Technical Program Manager- Photonics

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

2d•$140,000 - $192,500

About The Position

We are actively recruiting a Technical Program Manager for our Optical Interconnect program in the Photonics Platforms Business (PPB). PPB is a rapidly growing business within Applied Materials. We are harnessing the power of Applied Material’s world-leading material science and nano-fabrication capabilities to enable the next generation of Optical Interconnects for AI Data Centers. Experience in the Photonics domain is essential.

Requirements

Functional Knowledge Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field
Business Expertise Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
Leadership May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
Problem Solving Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
Impact Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies
Interpersonal Skills Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

Responsibilities

Prepares project plans and drives the project from conception and planning to implementation.
Will participate in the development of strategies, processes and resources.
Manages project schedule and task details by utilizing project management tools such as reports, tracking charts, checklist and project scheduling software.
Coordinates allocated resources from within the Division to achieve on-time and within budget performance objectives for the project.
Initiates and manages purchase requisitions, and purchase orders.
Drives cost schedule performance of Devices for internal and external customers and vendors worldwide.
Participates on multifunctional design teams comprised of internal, external and/or matrixed headcount to complete projects.
Provides technical input to team members to achieve project goals.
Interfaces and coordinates within the division to define project objectives, provide status updates and prepare for release and deployment.
Provides engineering and business process expertise to team and other members on various standard programs / issues.
Identifies and resolves potential complications within the project and develops solutions for resolution.
Organize the work of the team, make a master program plan, project plan for each project
Make a master schedule of milestones, run PLC meetings.
Drive cross-functional teams to meet their milestones through the PLC meeting
Participate in partner/ customer meetings to drive schedules force schedule discipline in the team ask the hard questions of the project and refine the cost schedule performance for the overall program