Product Line Mgmt
About The Position
Applied Materials is seeking a product line management professional to own product change management and control for released products. The role oversees product and configuration approvals, customer-impacting system feedback, and the accuracy of shipped configurations and bills of materials. It also leads common-module and component roadmaps, coordinates product strategy across internal teams, and manages product changes driven by engineering, quality, safety, customer needs, or supply obsolescence. The position calls for depth or breadth of expertise in its discipline, sound business judgment, and the ability to recommend best practices for improving products, processes, or services. The role may lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and complexity. It leads others in solving complex problems, affects customer and operational objectives, and requires communicating difficult concepts and negotiating to gain support for different viewpoints.
Responsibilities
- Own product change management (PCM) and control.
- Approve and control unreleased products.
- Approve Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
- Implement Part Change Notifications (PCNs) with Global Product Support.
- Manage field-service-related activities and review, approve, and filter system feedback activities that may affect customers.
- Ensure the accuracy of customer-shipped configurations and bills of materials (BOMs).
- Conduct Configuration Accuracy Review Meeting (CaRM) reviews of BOM accuracy.
- Approve Non-Standard Requests (NSRs).
- Own the common-modules roadmap and its implementation after Phase 5 of ePLC.
- Implement component roadmaps covering part obsolescence, replacements, alternative vendors, and cost reduction.
- Facilitate intercompany communication to align on product strategies and provide guidance on pricing, spare-level contents, and restricted-part orders.
- Facilitate alignment meetings on product roadmaps and market proliferation.
- Implement the cost-reduction roadmap.
- Manage strategic vendor issues.
- Manage all post-release product changes, whether driven by engineering, quality, safety, customer demands, or supply obsolescence.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Candidates may be eligible for participation in a bonus program and a stock award program, as applicable
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
