Technical Project/Program Management

Applied Materials•Gloucester, MA

13h•$120,000 - $165,000

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a technical project/program management professional to lead assigned projects and programs, ensuring objectives and preliminary activities are clearly defined and completed. The role oversees delivery against predetermined requirements, including product and process specifications, costs, resource utilization, and timelines. It also ensures project and process development is documented and information is communicated to relevant functional areas, with compliance to company policies and standards. The position manages material and financial resources and has end-to-end people management responsibility for an assigned group. It supports professional development and productivity, and leads the development and implementation of large or multiple projects through a team and team leads. The role may spearhead research and development of new technologies and ensure new processes, designs, and methodologies are incorporated into Applied Materials products and services or shared with other areas. It uses computing resources to optimize design development activities and timelines, applies technical principles to determine courses of action, and resolves complex department-wide problems. The role guides and influences colleagues and related internal or external parties. The employee is expected to understand and comply with Applied Materials’ global Standards of Business Conduct and demonstrate the company’s core values through the highest level of ethical conduct.

Responsibilities

Define project and program objectives for assigned areas and ensure preliminary activities—including outcome and milestone definition, viability studies, and resource planning—are completed.
Ensure assigned projects and programs meet requirements for product and process specifications, costs, resource utilization, and completion timelines.
Document all phases of project, program, and process development, and report or transfer information to relevant functional areas as appropriate.
Ensure compliance with company policies, including requirements for engineering and lab notebooks, patents, confidentiality, ISO, and safety.
Ensure material and financial resources are used effectively.
Assign work to subordinate staff, support their professional development, and promote maximum productivity.
Develop, support, maintain, and implement a large complex project or multiple medium-sized projects through a team, utilizing team leads; manage people end to end for the assigned group.
Lead research and development of new technologies as appropriate, and ensure new processes, designs, and methodologies are incorporated into products and services or disseminated to other areas.
Use computing resources effectively to optimize design development activities and timelines.
Apply principles, theories, and concepts to determine the best course of action and resolve complex department-wide operational problems.
Adapt plans and priorities to meet service and operational challenges, and guide, influence, and persuade others internally or externally.
Understand and comply with Applied Materials’ global Standards of Business Conduct and demonstrate ethical conduct reflecting company values.