Software Product Manager – AIx (Lab Digitization and Automation )Platform

Applied Materials • Santa Clara, CA

9d • $160,000 - $220,000

About The Position

The Product Manager in the Lab D&A team is responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of digital solutions for lab operations that drive automation, data integrity, and operational efficiency across labs. This role partners closely with solution architects, application development leads, and lab operations leadership, and chairs the product governance body to ensure alignment, prioritization, and change management for all released products and applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years in product management, program management, enterprise systems, or related fields with progressive responsibility.
• Proven experience with lab automation systems; familiarity with lab operations and process/metrology workflows.
• Expertise collaborating on cloud-native architectures (Azure/AWS/GCP), microservices, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, optimize, and document complex business processes with strong stakeholder engagement across BU, GIS, and LabOps.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Roadmap Define and communicate the product vision and multi-year roadmap for digital applications for lab operations, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and lab operational goals. Quantify and track product KPIs around automation, data integrity, cycle time, and user adoption. Lead the transition from fragmented legacy workflows to unified, scalable platforms, collaborating with architects and engineering.
• Governance & Change Management Chair the decision-making body for change management and project prioritization, ensuring structured governance and recurring reviews of submitted product change requests Approve, hold, or cancel projects entering the change management process, set priorities, and maintain the health of the change request pipeline and associated metrics. Act as the escalation point for unresolved issues before senior management involvement.
• Customer Discovery & Workflow Enablement Lead discovery with BU stakeholders, LabOps, GIS, and other partners to design business-specific workflows and hardware/process execution capabilities Analyze, optimize, and document end-to-end processes to drive operational efficiency and support organizational goals. Facilitate MVP scoping, governance for upgrades, and new features; define clear problem statements, success metrics, and acceptance criteria.
• Execution & Delivery Leadership Coordinate cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, DevOps, design, product operations) to deliver high-quality releases on time; maintain clear release notes. Lead readiness with GIS, AIx, and BU teams, including training plans and rollout communications for lab applications. Drive training and adoption programs across user communities; capture feedback to inform backlog prioritization and roadmap iteration.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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