Director Global Business Process Program Management Deployment jobs at Applied Materials in United States, Austin

• Communication & Influence: Inspiring teams and stakeholders through clear vision, executive presence, and persuasive leadership.
• Cultural Agility: Experience leading diverse teams and adapting strategies for global success.
• Innovation & Simplification: Driving continuous improvement through process simplification and automation.
• Program and Project Management: Ability to lead large-scale transformation using agile, lean, and PMI methodologies.
• Technology Proficiency: Expertise in deploying and leveraging platforms to accelerate digital transformation.
• Change Management: Proven capability to guide teams through organizational change and embed new ways of working.

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or relevant Master’s preferred for strategic leadership and transformation expertise.
• Professional certifications (CPSM, CSCP), Lean/Six Sigma, or change management preferred, demonstrating commitment to excellence and continuous improvement.
• 10+ years of global procurement, sourcing, or supply chain operations, with at least 5 years in leadership roles overseeing transformation projects.
• Proven success in business process design, project management, technology deployment, and leading digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

The primary focus of this job will be to manage projects that implement automation in DDP manufacturing that reduces cost, SLH, cycle time, and quality defects. The role is based in Austin, but will implement projects both in Austin and Singapore. Projects may be coordinated with the Automation Technology Group (ATG) and/or manufacturing groups from other BUs.

Will prepare project plan and coordinate the attainment of project deliverables from planning to implementation. Maintains project plan to detail and easily explain status, resources, and next steps.

Will drive project deliverables and task details by through the use reports, tracking charts and, checklists.

Will research causes to project obstacles and assist in implementing solutions for resolution.

Functional Knowledge

• Technical understanding of Applied Materials products and manufacturing techniques
• Project management
• Able to communicate project goals, status, and results clearly and concisely to upper management through email, slides, and presentations.

Business Expertise

• Understands Applied Materials manufacturing requirements and processes

Leadership

• Able to drive projects and get help from indirect reports
• Drive change in manufacturing

Problem Solving

• Solves complex problems applying newer technologies to automate manufacturing processes

Interpersonal Skills

• Work with AGT group to get resources and support for ideas
• Work with other BUs on overlapping projects to find the best solution and avoid work duplication

Key Responsibilities

• Policy and Statutory
  • ​ Drives policy improvement to align with changing business needs, technology advancements and industry best practices.
  • Able to work with Corporate Policy to address Q&A and other issues that may arise.
  • Has a strong understanding of the interconnection with upstream and downstream policy requirements.
  • Helps others to make decisions based on consistent application of policy and statutory requirements
• Process Delivery
  • ​ Drives end-to-end process alignment and integrity of the control environment.
  • Manages the products/tools organization uses/owns to delivery its processes and services.
  • Able to deliver multiple conflicting priorities
  • Actively uses benchmarking and performance metrics to understand the health of the organizational service delivery and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Networks to learn best practices and new approaches and new technology advancements.
  • Able to take ownership for escalations and drive for resolution.
  • Strong understands the controls and reasons for them, including risk implications, within the process and business rules.
  • Ensures and drives integrity of process controls.
  • Has a strong understanding of the design of the tools and systems the organization uses/owns to delivery its processes and services.
• Process Design, Build and Test
  • ​ Able to coordinate complex design and testing activities.
  • Able to drive design, build and test strategies.
  • Able to deconstruct processes and systems to analyze end to end and understand control points, assess efficiency, assess business rules and policy implications, understand roles and responsibilities
  • Assesses end-to-end processes to evaluate integration points, process and policy controls, efficiency, roles and responsibilities, business objectives.
• Change & Project Management
  • ​ Functions as change agent
  • Organizes operational sponsorship for the projects
  • Able to lead teams
  • Able to lead projects of higher complexity having moderate to large scope
  • Uses formal change management tools and method, including effective socialization.
  • Uses formal project management tools and method
  • Able to develop effective training materials.
  • Able to drive the implement new processes and policies.
  • Able to project influence within the organization to improve process alignment and performance.
  • Able to project influence to functions outside the organization to improve process alignment and performance.
• Decision Making
  • ​ Has Shared Services experience
  • Drives for advancement of the Shared Services Mission
  • Foundation for Decision Making. Mastery of policy, Mastery of process (Reason for Processes, Marriage of Systems, Policy and Risk Management), Mastery or how to execute process
  • Applies mastery to the problem and provides correct solution path
  • Effectively and actively uses performance metrics in the decision process.
  • Effectively and actively uses benchmarking in decision making.
  • Understands the effects of decisions on the stakeholders.
  • Effectively considers the needs of the stakeholders
• End User Support
  • ​ Clearly understands the Shared Services Mission and Purpose to the Company
  • Able to analyze trends and identify training needs.
  • Able to analyze trends and identify areas opportunities to reduce the necessity for inquiries.
  • Able to analyze trends and identify areas opportunities to improve self- service tools.
  • Able to improve support model design to meet changing needs of the stakeholders.
  • Understands technology and is able to leverage its ability to improve the end user support function.

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
• Cross-cultural communication
• Adaptability
• Relationship building
• Negotiation

Key Responsibilities

Establishes and monitors production using metrics/budgets through systems, and initiates appropriate corrective action as needed and based on results. Establishes and controls project schedules, timelines.

Directs, guides, monitors, and evaluates personnel to accomplish specific production and supply chain goals consistent with established operational, housekeeping (5S), and safety procedures and processes. Engage in problem solving in complex situations and process improvements in streamlining work processes.

Leads continuous improvement efforts and projects to refine production methods and processes to produce quality products that meet customer requirements in the most cost-effective manner.

Identifies and pursues new and complex technologies to improve production and cycle time, increase efficiency and resource utilization and maximize profitability.

Provides senior leadership, guidance, mentorship, and personal development of his/her direct reports in the areas of daily operational management, systems development, and optimization. And ensures that all direct reports are sufficiently skilled and trained to perform their functions in a high-quality and efficient manner.

Identifies process and quality changes designed to improve manufacturing or department capabilities. Drives Lean, Safety and Quality. Takes corrective action.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles within own job family and knowledge of other related job families

Business Expertise

• Applies in-depth understanding of how own discipline integrates within the segment/function

Leadership

• Manages multiple related teams, sets organizational priorities and allocates resources

Problem Solving

• Identifies and resolves complex technical, operational and organizational problems

Impact

• Impacts the business results of a team or area by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies and developing policies and plans

• Guided by business unit, department or sub-functional business plans

Interpersonal Skills

• Influences others internally and externally, including senior management

Key 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.

Interfaces and coordinates within the division to define project objectives, provide status updates and prepare for release and deployment.

Identifies and resolves potential complications within the project and develops solutions for resolution.

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

Role will report to MDP Manufacturing Engineering

Present to customers as required

MDP technical product knowledge and MFG processes preferred

Responsibilities

• Build strong partnerships with HR and business leaders to understand organizational goals and talent priorities.
• Use data and insights to identify risks, opportunities, and proactive compensation actions.
• Design and execute scalable, globally aligned solutions for compensation challenges.
• Lead formal compensation processes and manage ad-hoc needs such as promotions, retention, and counter-offers.
• Provide tools, resources, and guidance to enable effective compensation decisions.
• Collaborate across the global Rewards team to share best practices and continuously improve.

Attributes for Success

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Collaborative and solution-oriented, with the ability to influence and build trust.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving outcomes with urgency.
• Bold, creative, and committed to execution excellence.

7-10 years of experience including:

• Proven track record leading large-scale, complex compensation implementations across regions.
• Strong strategic advisory skills , partnering with HR and business leaders to deliver aligned solutions.
• Expertise in market analysis, pay equity, and data-driven decision-making .
• Skilled in global collaboration and navigating compliance requirements.
• Proficient with HRIS/compensation systems (e.g., Workday, SAP) and advanced Excel.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Finance, or related field
• 7-10 years in compensation or rewards with experience in complex, global implementations .
• Advanced analytical and Excel skills ; proficiency with HRIS/compensation systems (Workday, SAP).
• Strong strategic thinking, collaboration, and influencing skills .
• Ability to navigate ambiguity , ensure compliance, and deliver scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Technically lead and/or execute unusually complex engineering projects and spearhead research and development of new technologies as appropriate

Develops and implements concepts for entire range of unusually complex product issues and engineering solutions

Problem identification and troubleshooting a wide range of unusually complex engineering and technology problems that have division wide potential implications

Specify or perform unusually complex engineering analysis

Specify the development of, design, or modify engineering layouts/schematics and/or detaileddrawings/specificationsof unusually complex scope

Generate product specifications. Define, coordinate, perform, and document engineering tests.

Specify and review engineering documentation and engineering processes

Functional Knowledge

• Recognized as “guru” or external expert in a function
• Demonstrates broad and comprehensive expertise in leading-edge theories, techniques and/or technologies within own field

Business Expertise

• Influences internal/external business and/or regulatory issues that have an impact on the business

Leadership

• Leads highly visible multidisciplinary project teams or initiatives; provides thought leadership

Problem Solving

• Proactively identifies and solves the most complex problems; uses ground-breaking methods to think beyond existing solutions

Impact

• Impacts business direction through the development of innovative services or products

Interpersonal Skills

• Negotiates with senior management, customers, regulators or vendors to influence decisions