Senior Director, HR Partner

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Who We Are Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world. What We Offer Salary: $200,000.00 - $275,000.00 Location: Santa Clara,CA You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more. At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits .

Requirements

Demonstrates deep expertise across talent, organization design, and transformation, integrating multiple HR disciplines to drive enterprise-wide outcomes in a rapidly evolving business environment.
Shapes business strategy through a deep understanding of market dynamics, financial drivers, and competitive positioning; translates these into differentiated talent and organization strategies.
Maintains an enterprise perspective, balancing needs of the client organization with those of the company.
Leads across boundaries—business units, geographies, and functions—to deliver integrated, enterprise-level outcomes.
Drives alignment between strategy, execution, and culture to achieve sustained performance.
Anticipates complex business challenges and leads the development of innovative, scalable solutions that address systemic issues and position the organization for future success.
Operates with significant autonomy to shape executive decisions and business direction.
Influences outcomes at the highest levels through credibility, data-driven insights, and strategic foresight.
Builds deep trust with executives and HR leaders globally; navigates complexity and ambiguity with confidence, while aligning diverse stakeholders to a shared vision and driving decisive action.
Embodies and reinforces Applied Materials’ Standards of Business Conduct, demonstrating the highest levels of integrity, accountability, and ethical leadership.
Champions an inclusive, connected culture that fosters collaboration, innovation, and shared ownership of results across the enterprise.

Nice To Haves

Yes, 10% of the Time

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior executives, co-architecting workforce strategies that anticipate market shifts, growth trajectories, and emerging risks.
Proactively influence enterprise and BU priorities, ensuring alignment between business goals, organizational design, and talent strategies to enable sustained competitive advantage.
Anticipate organizational needs by diagnosing trends in capability, structure, and leadership effectiveness before they impact performance.
Architect integrated talent strategies—including succession, leadership development, workforce planning, and external pipelining—to build a resilient, future-ready leadership bench and critical capabilities.
Provide candid counsel, challenge thinking, and coach senior executives to elevate leadership impact, team performance, and organizational health.
Serve as a key influencer on leadership decisions, team composition, and culture shaping at the highest levels of the organization.
Define and lead large-scale organization design, operating model evolution, and transformation initiatives.
Ensure clarity in decision rights, accountability, and cross-functional integration to accelerate execution, improve agility, and enable scalable growth across complex, global environments.
Actively create alignment and connectivity across HR Partners, COEs, and regions, fostering a seamless and collaborative “One HR” approach.
Model enterprise thinking, break down silos, and ensure consistent, high-impact HR delivery that elevates both business outcomes and employee experience.
Design and orchestrate enterprise-wide change strategies addressing business transformations, integrations, and cultural evolution.
Ensure clear communication, strong leadership alignment, and sustained engagement to drive adoption and results.
Translate enterprise data and workforce insights into actionable strategies, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
Use analytics to inform executive decision-making on talent, organization effectiveness, and long-term workforce investments.
Develop and inspire a high-performing HR organization, coaching senior HR talent and building capability across the HR Partner network.
Set the standard for strategic partnership, influencing without authority, and enterprise leadership.
Demonstrate organizational agility to leading direct and matrix team members.
Lead and sponsor critical, enterprise-level initiatives that shape the future of the HR function and business performance, ensuring measurable impact at scale.
Demonstrates deep expertise across talent, organization design, and transformation, integrating multiple HR disciplines to drive enterprise-wide outcomes in a rapidly evolving business environment.
Shapes business strategy through a deep understanding of market dynamics, financial drivers, and competitive positioning; translates these into differentiated talent and organization strategies.
Maintains an enterprise perspective, balancing needs of the client organization with those of the company.
Leads across boundaries—business units, geographies, and functions—to deliver integrated, enterprise-level outcomes.
Drives alignment between strategy, execution, and culture to achieve sustained performance.
Anticipates complex business challenges and leads the development of innovative, scalable solutions that address systemic issues and position the organization for future success.
Operates with significant autonomy to shape executive decisions and business direction.
Influences outcomes at the highest levels through credibility, data-driven insights, and strategic foresight.
Builds deep trust with executives and HR leaders globally; navigates complexity and ambiguity with confidence, while aligning diverse stakeholders to a shared vision and driving decisive action.
Embodies and reinforces Applied Materials’ Standards of Business Conduct, demonstrating the highest levels of integrity, accountability, and ethical leadership.
Champions an inclusive, connected culture that fosters collaboration, innovation, and shared ownership of results across the enterprise.