Senior Product Line Manager: Change & Roadmap Ownership

Applied Materials, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a product change management-oriented professional in Santa Clara, CA. The role focuses on PCM control, ECO approvals, and PCN implementation with Global Product Support to ensure accurate configurations and BOM integrity.

The position involves coordinating with engineering, manufacturing and service teams to manage changes post-release, and to drive cost reduction and supplier alignment across products and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Owns product change management (PCM) and control.
• Unreleased product approval and control ECO (Engineering Change Order) approval.
• Implementation of PCN (Part Change Notification), with Global Product Support.
• Manages field service related activities, reviews approves and filters all system feedback activities that will have customer impact.
• Accuracy of customer shipped configurations and BOMs (Bill of Materials).
• CaRM (Configuration accuracy Review Meeting) reviews BOM accuracy.
• NSR (Non Standard Request) approval.
• Owns common modules roadmap and implementation post Phase 5 of ePLC.
• Implementation of component roadmaps including part obsolescence, replacements, alternative vendors and cost reduction.
• Facilitates Intercompany communication to align on product strategies, provide guidance on pricing, spare level contents, and restricted part orders.
• Facilitates alignment meeting for product roadmap and market proliferation
• Implementation of cost reduction roadmap
• Manage strategic vendor issues
• Manage all changes to the product after product release whether driven by engineering, quality, safety, customer demands or supply obsolesce
• 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

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a product change management-oriented professional in Santa Clara, CA. The role focuses on PCM control, ECO approvals, and PCN implementation with Global Product Support to ensure accurate configurations and BOM integrity.

The position involves coordinating with engineering, manufacturing and service teams to manage changes post-release, and to drive cost reduction and supplier alignment across products and roadmaps.