EAR and OFAC including but not limited to: a) being able to identify ITAR product on the manufacturing floor and understand that access to these products and related technical data is restricted to only US Citizens and US Permanent Residents; b) recognition ofForeign Person visitors by badge differentiation; c) understand and follow authorization procedures for bringing foreign visitors into facilities (VAL); d) understand the Export and ITAR requirements for shipments leaving the US; e) manage vendor approvals for ITAR manufacturing and services.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.