Strategic Account & Programs Manager

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Stock awards

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a results-driven account manager who can bridge Sales and Business Units across multiple customers and regions. You will align division strategies with customer roadmaps, shape pricing discussions, and lead technical demonstrations to win opportunities.

This role emphasizes collaboration, forecast accuracy, and margin management, with travel up to 10% and relocation eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Primary interface between sales and BU for multiple customers and/or regions.
• Follows through on division strategy for assigned account(s) and/or region(s) to achieve specific Market Share (%). Executes to product Single Page Strategy with Sales.
• Understands customer roadmaps and HVPs to help position division products within assigned accounts/regions in line with customer specifications and product technical capabilities. Contributes competitive intelligence to red teams.
• Owns purchase and config spec responses. Responsible for closure of hardware and process specifications (RFQs).
• Gathers data , conducts value pricing analysis and recommends pricing structure of products. Partners with Sales for order closure.
• Qualifies, schedules, and coordinates demos, visits, and source inspections. Prepares and presents level 0/1 technical presentations to customers
• Responsible for achieving Account/Division level financial targets (gross margin, OpEx), book/bill commit and forecast.
• Program-manages account/division efforts. Sets and drives eval tool milestones.

Job description

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a results-driven account manager who can bridge Sales and Business Units across multiple customers and regions. You will align division strategies with customer roadmaps, shape pricing discussions, and lead technical demonstrations to win opportunities.

This role emphasizes collaboration, forecast accuracy, and margin management, with travel up to 10% and relocation eligibility.