Solution Delivery Manager, Third Party Risk Management

Overview

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips. We enable technologies that connect our world, including AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world.

The Solution Delivery Manager, Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) is responsible for driving end-to-end delivery of the TPRM program and related solutions across the Risk & Compliance program portfolio. This role leads structured delivery across concurrent work streams, owns the operating rhythm and TPRM PMO communications for project teams and stakeholders, and ensures deliverables are produced on time and within scope with clear visibility to leadership.

It serves as the delivery engine of the team, owning the project teams’ operating rhythm, executive project reporting, and delivery stakeholder management to translate program priorities into structured delivery plans and predictable execution. It also acts as the early-warning system for risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID) and leads the development and execution of the TPRM PMO communications plan. Partnering with Change Management and Communications, the role aligns timing, sequencing, and integration of external communications with the delivery plan.

• Drive end-to-end delivery of risk and compliance initiatives, including TPRM, from intake through post-deployment stabilization.
• Establish and maintain integrated delivery plans, milestones, release cycles, and cross-workstream dependencies across concurrent projects.
• Translate program priorities into structured delivery plans, sequenced work, and predictable execution cadences.
• Partner with stakeholders across Procurement, Supply Chain, Customer Account Management, Finance, Internal Audit, Information Technology, and others to align delivery scope, sequencing, and quality expectations.
• Hold internal teams, vendors, and systems integrators accountable to schedule, scope, and quality commitments.
• Capture lessons learned and translate them into repeatable delivery playbooks for future rollouts.

• Partner with the Solutions PMO and Governance body to implement org-wide execution methodologies and cadences.
• Set the operating rhythm for the TPRM project teams, including cadences, agendas, decision logs, action tracking, and follow-through.
• Manage RAID across the project portfolio and surface risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies to leadership with recommended actions.
• Support Steering Committee and executive forums with decision packaging, pre-reads, and action-item follow-through.
• Enforce delivery standards, tooling, and quality gates across work streams.

• Produce executive-ready project reporting that provides leadership with decision-ready visibility into delivery progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Maintain clear visibility to delivery health across concurrent work streams and communicate status with a disciplined cadence.
• Coordinate cross-pillar communication so concurrent initiatives land cohesively and reporting to leadership remains aligned.

• Develop and execute the TPRM PMO communications plan, including status updates, executive readouts, cross-pillar syncs, and internal delivery announcements.
• Own the cadence, quality, and consistency of internal PMO communications across the TPRM program and Risk & Compliance portfolio.
• Ensure delivery decisions, scope changes, and milestone shifts are communicated clearly and promptly to the right audiences.
• Collaborate with Change Management and Communications to align on timing, sequencing, and integration of external communications with the delivery plan.

• Required — Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Project Management, Organizational Development, or related field.
• 5+ years in program/project…