IT Solutions Management

Applied Materials India; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials India is seeking a Techno-Functional Specialist to drive AI-enabled improvements across CSP services in Bengaluru. This hybrid role requires a professional adept in both business and technical aspects, acting as a bridge between stakeholders and development teams.

Responsibilities include enabling AI-assisted processes, leading initiatives, and translating business needs into technical specifications. Candidates should have over 10 years' experience, particularly in PPM/PMO roles, and familiarity with tools like Jira, Smartsheet, and compliance practices.

The position offers full-time employment with potential for travel and relocation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in techno-functional roles spanning portfolio/PPM/PMO/delivery enablement.
• Strong experience with PPM/ALM tools and Atlassian Jira/Confluence.
• Hands-on capability with GenAI tools, prompting, and agent-based automation.

Responsibilities

• Enable AI-assisted intake, assessment, estimation support, and portfolio prioritization.
• Lead the end-to-end execution of AI initiatives while maintaining sprint cycles and milestone tracking.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications for AI-driven project management.

Skills

AI-driven project management

Techno-functional expertise

Atlassian Jira/Confluence

Compliance and governance

Prompt engineering

Data quality management

Tools

Smartsheet

Asana

ServiceNow PPM

GenAI tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Techno‑Functional Specialist (AI‑Driven PPM & Portfolio Enablement)

Location: Bangalore, IND

We are seeking a hands‑on techno‑functional specialist to drive AI‑enabled improvements across CSP services—portfolio/demand management, execution governance (SDLC), tool adoption, compliance, and metrics/KPIs. This is a hybrid, high‑impact role requiring a professional who speaks both "business" and "code." You will act as a bridge between executive stakeholders, end‑users, data scientists, and core development teams to translate complex business problems into actionable AI‑enhanced technical architectures within enterprise project management systems (e.g., Jira, Asana, custom enterprise applications).

Responsibilities

• Enable AI‑assisted intake, assessment, estimation support, capacity insights, and portfolio prioritization support.
• Implement AI‑enabled execution governance including SDLC controls/phase exits, compliance visibility, and audit readiness practices.
• Hands‑on experience on Atlassian Jira/Confluence and knowledge of Smartsheet, Asana, MSPe, ServiceNow PPM and similar tools.
• Design AI‑driven automations: dashboards, status summaries, data quality checks, workflow optimizations, and self‑service insights; and enhance Atlassian Jira/Confluence for documentation, workflow management, and reporting.
• Prompt engineering and AI agents: write excellent prompts, create reusable prompt libraries, and build/deploy agents to automate repetitive CSP workflows and decision support.
• Partner with stakeholders to drive adoption through training, documentation, and strong communication.

Solution Design & Architecture

• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and system architectures for AI‑driven project management capabilities.
• Design and integrate Large Language Models (LLMs), machine learning models, and Agentic AI into existing project environments to automate scheduling, risk identification, and resource allocation.
• Evaluate the technical feasibility of proposed AI features and recommend the optimal technology stack.
• Implement and deliver the approved solutions.
• Work with GIS Data team to ensure data availability, quality, and governance required to train accurate, domain‑specific AI models.

Project Oversight & Delivery

• Lead the end‑to‑end execution of AI initiatives, maintaining sprint cycles, backlogs, and milestone tracking.
• Act as the technical point of contact AI for assigned product family, coordinating multidisciplinary teams of developers, data engineers, and domain experts.
• Monitor system reliability, model observability, and overall performance metrics.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in techno‑functional roles spanning portfolio/PPM/PMO/delivery enablement.
• Strong experience with PPM/ALM tools (Smartsheet/Asana/MSPe/ServiceNow PPM) and Atlassian Jira/Confluence.
• Working knowledge of SDLC governance/controls, compliance, and KPI/reporting practices.
• Demonstrated hands‑on capability with GenAI tools, prompting, and agent‑based automation.
• Hands‑on experience with Copilot, Claude, and other AI tools.
• Reporting/analytics experience for productivity, compliance, and operational insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Preferred

• Tool integration experience across documentation → backlog → execution → reporting flows.
• Good to have Python, SQL, and programming background.

Additional Information

• Time Type: Full time
• Employee Type: Assignee / Regular
• Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time
• Relocation Eligible: Yes

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.