IP Protections Project Manager

KLA•Chandler, AZ

25d•$91,900 - $156,200•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager, Service IP Protections supports execution of KLA’s Service Intellectual Property (IP) Protection initiatives, passionate about strengthening protection of KLA IP across service systems, on‑tool software, data outputs, Service AI platforms, and in‑fab technologies. These initiatives are critical to ensuring KLA service capabilities continue to scale while maintaining appropriate controls, compliance, and protection of proprietary information. This role is responsible for coordinating and supporting execution of multiple, parallel initiatives that span planning, development, validation, rollout, and sustainment phases. The Project Manager works closely with cross‑functional team members to lead project plans, track breakthroughs and dependencies, identify risks, and ensure timely delivery against defined POR commitments. The role supports consistent execution by maintaining project artifacts such as schedules, dashboards, status updates, and risk and issue logs. The Project Manager partners closely with PSO, Divisions, Central Engineering, IT/DX, Legal, Service AI, and LKS to enable alignment across business, technical, legal, and enablement teams. Responsibilities include facilitating communication between partners, coordinating readiness activities, supporting governance reviews, and helping ensure releases and process changes are implemented consistently and with appropriate documentation. The role also supports standardization of processes, documentation, and best‑known methods (BKMs) to improve execution consistency and audit readiness across Service IP Protection programs.

Requirements

Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; OR Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting IP protection, security, compliance, or enterprise governance initiatives
Familiarity with service organizations, platforms, or system rollouts
Experience working cross‑functionally with IT, Legal, Software Engineering, or AI teams
Exposure to data protection, access control, or controlled customer communications
Experience using project management tools, dashboards, and status reporting frameworks
Comfortable operating in structured, compliance‑aware environments with multiple partners

Responsibilities

Coordinating and supporting execution of multiple, parallel initiatives that span planning, development, validation, rollout, and sustainment phases.
Leading project plans, tracking breakthroughs and dependencies, identifying risks, and ensuring timely delivery against defined POR commitments.
Maintaining project artifacts such as schedules, dashboards, status updates, and risk and issue logs.
Facilitating communication between partners, coordinating readiness activities, and supporting governance reviews.
Helping ensure releases and process changes are implemented consistently and with appropriate documentation.
Supporting standardization of processes, documentation, and best‑known methods (BKMs) to improve execution consistency and audit readiness across Service IP Protection programs.