Senior Engineering Program Coordinator

About the role

Graphcore is seeking a Senior Engineering Program Coordinator to help manage engineering programs across various teams. This role involves supporting planning, coordination, and execution to ensure efficient and timely delivery of engineering activities. You will contribute to improved collaboration and operational effectiveness within the engineering organization.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Coordinate engineering program activities among diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, risks, issues, and action logs.
• Organize and lead regular program meetings, reviews, and status updates.
• Monitor progress against agreed deliverables and promptly report any risks or delays.
• Support program managers and engineering leaders with planning, reporting, and governance tasks.
• Ensure that actions, decisions, and dependencies are clearly documented and communicated.
• Prepare dashboards, reports, and presentations to provide a clear view of program status.
• Assist with resource planning, workload tracking, and coordination across engineering groups.
• Drive follow-up activities to ensure commitments are met and stakeholders remain aligned.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of program management processes, tools, and workflows.
• Support the onboarding of new team members into program processes and operating rhythms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve operational and delivery challenges.

Requirements

• 7 years of experience coordinating projects, programs, or operational activities in an engineering, technology, or technical setting.
• Strong organizational skills, capable of managing multiple priorities and deadlines concurrently.
• Experience maintaining schedules, action trackers, risk logs, and status reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for engaging with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Proficiency with standard project management, collaboration, and productivity tools.
• Ability to work independently while effectively coordinating across distributed teams.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting hardware, software, semiconductor, or other complex engineering programs.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies and governance practices.
• Experience creating dashboards, metrics, and management reports.
• Understanding of engineering product development lifecycles.
• Experience working in a fast-paced technology organization.

Skills & tools

• Project management software
• Collaboration tools
• Productivity suites

Practical notes

Graphcore offers a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, FSAs, HSAs, disability and life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, commuter benefits, wellness services, and an Employee Assistance Programme. Graphcore values diversity and inclusion, providing an equal opportunity process and accommodating reasonable adjustments during the interview process.