Sr. Business Planner Office and Lab Planning
Wilton, CA - USA
Job Summary
ASML US including its affiliates and subsidiaries bring together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster cheaper more energy-efficient microchips. We design develop integrate market and service these advanced machines which enable our customers - the worlds leading chipmakers - to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips which in turn leads to smaller more powerful consumer electronics. Our headquarters are in Veldhoven Netherlands and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Chandler Arizona San Jose and San Diego California Wilton Connecticut and Hillsboro Oregon.
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Business Planner to support Office & Lab Planning activities for our Wilton Development & Engineering organization.
This role plays a key part in enabling ASMLs technology roadmap by ensuring our engineers scientists and project teams have the right workspace and laboratory environments at the right time to support innovation and growth.
You will work closely with Business Line leaders Corporate Real Estate EHS Lab Owners Project Managers and other stakeholders to assess space demand develop capacity scenarios prioritize requests and support strategic planning for office and laboratory environments. The role requires strong analytical capabilities stakeholder management skills and the ability to navigate complex business priorities while balancing short-term needs with long-term planning objectives. Success in this role requires embracing ASMLs values of Challenge Collaborate and Care by constructively challenging assumptions partnering across sectors to achieve the best outcomes and ensuring solutions meet the needs of both the business and our people.
As a trusted business partner you will provide data-driven recommendations facilitate decision-making and drive continuous improvements in workspace planning processes governance and reporting.
- Develop and maintain office and laboratory space plans aligned with business growth organizational priorities and strategic objectives.
- Translate business requirements into practical workspace solutions while balancing capacity utilization cost and operational constraints.
- Support long-range planning activities by evaluating future demand scenarios capacity requirements and portfolio impacts.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand current and future workspace needs.
- Analyze headcount forecasts project requirements industrial space demand and occupancy trends to support planning decisions.
- Identify capacity risks and opportunities and develop mitigation strategies.
- Build strong relationships with business leaders functional partners and facilities organizations.
- Facilitate alignment among stakeholders with differing priorities and requirements.
- Provide clear recommendations and influence decision-making through data-driven insights and business case development.
- Develop and maintain planning dashboards reports and key performance indicators.
- Analyze space utilization occupancy metrics growth forecasts and planning trends.
- Produce executive-level reporting to support planning decisions and portfolio governance.
- Support office and laboratory moves reconfigurations expansion projects and business transformation initiatives.
- Coordinate planning activities across multiple projects and stakeholders.
- Ensure planning deliverables are completed on time and meet business requirements.
- Drive standardization and optimization of planning processes tools and governance frameworks.
- Identify opportunities to improve data quality planning methodologies and reporting effectiveness.
- Lead improvement initiatives that enhance planning efficiency and stakeholder experience.
- Automate workflows and develop low-code business solutions to improve operational efficiency.
- Share expertise and best practices within the planning community.
- Mentor and guide junior planners and team members.
- Contribute to the development of planning capabilities tools and organizational knowledge.
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Facilities Management Business Administration Project Management or a related field. Masters preferred.
- Minimum 4 years of experience in business planning facilities planning workplace strategy space planning portfolio management operations planning or a related discipline.
- Experience managing complex stakeholder environments and balancing multiple competing priorities.
- Experience utilizing data analysis and reporting tools to support business decisions.
- Experience in a technical engineering manufacturing or high-tech environment is preferred.
- Experience supporting office laboratory facilities or real estate planning initiatives is highly desirable.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Advanced data analysis and reporting skills Power BI and Spotfire is a plus.
- Business case development and scenario planning.
- Capacity planning and demand management.
- Project and portfolio management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Advanced stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
- Strong attention to detail and data accuracy ensuring planning assumptions stakeholder requirements and reporting outputs are complete consistent and actionable.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications: Excel Outlook Word PowerPoint SharePoint Teams Forms
- Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI Power Apps and Power Automate)
- Continuous improvement mindset with experience using structured problem-solving methodologies.
The ability to translate strategic and technical goals into clear priorities execution plans and measurable outcomes delivering committed results on time and with the right quality by taking ownership managing trade-offs removing obstacles and sustaining momentum across stakeholders and dependencies.
The ability to understand and manage ones own strengths limitations emotions and impact on others; to activelyseekand usefeedback; and to adapt behaviors and decisions to improve collaboration leadership effectiveness and results especially in high-pressure ambiguous or complex environments.
The ability to intentionallyseek respect and integrate diverse perspectives and working styles to strengthen collaboration and decision quality ensuring all voices are heard and treated equitably and enabling inclusive execution across cross-functional and multicultural stakeholders.
Helps align and enable the team dynamic by clarifying shared goals roles dependencies and ways of working. Fosters trust and inclusion by promoting open dialogue healthy conflict resolution inclusion and mutual accountability. Coaches colleagues to strengthen individual and team capability.
Translates broader direction into clear priorities and practical next steps for a team or technical scope. Builds alignment on goals and trade-offs communicates context during change or ambiguity and helps others maintain focus on shared outcomes.
Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- This position is located on-site. It requires onsite presence to ensure teamwork collaboration innovation and to attend in-person work-related events trainings and meetings.
- Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard finger handle and feel; stoop kneel crouch twist reach and stretch. Occasionally required to move around the campus.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
- May require travel (domestic and/or international) dependent on business needsup to 10%.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Additional Responsibilities (as needed in the cleanroom and/or labs):
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must be willing to work in a clean room environment wearing coveralls hoods booties safety glasses and gloves. Working under ISO 9000/14000 standards.
- The environment in the cleanroom is moderate in temperature with moderate to high noise level.
- Safely working around lasers; on ladders; on platforms; around chemicals; near strong magnetic fields; around high voltage and currents.
- Perform other functions that may be assigned
The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:
$0-0Pay scales are determined by role level location and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of several factors that that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to job-related skills relevant education and experience certifications abilities of the candidate and pay relative to other team members.
The Company offers employees and their families medical dental vision and basic life insurance. Employees are able to participate in the Companys 401k plan. Employees will also receive eight (8) hours of vacation leave every month and (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year. For more information please contact the Recruiter or click on this link Compensation & Benefits in the US.
All new ASML jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days.
This position requires access to controlled technology as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. 730 et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.
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About Company
ASML gives the world's leading chipmakers the power to mass produce patterns on silicon, helping to make computer chips smaller, faster and greener.