& Strategic Investments Attorney B6 jobs at Applied Materials

Deal Counsel.The attorney’s primary role would be as deal counsel supporting all aspects of the Corporate Business Development group’s activities, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other strategic investments. Specifically, the attorney would be involved in:

• Review M&A pipeline review decks and drive regulatory assessment review by antitrust, CFIUS and FDI counsel of potential transactions, including coordinating input from the applicable business unit leaders and technologists
• Prepare and negotiate non-disclosure agreements
• Work with internal tax and finance groups and external counsel on transaction structuring
• Prepare and advise the deal team regarding the negotiation of term sheets
• Conduct and coordinate due diligence investigations, including coordinating with Legal & Compliance Organization (LCO) groups and with IP counsel
• Prepare legal and IP due diligence report-outs for the business and deal team
• Work with outside counsel on preparation of definitive transaction documentation, working with the CBD deal lead to drive agreement negotiations
• Drive resolution of pre-closing and closing activities
• Coordinate presentations on due diligence findings for the LCO and impacted corporate and business groups to support post-close integration and other activities
• Develop and communicate responses to critical legal issues as they arise
• Advise on and coordinate the legal aspects of potential divestitures, including working with IP counsel to assess separability of assets and technology, with antitrust counsel to assess potential counterparties and regulatory requirements
• Assist in the preparation of playbooks and process improvements for the CBD group and participate in company-wide training programs

Required Experience and Skills

• JD from anationally-recognizedlaw school
• The ideal candidate would have at least 6 years of total experience with a practice focused on mergers and acquisitions in a large, international law firm, with at least 2 of those years doing deals with a strong cross-border component for technology companies
• A thorough understanding of the entire M&A process and desire to learn and participate in legal integration efforts
• Experience in or exposure to capital markets, corporate securities and regulatory reporting, and strategic investments
• Experience in or exposure to regulatory assessments and filings, including domestic and foreign antitrust, CFIUS and foreign FDI, and Outbound Investment Rule
• Superior attention to detail and follow-through
• Maturity, tact, pragmatic business judgment, sound decision-making and a ready sense of humor
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team-oriented environment
• Willingness to travel, both domestic and international, up to 25% of the time

Deal Counsel.The attorney’s primary role would be as deal counsel supporting all aspects of the Corporate Business Development group’s activities, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other strategic investments. Specifically, the attorney would be involved in:

• Review M&A pipeline review decks and drive regulatory assessment review by antitrust, CFIUS and FDI counsel of potential transactions, including coordinating input from the applicable business unit leaders and technologists
• Prepare and negotiate non-disclosure agreements
• Work with internal tax and finance groups and external counsel on transaction structuring
• Prepare and advise the deal team regarding the negotiation of term sheets
• Conduct and coordinate due diligence investigations, including coordinating with Legal & Compliance Organization (LCO) groups and with IP counsel
• Prepare legal and IP due diligence report-outs for the business and deal team
• Work with outside counsel on preparation of definitive transaction documentation, working with the CBD deal lead to drive agreement negotiations
• Drive resolution of pre-closing and closing activities
• Coordinate presentations on due diligence findings for the LCO and impacted corporate and business groups to support post-close integration and other activities
• Develop and communicate responses to critical legal issues as they arise
• Advise on and coordinate the legal aspects of potential divestitures, including working with IP counsel to assess separability of assets and technology, with antitrust counsel to assess potential counterparties and regulatory requirements
• Assist in the preparation of playbooks and process improvements for the CBD group and participate in company-wide training programs

Required Experience and Skills

• JD from anationally-recognizedlaw school
• The ideal candidate would have at least 6 years of total experience with a practice focused on mergers and acquisitions in a large, international law firm, with at least 2 of those years doing deals with a strong cross-border component for technology companies
• A thorough understanding of the entire M&A process and desire to learn and participate in legal integration efforts
• Experience in or exposure to capital markets, corporate securities and regulatory reporting, and strategic investments
• Experience in or exposure to regulatory assessments and filings, including domestic and foreign antitrust, CFIUS and foreign FDI, and Outbound Investment Rule
• Superior attention to detail and follow-through
• Maturity, tact, pragmatic business judgment, sound decision-making and a ready sense of humor
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team-oriented environment
• Willingness to travel, both domestic and international, up to 25% of the time

Key Responsibilities

Integrates complex products into a coherent portfolio of products focused on a market. Manages the portfolio like a “product” (business plan, positioning, buying process, market requirements and marketing plan)

Analyzes market data to identifytrends/opportunities,develops strategic direction from market information and creates compelling market analysis presentation

Drives the needs within targeted markets and analyzes the market segmentations. Recommends which segment(s) to actively pursue. Drives the growth process

Oversees creation of complex product strategies that integrates well with AMAT products

Supports the vision and key phases on deliverables for complex products

Responsible for portfolio of products.

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

What you will do:

• Plan and manage multiple milestones in complex projects for skill building for engineers
• Proactively engage stakeholders and develop a deep understanding of their needs
• Use qualitative and quantitative data to drive decision making
• Drive alignment and communication with stakeholders with increasing and conflicting demands.
• Craft and drive a project roadmap and bring consensus to your vision with various stakeholders
• Continuously assessing and optimizing workflows and processes to ensure the best experience
• Monitor and report out on project progress to business leaders

What you are good at:

• Exceptional prioritization and project management skills
• Listening deeply and synthesizing the most critical issue at hand
• 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.

Functional Knowledge

• Recognized as “guru” or external expert in Quantum
• 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
• Communicates with customers and external partners.

Leadership

• Leads highly visible multidisciplinary project teams or initiatives; provides thought leadership
• Supports overall business strategy for the quantum group.

Problem Solving

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

Impact

• Impacts business direction through delivery on time and within cost for customers, develops customer relationships further and being a partner in the management team of the Quantum activity as COS.

Interpersonal Skills

• Negotiates and influences the opinions of others at the senior management, customers, regulators or vendor ; exercises sensitivity to the audience

Education: Bachelor'sDegree, some technical background in Quantum technologies is preferred.

What We Offer

The purpose of the Strategic Partnerships Manager role is to develop and nurture deep engagements with our most important partners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and develop deep long term partner relationships.
• Negotiate and own joint development agreements and programs.
• Scope and coordinate partner project plans and Statements of Work, in tight collaboration with engineering
• Team with the Engineering, Technical Project Management, Product Marketing, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain groups.
• Ensure execution to your commitments
• Transition Joint Development programs into long term supply arrangement together with the Supply Chain team.
• Shape partner and internal roadmaps.
• Keep up to date on the industry ecosystem, and educate the management team on changes, and what they mean.

Key skills and experience:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree, ideally in a technical discipline. MBA a plus
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience
• Excellent communication skills, including active listening and questioning to really understand what partners bring to us, and what they need from us
• Fluent English language and experience communicating with people from different countries on the phone and in-person
• Ideally candidates from the AI Data Center, AI, or Silicon Photonics industries, but not essential
• Experience developing strategic partnerships
• Business savvy – understands business basics
• Partner empathy
• Excellent presentation skills
• Experience influencing action without owning resources
• Experience in managing projects together with the engineering team
• Experience managing and leading multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience negotiating contracts and agreements
• Startup experience a plus

Position Overview:

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Strategic Ecosystem Development

• Design and implement a comprehensive partnership strategy that connects all nodes of the value chain (N-2 to N+2).
• Identify and evaluate partnership opportunities that align with business goals and drive mutual value.
• Develop frameworks for ecosystem collaboration, co-innovation, and shared growth.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain executive-level relationships with key partners across the supply and demand chain.
• Create and manage a multi-level engagement effort between multiple levels of Applied and PPB executives and team members with their counterparts at the partner entity.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between internal teams and external partners.
• Represent the company at industry forums, consortiums, and strategic events.

Consulting & Advisory

• Serve as a strategic advisor to internal business units on partnership models, co-optimization and ecosystem synergies.
• Provide insights on market trends, customer needs, and supplier capabilities to inform product and business strategy.
• Actively identify and help recruit key talent into Applied to strengthen our team
• Travel frequently to meet with key leaders throughout the ecosystem to discover and cultivate further partnership opportunities.

Operational Excellence

• Actively identify and help recruit key talent into Applied Materials to strengthen our partnerships.
• Establish KPIs and governance models to measure the effectiveness of partnerships.
• Lead negotiations, contract development, and performance management of strategic alliances.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and ethical standards in all partnership activities.