Engage during early-phase development to co-develop program schedules, cost frameworks, and resource plans grounded in engineering realityLead governance of feature lock milestones (Feature Concept Lock, Feature Definition Lock, Feature Freeze) to align scope before development beginsPartner with Product Management to evaluate feature trade-offs balancing schedule, cost, and technical risk. Own the master program schedule integrating all functional workstreams across HW, EE, FW, IQ, and ReliabilityEstablish and enforce milestone gates with clear entry/exit criteria across all hardware build phases (EVT, DVT, PVT, MP)Resolve cross-functional dependencies, resource conflicts, and schedule tradeoffs with speed and clarityLead executive-level program reviews presenting status, risks, and mitigation strategies.