Technical Project / Program Manager

Applied Materials•Austin, TX

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a Technical Product Manager for its Operations Product Development team. The team drives technology, business processes, and strategic innovation supporting Global Operations. The role focuses on delivering business value through software applications that transform business processes, including digital and AI-enabled solutions. The manager will identify valuable problems, frame them with data, align stakeholders, and work closely with engineering partners on architecture and design trade-offs. The role does not involve shipping production code, but requires the ability to read and reason about code and contribute a user-centric perspective in design reviews. The position supports end-to-end supply planning initiatives, including supplier forecast signals, cross-functional coordination, analytical decision support, and delivery of technical or workflow solutions. The manager works with geographically distributed, matrixed teams and builds alignment without formal authority. Responsibilities span requirements, software or algorithm development, testing, and pilot phases.

Requirements

Degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, or Statistics, or equivalent.
At least 4 years of experience developing software or business intelligence tools in a user-centric agile environment.
Proficiency in statistics, data science, and/or AI/ML.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Strong critical-thinking skills and ability to influence and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
Self-motivated, able to drive progress toward broad objectives without close supervision.
Comfort with SQL and Python for testing hypotheses, simulating scenarios, and checking data quality.

Nice To Haves

Deep understanding of, or direct experience in, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, product management, systems engineering, or quality.
Experience implementing new workflows in existing business processes or designing and implementing change management.

Responsibilities

Support end-to-end execution of supply planning initiatives, tracking milestones, dependencies, and actions.
Own supplier forecast signals and evaluate their quality.
Define work plans, timelines, and success criteria for ambiguous problem spaces.
Coordinate with Supply Chain, SPG, JOLT, Business Units, and other cross-functional partners to gather inputs, align priorities, and close gaps.
Document planning assumptions, risks, and opportunities.
Partner with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Product Management, and Business Units.
Identify risks, data gaps, and execution issues, escalating them with context and recommended actions.
Prepare program status updates, meeting notes, and follow-ups.
Produce executive-ready updates, decision documents, and business cases, including tables, charts, and slides.
Make decision paths explicit and drive alignment among stakeholders with competing priorities or unclear decision rights.
Operate across matrixed, geographically distributed teams without formal authority.
Analyze supply, demand, capacity, and material data to support planning decisions.
Analyze planning and analytics outputs, including reports, heat maps, and scenario outputs, to identify trends, constraints, and inconsistencies.
Build and maintain analytical models, trackers, and summaries using Excel.
Translate data into structured insights and executive-ready summaries.
Translate business goals and customer needs into technical product requirements for engineers.
Collaborate with software engineers to design scalable, reliable data pipelines and systems.
Evaluate technical trade-offs and influence architecture decisions.
Work through agile planning, design, development, testing, and pilot phases.
Use SQL and Python to test hypotheses, simulate scenarios, and check data quality.
Own delivery of technical and/or workflow solutions and proactively identify program risks.
Build consensus through listening and evidence and establish constructive working relationships with partner teams.
Manage product lifecycle activities, including requirements, algorithm/software development, testing, and pilot phases.
Serve as the product's single point of contact and communicate regularly with cross-functional teams.