Project Manager 6

Lam Research • Tualatin, OR

15d • Hybrid

About The Position

As the Program Lead, you will be responsible for driving a global, integrated approach to how Global Planning & Operations (GP&O) operates across sites and product lines. You will translate the Plan of Record (POR) into an executable program that builds and sustains functional role communities, standardizes roles and responsibilities (R&R) and key processes, and accelerates Best Known Method (BKM) sharing and adoption. By aligning sponsors, SMEs, and workstreams under a common governance cadence, you will improve predictability, speed, and scalability—delivering a consistent customer experience and enabling the organization to do more with the same level of resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or related field with 15+ years of experience; or Master’s degree with 12+ years’ experience; 8 years experience with a Ph.D; or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of related experience in project management or program management
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders.
• Proven program leadership experience driving multi-site, cross-functional initiatives—able to translate strategy into a practical Plan of Record (POR) and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Strong executive and stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to facilitate governance forums, drive decision-making, and navigate ambiguity across regions and functions.
• Demonstrated strength in process standardization and operational excellence, with high attention to detail and a bias for disciplined follow-through.
• Change leader who can influence without authority—driving adoption of global BKMs and standards, surfacing risks early, and removing blockers to keep teams moving.
• Familiarity with Lam Management System (LMS) principles, program governance best practices, and enabling tools for collaboration and knowledge sharing (e.g., dashboards, SharePoint/wiki).

Responsibilities

• Execute to the Role Communities Org Imperative Plan of Record (POR), translating strategic intent into an integrated program plan with clear milestones, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Establish and run program governance and operating cadence (AE/PM check-ins, sponsor forums, steering reviews, monthly program reviews), ensuring decisions, actions, and escalations are closed with accountability.
• Drive global standardization of Roles & Responsibilities and core process definitions, aligning site differences into a common baseline and enabling consistent execution.
• Accelerate BKM identification, consolidation, and proliferation across sites through structured forums, a central knowledge repository (e.g., wiki/SharePoint), and coordinated change management.
• Enable scalability through cross-site collaboration models and cross-functional role communities for critical end-to-end processes, proactively removing barriers and resolving conflicts.

Benefits

• At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That’s why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees