Non-Technical Project Manager IV

Applied Materials; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 108,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock award program

Bonus potential

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Applied Materials seeks a seasoned professional to drive data-driven programs across engineering and operations. You will define objectives, manage milestones, and ensure timely delivery while aligning with product and process specifications, costs and resource usage.

The role emphasizes collaboration with multiple teams, advancing new technologies and integrating innovative methodologies into offerings. The position focuses on leveraging analytics, managing change, and communicating effectively

Qualifications

• Expertise in data science, analytics, project management, program management and change management.
• Ability to leverage matrixed resources to deploy standardized changes.
• Effective communication to a wide range of recipients up to executive management.
• Demonstrated ability to identify high value problems and drive initiatives to closure.

Responsibilities

• Define project and program objectives and determine outcomes, milestones and viability.
• Ensure projects are completed per requirements, with attention to specs, costs, resources and timelines.
• Document all phases and ensure information is reported to relevant areas; comply with notebooks, patents, confidentiality and safety.
• Utilize material and financial resources effectively.
• Collaborate with staff to maximize productivity for the project or program.
• Lead R&D of new technologies and incorporate new processes or methodologies into products/services.

Skills

Data science

Analytics

Project management

Program management

Change management

Cross functional collaboration

Effective communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

Who We Are

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next‑generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry. The work we do together advances the world’s technology.

What We Offer

Salary:

$108,000.00 - $148,500.00

Location:

Chandler,AZ, Hillsboro,OR

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. Learn more about our benefits.

Key Responsibilities

Ensures that specific project and program objectives are defined for areas of responsibility, and that necessary preliminary activities (e.g., determination of outcomes, milestones, viability studies, and resource planning, among others) are completed to allow for effectiveness and focus during later stages of completion.

Ensures that all projects and programs assigned are completed in accordance with predetermined requirements, with specific attention to product/process specifications, project/program costs, resource utilization, and timeliness for completion.

Ensures that all phases of project, program and/or process development are documented and that information required in other functional areas is reported, disseminated, or transferred, as appropriate. Ensures compliance with Company policies regarding Engineering/Lab notebooks, patents, confidentiality and safety.

Ensures that the utilization of all material and financial resources is carried out in an effective manner.

Effectively work with other staff to maximize productivity for the project / program.

Spearheads research and development of new technologies, as appropriate, and ensures that newly created processes, designs, and/or methodologies are incorporated into Applied Materials products/services, and/or disseminated to other areas as needed.

Other Requirements

Expertise in data science, analytics, project management, program management, change management and cross functional collaboration.

Ability to leverage matrixed resources to achieve deployment of standardized structural changes.

Effective communication capability to a wide array of recipients ranging from peer to peer up to executive management.

Demonstrated ability to identify high value problem, generate solution alternatives, juggle complex competing demands and drive initiatives to closure with minimal supervision.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field

Business Expertise

• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services

Leadership

• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity

Problem Solving

• Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions

Impact

• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

Additional Information

Time Type

Full time

Employee Type

Assignee / Regular

Travel

Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Eligible

No

The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

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.

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