Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Santa Clara County, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 96000 - 132000

Posted on: 07-09-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who We Are

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world.

What We Offer

Salary:

$96000.00 - $132000.00

Location:

Santa ClaraCA

Youll 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 possiblewhile learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more.

At Applied Materials we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. Were 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.

We are seeking a talented and motivated program manager to join our dynamic program team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the planning proliferation and adoption of a strategic program for our engineering teams. This role requires a big picture thinker who can drive change and proliferation of a highly visible and cross functional program and product across the company.

Our team within Applied Materials is focused on the strategic question of how to increase the productivity of each employee through skill building through learning programs products and services. Our group is known for our ability to scale deliver excellent products and programs and innovative nature. We work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact projects that drive the companys strategic goals and manage change effectively. If you like taking an idea and turning it into reality join our team!

What you will do:

Plan and manage multiple milestones in complex projects for skill building for engineers
Proactively engage stakeholders and develop a deep understanding of their needs
Use qualitative and quantitative data to drive decision making
Drive alignment and communication with stakeholders with increasing and conflicting demands.
Craft and drive a project roadmap and bring consensus to your vision with various stakeholders
Continuously assessing and optimizing workflows and processes to ensure the best experience
Monitor and report out on project progress to business leaders

What you are good at:

Exceptional prioritization and project management skills
Listening deeply and synthesizing the most critical issue at hand
Extracting insights from multiple data sources to make informed decisions
Staying organized amidst a high volume of complex projects and stakeholders
Working towards outcomes using a proactive get things done approach pivoting quickly and thinking of creative solutions
Working in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Work Location: On-site Full-time Santa Clara CA

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Yes 20% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

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 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.

In addition Applied endeavors to make our careers site accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process please contact us via e-mail at or by calling our HR Direct Help Line at option 1 and following the prompts to speak to an HR Advisor. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Required Experience:

Manager

Who We AreApplied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips the brains of devices...