Product Line Manager: PCM, BOM, & Roadmap Leadership

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 128,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials in Austin is seeking a senior product change management professional to own PCM, ECO approvals, and PCN implementations, with global product support and cross-functional collaboration. This role drives configuration accuracy, BOM integrity, and post-release change management across multiple business units.

You will lead cost reduction efforts, coordinate intercompany product strategies, and guide vendor relationships while supporting travel up to 10% and relocation eligibility.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Owns product change management (PCM) and control; Unreleased product approval and control; ECO approval; PCN implementation with Global Product Support; manages field service related activities.
• Ensures accuracy of configurations and BOMs; conducts Configuration accuracy Review Meetings; verifies BOM accuracy; approves Non Standard Requests.
• Owns common modules roadmap and implementation post Phase 5 of ePLC; implements component roadmaps including obsolescence, replacements, and cost reduction.
• Facilitates intercompany communication to align on product strategies, pricing, spare levels, and restricted part orders; coordinates roadmap alignment and market proliferation.
• Manages cost reduction roadmap; handles strategic vendor issues; manages all changes post-release driven by engineering, quality, safety, or customer demands.
• Travel: Yes, 10% of the time; Relocation eligible: Yes.

Job description

Applied Materials in Austin is seeking a senior product change management professional to own PCM, ECO approvals, and PCN implementations, with global product support and cross-functional collaboration. This role drives configuration accuracy, BOM integrity, and post-release change management across multiple business units.

You will lead cost reduction efforts, coordinate intercompany product strategies, and guide vendor relationships while supporting travel up to 10% and relocation eligibility.