Product Line Mgmt

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

1d•$147,000 - $202,500

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a product line management professional to own product change management and control, including approvals and implementation of changes affecting released products. The role manages customer-impacting field service feedback, ensures the accuracy of customer-shipped configurations and bills of materials, and oversees related review and approval processes. The position owns the common modules roadmap and its implementation after Phase 5 of ePLC. It also implements component and cost-reduction roadmaps, manages strategic vendor issues, and facilitates communication and alignment across the company on product strategies, pricing, spare-level contents, restricted part orders, and product roadmap and market proliferation. Changes may be driven by engineering, quality, safety, customer needs, or supply obsolescence. The role requires specialized functional expertise, the ability to interpret business challenges and recommend improvements, and the capacity to lead teams or projects of moderate complexity. It leads others in solving complex problems, influences customer, operational, project, or service objectives, and communicates difficult concepts while negotiating alignment with others. The position is based in Santa Clara, California, with 10% travel and relocation eligibility.

Requirements

Depth and/or breadth of expertise in the relevant specialized discipline or field.
Ability to interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
Ability to lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
Ability to lead others in solving complex problems using sophisticated analytical thought, judgment, and innovative solutions.
Ability to communicate difficult concepts and negotiate with others to adopt a different point of view.

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 that could affect customers.
Ensure the accuracy of customer-shipped configurations and bills of materials (BOMs).
Conduct Configuration Accuracy Review Meeting (CaRM) reviews and oversee 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 on product strategies, pricing guidance, spare-level contents, and restricted part orders.
Facilitate alignment meetings for product roadmaps and market proliferation.
Implement the cost-reduction roadmap.
Manage strategic vendor issues.
Manage all product changes after release, including changes driven by engineering, quality, safety, customer demands, or supply obsolescence.