Applied Materials

Director, Technical Program, Project Management

Posted on: 5 Feb 2021

Austin, TX

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical program design expert providing oversight from conception and planning to implementation, including strategies, processes and resources. Ensures objectives are clearly defined and agreed to across the division in accordance with program budgets and release schedules.
2. Responsible for managing long range schedule and task details by utilizing project management tools such as reports, tracking charts, checklist and project scheduling software.
3. Drives allocated resources from other organizations to achieve on-time and within budget performance objectives for the project. Initiates and manages capital allocation requests, purchase requisitions, and purchase orders.
4. Works with senior business group management team to ensure that such programs, strategies, and processes are aligned with the business units direction.
5. Leads multifunctional design teams comprised of internal, external and/or matrixed headcount to complete project/program. Provides technical leadership to team members to achieve complex goals.
6. Interfaces and coordinates with business unit senior management to define program objectives, provide status updates and prepare for release and deployment.
7. Applies engineering and business process expertise to program stakeholders within the business unit to solve complex programs/issues.
8. Contributes and participates in technical review boards for assigned programs.

Functional Knowledge

* Recognized as guru or external expert in a function
* Demonstrates broad and comprehensive expertise in leading-edge theories, techniques and/or technologies within own field

Business Expertise

* Influences internal/external business and/or regulatory issues that have an impact on the business

Leadership

* Leads highly visible multidisciplinary project teams or initiatives; provides thought leadership

Problem Solving

* Proactively identifies and solves the most complex problems; uses ground-breaking methods to think beyond existing solutions

Impact

* Impacts business direction through the development of innovative services or products

Interpersonal Skills

* Negotiates with senior management, customers, regulators or vendors to influence decisions

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Degree

Skills

Certifications:

Languages:

Years of Experience:

10 - 15 Years

Work Experience:

Additional Information

Travel:

Yes, 20% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

No

Applied Materials is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

Applied Materials

Santa Clara, CA

Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation and nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools.

The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices, as well as equipment for flexible substrates.

The company serves manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, liquid crystal and organic light-emitting diode displays, and other electronic devices. It operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Applied Materials, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.