Senior Strategic Program Manager - (M5)

Company: Applied Materials, Inc.
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

Senior Strategic Program Manager - (M5)
We are seeking a talented and motivated senior manager to join our dynamic program team. The ideal candidate will lead the planning, proliferation, and adoption of strategic programs for internal customers. They are recognized as an expert of leading large, complex programs with broad impact to the company. This role requires a strategic thinker who can drive change and proliferation of highly visible and cross-functional programs and products across the company.
Our team within Applied Materials is focused on increasing employee productivity through skill building, through learning programs, learning products, and services. Our group is known for our ability to scale, deliver excellent products and programs, and our innovative nature. We work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact projects that drive the company's strategic goals and manage change effectively.
What you will do:

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• Develop and drive multiple project plans focused on skill building & learning from conception and planning to implementation, ensuring clear objectives and success criteria aligned cross-functionally.
  
• Drive decision making, alignment, and communication with stakeholders with increasing and conflicting demands.
  
• Proactively identifies and resolves potential complications within the program in a collaborative fashion.
  
• Lead junior program managers by setting goals and providing appropriate level of guidance.
  
• Oversee schedule, budget, tasks using project management tools, concisely sharing the relevant details with stakeholders.
  
• Create functional strategy of programs and develop program roadmaps.
  
• Use qualitative and quantitative data to drive decision making.
  
  What you are good at:
  
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  • Exceptional prioritization and project management skills.
    
  • Listening deeply and synthesizing the most critical issue at hand.
    
  • Communicating complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.
    
  • Driving change at a large company.
    
  • Extracting insights from multiple data sources to make informed decisions.
    
  • Staying organized amidst a high volume of complex projects and stakeholders.
    
  • Working towards outcomes, using a proactive "get things done" approach, pivoting quickly and thinking of creative solutions.
    
  • Working in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
    
    Qualifications:
    
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    • 10-15 years program management experience working in a fast-paced environment.
      
    • Strategic thinker with a strong experience leading high visibility, high impact programs with a proven track record of success.
      
    • Experience driving significant change initiatives at a large company.
      
    • Experience crafting clear KPIs and metrics.
      
      Education: Bachelor's Degree
      Years of Experience: 10 - 15 Years
      Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time
      Relocation Eligible: No
      U.S. Salary Range: $158,500.00 - $218,000.00
      The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.
      Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
      About Us
      Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations Make Possible a Better Future.
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