Talent Acquisition Strategy Specialist II

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.

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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.

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What Youll Do

Our Talent Acquisition Strategy team is looking for a Talent Acquisition (TA) Strategy Specialist for developing optimizing and executing strategic hiring initiatives that enable the organization to attract engage and hire top talent. This role blends data-driven workforce insights recruitment process design university hiring support and technology optimization to provide support for the global TA team to reach their hiring goals and program objectives. This is a global role reporting to the Director of TA Strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with global TA teams HR Business Partners business leaders and Finance to understand talent needs and capacity modeling to create talent attraction and acquisition strategy.

• Design execute and lead continuous improvement of projects across sourcing screening interviewing and selection.

• Conduct market research on talent availability industry trends competitor benchmarking and emerging hiring risks.

• Use data and analytics to monitor funnel metrics and provide insights to guide staffing decisions with a specific focus on University Hiring.

• Support university and early-career recruiting efforts by identifying sourcing and engaging top student talent for internships and entry-level roles.

• Provide operational support for recruiting initiatives by coordinating candidate outreach interview scheduling and recruiting tools to ensure timely progress against hiring goals.

• Drive adoption and training on TA technologies while identifying opportunities for automation and improved workflows.

• Drive projectexecutionwithin a matrixed organizationandholding TA teamsaccountable totimelines anddeliverables.

• Manageproject plans budgets and vendor/procurement processes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree

• 2- 5 years of experience with a preference for HR or Analytics specialization

• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and create actionable insights

• Strong project management skills; ability to lead cross-functional initiatives

• Exceptional communication consulting and stakeholder influence skills

• Ability to work effectively in high-volume fast-paced and ambiguous environments applying a strong problem-solving mindset

Preferred Qualifications

• Talent Acquisition experience is a huge plus

• Experience in recruiting coordination HR operations or university recruiting programs strongly preferred

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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.

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