Manager, Digital Transformation - Design Quality

Lam Research Salzburg GmbH; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Lam Research is seeking a Digital Transformation – Quality Manager to spearhead the design and deployment of quality processes across the product lifecycle. You will lead cross-functional efforts to embed quality, drive governance, and promote a culture of continuous improvement within a market-leading semiconductor company.

You will engage stakeholders, manage complex requirements, and guide rapid transformation initiatives to unlock efficiency and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field with 6–8 years of management experience.
• MBA or master’s degree preferred.
• Experience in engineering or consulting with knowledge of operational processes and digital transformation benefits.
• Strong ability to drive organizational change and communicate complex ideas.

Responsibilities

• Lead vision, design, development, and deployment of quality workstream processes.
• Embed quality principles across the product lifecycle and integrate QMS across workstreams.
• Champion a quality-first mindset and governance for scalable solutions.

Skills

Change management

Storytelling

Stakeholder engagement

Exponential thinking

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or related field

MBA or master's degree preferred

Job description

In your career, let’s prove what’s possible.

At Lam Research, we create equipment that drives technological advancements in the semiconductor industry. Our innovative solutions enable chipmakers to power progress in nearly all aspects of modern life, and it takes each member of our team to make it possible. Across our organization, our employees come to work and change the world. We take on the toughest challenges with precision and accuracy. We push for the next big semiconductor breakthrough. We lead the way in one of the most critical and fast-moving industries on the planet. And we do it together, with deep connections and limitless collaboration. The impact we have on the world is made possible by focusing on our people. So we recognize and celebrate our teams’ achievements. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone’s contribution and voice has value. We evaluate and evolve our offerings, so our people receive the support and empowerment to do meaningful things for their lives, careers, and communities. Because at Lam, we believe that when people are the priority and they’re inspired to unleash the power of innovation for a better world together, anything is possible.

Manager, Digital Transformation - Design Quality

Date: Aug 1, 2026

Location: Fremont, CA, US, 94538

Worker Category: On-site Flex

The group you’ll be a part of

The Office of Digital Transformation at Lam Research is responsible for the creation of next generation business process and accelerated adoption of technology across the company.

The Digital Transformation – Quality Manager role is a unique opportunity to transform a market leading semiconductor company to scale for past and future growth at an unprecedented time in our industry.

The impact you’ll make

Join Lam as a Digital Transformation Analyst, where you'll be at the forefront of revolutionizing our organization's digital landscape.

As part of the Office of Digital Transformation, you'll play a critical role in creating next-generation business processes and accelerating technology adoption across the company.

With your expertise in developing and implementing strategic plans, you'll not only enhance employee and customer experiences, but also improve operational efficiency and overall productivity.

Make your mark in shaping the future of Lam, a market-leading semiconductor company during an unprecedented period of growth.

What you’ll do

Vision, Design, and Deployment of Quality Processes

• Lead the vision, design, development, and deployment of critical Quality workstream processes.
• Embed quality principles across the product lifecycle and partner with other workstreams to deliver an integrated, closed-loop Quality Management System (QMS).
• Promote a quality-first, no-fault-forward mindset across the business.

Stakeholder Engagement and Requirement Definition

• Serve as the quality champion within the Idea to Retire (I2R) workstream and sub-groups.
• Partner with stakeholders to capture, define, and prioritize quality requirements that support transformation goals.

Adaptive Project Leadership

• Shift effectively between strategy, planning, and execution across project phases.
• Stay flexible to deliver program and workstream objectives successfully.

Governance and Consistency

• Champion the transformation project's governing principles.
• Drive consistent future-state solutions across capabilities and workstreams, ensuring they are simple, efficient, and scalable.

Cultural Change Leadership

• Act as a cultural change agent by involving, engaging, and influencing stakeholders.
• Promote open communication, guide stakeholders through change, and empower them as organizational change agents.

Digital Transformation and Visibility

• Transform digital tools and systems to provide end-to-end quality visibility.
• Redesign processes to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and connect data and intelligence.
• Understand enterprise data flows and system connectivity to enable insight-driven decision making.

Who we’re looking for

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or related field, or equivalent experience, with 6–8 years of management experience.
• MBA or master's degree preferred.
• Experience in engineering or consulting, with strong knowledge of operational processes, systems, tools, improvement initiatives, process digitalization, and digital transformation in leading or fast-growth companies.
• Strong storyteller able to drive organizational change management.
• Demonstrates exponential thinking and incremental execution.
• Understands industry best practices and applies them in real-world settings.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in product design and end-to-end quality strategy for product design and development.
• Semiconductor equipment design and/or manufacturing experience is a plus.
• Experience with requirements management, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Design for X, and related product development tools.
• Product engineering quality certifications, such as Design for Six Sigma, are a plus.
• 8+ years of quality experience using critical tools such as Pareto Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Process Control, and FMEA.

CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $114,000.00 - $253,000.00.

The above salary range for this position is relevant to applicants that reside or work onsite in the California, San Francisco Bay Area only. Salary offers will depend on factors that include the location you work from, your level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience and comparison to other employees already in this role. Actual salary may vary from salary offered due to numerous factors including but not limited to unpaid time off, unpaid leave, company mandated shutdown, and other relevant factors.

Our Perks and Benefits

At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That’s why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.

Nearest Major Market: San Francisco

Nearest Secondary Market: Oakland

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