Organizational Effectiveness & People Strategy Program Manager

Who We Are

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting‑edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT.

If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world.

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Albany,NY, Austin,TX, Boise,, Chandler,AZ, Dallas-Richardson,TX, Hillsboro,OR, Malta,NY, Phoenix,AZ

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Recognized as a subject matter expert and strategic leader in People Strategy, Organizational Effectiveness, and Transformation. Leads large‑scale, highly complex cross‑functional programs that have a significant impact on business performance, organizational capability, and employee experience. Shapes strategy and drives enterprise‑wide execution through influence, governance, and stakeholder leadership. Operates with broad autonomy, advises senior executives, and plays a key role in aligning people’s initiatives with long‑term business objectives.

Frequently leads through others and is viewed as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.

• Partner with executive and senior leadership teams to define, evolve, and execute the enterprise People Strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, business growth objectives, and workforce needs.
• Lead the governance, prioritization, and delivery of a portfolio of complex, enterprise‑wide People Strategy initiatives and transformation programs, balancing competing priorities, resources, risks, and organizational dependencies.
• Translate business strategy into multi‑year people transformation roadmaps encompassing organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, leadership capability, talent development, employee experience, and cultural transformation.
• Identify emerging organizational trends, workforce risks, and strategic opportunities, providing data‑driven recommendations to senior leadership to strengthen organizational capability and readiness.

• Establish and oversee program governance frameworks, success measures, operating cadences, and executive reporting mechanisms to ensure effective execution and accountability across the People Strategy portfolio.
• Drive alignment across business units, HR Centers of Excellence, People Partners, and functional leaders to ensure seamless integration and execution of strategic people initiatives.
• Lead enterprise‑wide change management efforts for transformational programs, ensuring adoption, capability building, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable outcomes.
• Oversee resource planning, funding requirements, risk management, and benefits realization across strategic people initiatives.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to executive leaders, influencing decisions related to workforce transformation, organizational design, talent strategy, and change management.
• Facilitate executive steering committees, governance forums, and leadership reviews to drive decision‑making, remove barriers, and ensure strategic alignment.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships across HR, Finance, Operations,…