Strategic Transition & NPI Program Manager

Applied Materials, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 79,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Stock awards

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a Lead Project Manager in Austin to coordinate complex module programs from concept to production release. You will drive cross‑functional alignment across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality to meet milestones and budget expectations.

The role emphasizes strong communication, risk management, and strategic planning, with opportunities to influence multiple product platforms and business outcomes. Relocation assistance may be available.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of project management principles and practices.
• Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) and product commercialization processes.
• Understanding of manufacturing operations and cross-functional execution requirements.
• Familiarity with product lifecycle management and engineering change processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate project activities for CPG Common Modules from concept, planning, development, validation, and commercialization through production release.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, RAID logs, action item trackers, and executive status reports to ensure project milestones, deliverables, and readiness criteria are met.
• Drive alignment across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Quality, Product Management, and Operations teams to support common module development and deployment objectives.
• Monitor and manage project schedules, budget commitments, resource allocations, risks, and dependencies while proactively identifying mitigation plans to maintain program objectives.
• Coordinate module readiness activities including design releases, BOM maturity, sourcing readiness, qualification builds, validation testing, manufacturing ramp plans, and change management execution.
• Support common module standardization initiatives by tracking process improvements, cost reduction opportunities, cycle time improvements, and module reuse strategies across multiple product platforms.
• Provide regular project reviews and executive-level communications on program status, key risks, decisions required, schedule performance, and business impacts.
• Partner with internal and external suppliers to monitor component readiness, qualification activities, capacity constraints, delivery commitments, cost objectives, and escalation management.
• Ensure successful execution of commercialization and manufacturing readiness activities, including controlled builds, validation builds, first customer shipments, and production ramp support.

Skills

Project management

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a Lead Project Manager in Austin to coordinate complex module programs from concept to production release. You will drive cross‑functional alignment across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality to meet milestones and budget expectations.

The role emphasizes strong communication, risk management, and strategic planning, with opportunities to influence multiple product platforms and business outcomes. Relocation assistance may be available.