Global Operations AI Portfolio Lead

Lam Research; Livermore (CA); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

Lam Research seeks a Principal Program Management Lead to own end-to-end coordination, governance, and delivery cadence across the Global Operations AI portfolio in the California, San Francisco Bay Area. You will collaborate with Finance, IT, and Enterprise AI to drive measurable ROI and value realization.

You will establish portfolio governance, intake processes, resource alignment, and executive reporting to enable disciplined execution in a fast-moving semiconductor environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or related field with 15+ years of experience; or Master’s degree with 12+ years’ experience; or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of related experience in project management or program management.
• 12+ years of experience in program, portfolio, or operations management within complex, cross functional environments.
• Proven experience leading enterprise scale portfolios involving technology, data, and business transformation initiatives.
• Strong program and portfolio management capabilities, including intake governance, prioritization, dependency management, and executive reporting.
• Experience partnering with Finance on ROI modeling, budget management, and value realization tracking.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior and executive levels.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated GOPs AI portfolio, coordinating across all AI/ML/Automation initiatives, deployments, and builds.
• Establish and run standardized use case intake, evaluation, prioritization, and sequencing processes in partnership with Global Operations leaders and the Enterprise AI office.
• Maintain portfolio level visibility into roadmap status, milestones, dependencies, risks, and resource alignment.
• Drive execution rigor across initiatives by aligning individual program plans into a cohesive portfolio delivery view.
• Design and lead portfolio level governance structures, including operating cadence, executive reviews, and decision checkpoints.

Skills

Program management

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree +15+ years

Master's degree +12+ years

Job description

Lam Research seeks a Principal Program Management Lead to own end-to-end coordination, governance, and delivery cadence across the Global Operations AI portfolio in the California, San Francisco Bay Area. You will collaborate with Finance, IT, and Enterprise AI to drive measurable ROI and value realization.

You will establish portfolio governance, intake processes, resource alignment, and executive reporting to enable disciplined execution in a fast-moving semiconductor environment.