Manager, Physical Security Systems Operator - EPIC and Lab Security

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

9d•$106,000 - $146,000

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a security project management specialist to support California Security Operations across the company’s California locations, including headquarters and the EPIC Center. The role translates security priorities into project plans, financial forecasts, leadership materials, and stakeholder engagements. It is project-focused and excludes daily security operations, guard force supervision, screening equipment operation, incident response, and investigations. The position manages cross-functional security projects from requirements and planning through implementation, closeout, and handoff to designated operational owners. It also supports annual budget planning and spending forecasts, prepares executive presentations and project reporting, maintains project governance and documentation, and coordinates security meetings, workshops, and events. The role partners with business unit leaders and teams across Real Estate, Facilities, EHS, BCP, IT, Finance, Legal, Employee Relations, Procurement, vendors, and other stakeholders. It reports to the Director, California Security Operations and is based in Santa Clara, California. Travel is not required.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in security project management, program coordination, or related project delivery.
Experience developing budgets, cost estimates, spending forecasts, variance analyses, and funding requests with Finance and Procurement.
Strong cross-functional project leadership, including facilitating meetings, negotiating priorities, and driving deliverables without direct supervisory authority.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presenting in meetings and working with senior stakeholders.
Experience developing project plans, governance documents, dashboards, executive summaries, and leadership presentation materials.
Ability to coordinate multiple vendors, project workstreams, stakeholder requirements, and competing deadlines.
Experience managing cross-functional, multi-site security operations projects, including scope definition, scheduling, resource coordination, cost tracking, risk management, and operational handoff.
Ability to manage concurrent projects across California, influence stakeholders without direct authority, and clearly communicate project priorities, dependencies, and decisions to leadership.
Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
Ability to pass all required background checks, certifications, and training.
Customer-focused and service-oriented mindset.
Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, and project tracking tools.
Mature judgment, confidence balanced with humility, a process-oriented approach, strong interpersonal relationships, ability to connect across organizational levels, and self-motivation toward excellence.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a laboratory, R&D, high-security, or technology environment.
Experience coordinating events, workshops, or leadership meetings, including agendas, logistics, presentation materials, budgets, and follow-up actions.

Responsibilities

Manage security projects across California sites from requirements gathering and planning through implementation, closeout, and transition to ongoing operations.
Develop project scopes, work plans, schedules, milestones, and responsibility assignments with site security leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
Coordinate security technology implementations, facility readiness projects, process improvements, and cross-site standardization efforts.
Maintain project trackers, action logs, risk and issue registers, dependency maps, and an integrated California security project roadmap.
Coordinate vendors and internal partners to align deliverables, resources, implementation schedules, and operational requirements.
Track project costs against approved budgets, validate vendor deliverables, and coordinate scope or schedule changes through required approvals.
Prepare project status reports covering milestones, costs, risks, decisions, and next steps; support prioritization and documented change control.
Coordinate readiness reviews, acceptance criteria, documentation, training, operational handoffs, and lessons learned.
Develop and maintain project charters, requirements documents, responsibility matrices, implementation plans, closeout records, dashboards, reporting tools, decision logs, approval documentation, and templates.
Coordinate project reviews, confirm milestone commitments, document decisions, and follow up on vendor and stakeholder actions.
Represent security project priorities in cross-functional planning forums and coordinate dependencies with facilities, research, technology, and business teams.
Prepare executive-ready PowerPoint presentations, budget proposals, quarterly business review materials, leadership updates, executive summaries, briefing notes, talking points, and pre-read materials.
Translate project, financial, and security information into concise narratives, roadmaps, charts, dashboards, and clearly framed leadership decisions; validate source data and financial figures and maintain consistent messaging and version control.
Plan and coordinate security workshops, leadership meetings, project kickoffs, stakeholder briefings, and security awareness events.
Develop event plans, agendas, schedules, invitations, attendee communications, and run-of-show documents; coordinate venues, audiovisual needs, materials, and vendor logistics.
Track event budgets and deadlines, coordinate presenters and rehearsals, and partner with site teams on visitor and access arrangements without taking on operational security duties.
Capture meeting decisions, action owners, and due dates; distribute follow-up materials, gather event feedback, and track commitments through completion.