Director, Product Portfolio & Product Lifecycle IT Transformation Lead

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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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About the Role
The Director Product Portfolio & Product Lifecycle Transformation leads business and IT transformation initiatives that enable product lifecycle management program governance and portfolio value realization across a complex global enterprise environment. This role partners closely with business stakeholders IT teams and cross-functional organizations to drive integrated platform execution business process improvement and operational excellence across the end-to-end Idea-to-Retire lifecycle. The Director translates business priorities into scalable process and technology solutions that improve governance visibility and portfolio performance.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead transformation initiatives across product lifecycle project and portfolio management and related business process and IT platform capabilities
- Partner with business and IT stakeholders to define priorities roadmaps and execution plans aligned with organizational objectives
- Drive end-to-end execution of complex IT-enabled programs including scope milestones dependencies governance risk management and value realization
- Enable and improve end-to-end Idea-to-Retire business processes through integrated platforms process standardization and cross-functional alignment
- Provide leadership in product lifecycle program governance and portfolio management to strengthen planning transparency decision-making and execution
- Lead implementation integration and optimization efforts involving Siemens PLM SAP S/4 and related enterprise platforms
- Translate business requirements into scalable digital solutions that support product development project resource management and portfolio planning processes
- Establish governance mechanisms execution cadences and stakeholder engagement approaches that support delivery adoption and sustained business value
- Drive adoption of industry best practices and process harmonization across product and project portfolio management capabilities
- Lead cross-functional teams program partners and stakeholders through change management issue resolution and execution delivery
- Define monitor and report success measures portfolio health indicators and business value realization metrics for strategic programs.

Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology Engineering Business or a related field
- Significant experience in enterprise IT digital transformation product lifecycle management ERP or portfolio management environments
- Proven experience leading large-scale business process and IT transformation programs
- Strong stakeholder management experience across both business and IT organizations
- Experience with Siemens PLM SAP S/4 or comparable enterprise platforms supporting product lifecycle and portfolio processes
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives with senior stakeholder visibility multiple dependencies and enterprise impact
- Strong communication influencing and change leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Business Engineering Information Systems or a related field
- Experience in semiconductor manufacturing or other complex product-based global organizations
- Experience leading platform-enabled transformation across Idea-to-Retire processes
- Strong understanding of industry best practices in product and project portfolio management
- Experience building governance models and operating mechanisms that improve execution and business value realization
- Demonstrated success aligning technology solutions with business priorities and portfolio objectives

Functional Knowledge
- Product lifecycle program governance project and portfolio value realization through integrated IT platforms
- Product and project portfolio management business processes and platform enablement
- Product development and project resource management processes within complex enterprise environments
- Business process transformation and program execution leadership in IT implementation environments
- End-to-end Idea-to-Retire transformation enabled through integrated digital platforms
- Enterprise platforms such as Siemens PLM and SAP S/4

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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.

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