Senior Director, Strategic & Customer Roadmap Programs

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display. Our teams partner closely with customers to enable the next generations of technology. The Role We are seeking a Senior Director to lead enterprise‑scale prioritization and executive communications that focus the customer-facing field organization on the highest‑value, device‑critical applications. This role partners with account and business unit leaders to consolidate customer roadmap insights, identify industry trends, and align technical priorities to business outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
15+ years of experience in semiconductor process engineering, technology enablement, portfolio strategy, or related roles.
Proven leadership of enterprise‑scale, cross‑functional programs and executive‑level communications.
Strong credibility with senior technical stakeholders across accounts and business units.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field.
Experience translating customer roadmaps and technology inflections into portfolio priorities and investment guidance.
Experience building metrics/dashboards and operating mechanisms for governance and value tracking.

Responsibilities

Lead the end‑to‑end prioritization process: identify and prioritize the most critical applications, adjust priorities as signals evolve, and drive alignment through governance forums.
Connect application prioritization to business outcomes by maintaining a clear linkage between priority selections and share growth potential, customer outcomes, and business unit strategy.
Provide visibility and governance for top priority projects: consolidate inputs across stakeholders, report status and progress, align on definitions/cadence/templates, and drive closure of actions and decisions.
Partner with Account Technology Leaders and Field leadership to capture customer roadmap changes, synthesize cross‑account insights, and identify forward‑looking industry trends.
Translate complex technology and execution inputs into executive‑ready narratives, executive presentations and internal reviews with content that is clear, comparable, and action‑oriented.
Drive adoption of standard processes and templates across regions and accounts; collaborate with operations/analytics partners to improve data quality, automation, and repeatability.