AIx Product Manager

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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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Job Summary

The Product Manager Level V is an emerging product leader role designed for a technically deep engineer with a PhD who is transitioning into Product Management within Applied Materials. This role leverages advanced engineering expertise to translate customer high-value problems technology capabilities field feedback and business priorities into clear product requirements roadmap inputs and execution plans. The role is expected to operate with structured transition support while building product judgment commercial acumen stakeholder influence and customer-facing communication skills.

Role Scope

• Contribute to product strategy roadmap definition and requirements development for a defined product platform service offering or technology area.
• Partner with Engineering BU Field Sales Marketing Operations and Service teams to convert technical opportunities into scalable product outcomes.
• Apply deep domain expertise to evaluate technical feasibility customer value differentiation and execution trade-offs.
• Operate as an individual contributor or matrixed product lead with guidance from senior Product Management and business leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmap Support

• Translate customer field and engineering inputs into product requirements use cases value propositions and roadmap recommendations.
• Support market and customer segmentation analysis to identify where Applied should invest compete or differentiate.
• Contribute to product lifecycle decisions including feature prioritization release readiness adoption barriers and retirement considerations.
• Build fact-based business cases that connect technical capability to customer outcomes revenue opportunity margin impact and strategic fit.

Customer Field & Competitive Insight

• Engage with field teams customer-facing stakeholders and technical experts to understand customer high-value problems and operational pain points.
• Capture and synthesize Voice of Customer escalation learnings installed-base insights and competitive intelligence into actionable product recommendations.
• Support customer technical review preparation by providing product positioning technical rationale and evidence-based messaging.
• Identify gaps between current product capabilities and customer needs then recommend corrective actions or roadmap adjustments.

Cross-Functional Execution

• Partner with Engineering and Program Management to ensure requirements are understood feasible prioritized and traceable through execution.
• Coordinate with Sales Field Service and Operations to support launch planning enablement adoption tracking and issue resolution.
• Maintain clear documentation of product decisions assumptions dependencies risks and success metrics.
• Use structured operating rhythms dashboards and reviews to communicate progress and escalate issues appropriately.

Transition Support & Development Expectations

• Receive structured mentorship from a senior Product Manager or business leader for roadmap ownership product strategy customer engagement and commercial decision-making.
• Complete a defined transition plan covering product management fundamentals market requirements pricing and business case development launch readiness and stakeholder influence.
• Participate in customer field and BU reviews initially as a technical product contributor progressing toward ownership of selected product decisions and roadmap workstreams.
• Build capability in executive communication concise storytelling trade-off framing and business outcome orientation.
• Demonstrate increasing independence over 612 months in converting technical depth into product strategy requirements and measurable business impact.

Qualifications

Required

• PhD in Engineering Science Materials Science Physics Chemistry Data Science or a related technical discipline.
• Strong technical foundation with demonstrated ability to solve complex engineering or technology problems relevant to Applied Materials products services or customer environments.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into customer value product requirements and cross-functional execution plans.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage engineering field business and customer-facing stakeholders.
• Demonstrated curiosity and commitment to developing product management business and commercial skills.

Preferred

• Experience working with semiconductor equipment process technology services diagnostics data platforms automation reliability or advanced manufacturing environments.
• Exposure to customer escalations field support roadmap discussions technology transfer or cross-functional product development.
• Experience preparing technical presentations competitive assessments business cases or requirements documents.
• Familiarity with market requirements specifications product lifecycle management launch readiness pricing inputs or service product strategy.
• Experience using Agentic AI solutions to develop concepts UI prototypes and other applications to develop dynamic product requirements documents.

Success Metrics

• Quality and clarity of product requirements roadmap inputs and business case recommendations.
• Ability to synthesize technical customer field and market inputs into prioritized product decisions.
• Stakeholder feedback on collaboration communication ownership and cross-functional follow-through.
• Progress against transition plan milestones including product management skill development and increasing independence.
• Contribution to measurable product outcomes such as adoption issue closure customer value revenue enablement margin improvement or execution readiness.

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