Technical Project​/Program Management IV - Strategic Initiatives

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.

Salary: $ - $

Location:

Santa Clara, CA

You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company.

At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go.

• We are the Productivity and Program Management (PPM) team in the Semiconductor Products Group (SPG)
• We develop best‑of‑breed business processes and tools to enable business units to accelerate product development for repetitive product success
• We are a diverse group of Technical Program Managers (TPMs) with a wide range of backgrounds, talents, and professional experiences.
• We equip our product development teams with digital tools and technologies that give them a competitive advantage and enable them to execute with greater speed and efficiency

• This role is for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) who will lead strategic initiatives through all stages from end‑to‑end

• Develop project plan and oversees from conception and planning to implementation, including strategies, processes, and resources
• Ensures objectives are clearly defined and agreed to across the business unit. Responsible for managing schedule and task details by utilizing project management tools such as reports, tracking charts, checklist, and project scheduling software.
• Drives allocated resources from other organizations to achieve on‑time and within budget performance objectives for the project
• Provide technical leadership to team members to achieve goals. Interfaces and coordinates with customers to define objectives, provide status updates and prepare for release and deployment.
• Provide engineering and business process expertise to team and other members on various significantly complex programs/issues.
• Identify and resolves potential complications within the program and develops solutions for resolution.
• Serve as the voice of our business users. Ensure that our user base can get the most value possible out of the processes and tools that we develop.
• Participate in annual Strategic Planning cycles where we identify high‑value problems to tackle in future programs.

• Strong background in an engineering, technical, and/or business field
• Extensive experience leading cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to bring people together from a wide variety of organizations across a company
• Experienced with change management across complex organizations
• Very data driven. Able to develop meaningful KPIs and metrics that measure the value created by the programs that you lead
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required. Must be able to maintain alignment across a wide range of stakeholders
• Must be comfortable presenting to management at all levels, including executive
• Primarily looking for candidates with >7 years of relevant experience, but the position level can be modified depending on the experience level of the candidate

• Strong operational background is a plus
• Some experience is GEN AI or AI uses cases is preferred.

Time Type:
Full time

Employee Type:
Assignee / Regular

Travel:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:
Yes

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