Hr Business Partner jobs at Applied Materials

Key Responsibilities

With Guidance:

Conduct organizational & talent assessments; develop talent strategy and pipeline to staff and build workforce capability. (e.g., selection, assessment, development, succession)

With guidance, implement change management, communication and engagement strategies within the BU/Function.

Actively partner, coach & develop managers. (e.g., coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions, performance management).

Execute on delivery of HR initiatives for the BU/Function. With guidance will balance enterprise-wide and business unit specific needs with local requirements.

As required, support M,A&D diligence and integration of HR projects, programs, processes and initiatives.

Support at least one HRenterprise/region-wideinitiative annually.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines

Business Expertise

• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market

Leadership

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements

Problem Solving

• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information

Impact

• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus

• 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.

What We Offer

Winning Candidate Will:

• Assist in creating and maintaining an operating rhythm playbook for a growing organization.
• Support program management for key meetings, forums, and technical projects.
• Help prepare executive communications for strategic planning and business reviews.
• Contribute to dashboards, trackers, and scorecards for performance visibility.
• Learn and assist with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau) to provide business insights.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to project deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with company standards and confidentiality requirements in documentation (e.g., part numbers, shipment conformity).
• Participate in change management and adoption efforts for new tools and processes.

Winning Candidate Needs:

• Bachelor’s degree or MBA in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or related field
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint); familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated initiative through internships, academic projects, or leadership roles.

Nice to Have:

• Internship experience in business operations, analytics, or strategy.
• Familiarity with Tableau or similar visualization tools.
• Exposure to project management concepts and supply chain processes.

What to Expect:

• A dynamic, fast-paced environment with opportunities to learn from senior leaders.
• Mentorship and training to develop your skills in strategy, operations, and technical program management .
• Occasional travel may be required.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please apply by January 30, 2026. Note: This position may close early based on application volume or candidate selection.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with HR COEs to identify use cases for AI across the HR function
• Evaluate the AI features and functionality within our current technology stack and recommend ways to utilize these features to enhance our employee experience and process optimization initiatives
• Provide ongoing support for the AiMEE chatbot ensuring functionality, relevance and user satisfaction
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and prioritize new use cases for AiMEE
• Lead and support pilot deployments of AiMEE across countries, gathering feedback and refining the experience for global scalability
• Serve as strategic liaison between COEs, GIS and our data sciences team to deliver technology solutions that enhance the overall Employee Experience
• Collaborate with GIS and external vendors to ensure technical feasibility and alignment with enterprise architecture
• Partner with Data Analytics team to develop and validate HR analytics models using Workday data
• Monitor Workday releases and AI trends to recommend enhancements and innovations
• Support project planning, testing and deployment of AI and automation initiatives

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates a strong understanding of functional HR domains (e.g., Core HR, Total Rewards, Talent)
• Deep expertise in Workday platform capabilities (e.g., Business Process Framework, Reporting)
• Demonstrated understanding of AI applications in HR (e.g., Chatbots, NLPs, Predictive Analytics)

Business Expertise

• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and AI use cases
• skilled in analyzing end-to-end HR processes to identify inefficiencies, gaps and automation opportunities
• Ability to assess where AI can add value across HR

Leadership

• Ability to lead cross functional teams and initiatives through strong influencing without authority
• Capable of linking HR technology and AI capabilities to broader business goals
• Experience managing or co-leading HR technology projects including planning, execution, stakeholder communication and post-implementation support

Problem Solving

• Ability to break down complex HR systems and challenges into manageable components
• Able to work cross-functionally to resolve problems quickly and effectively

Impact

• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Skilled at building strong relationships with HR leaders, business partners and GIS teams
• Clear and confident communicator
• Works effective in cross-functional teams

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

• Lead requirements gathering sessions with HR COEs and other stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), functional specifications, and process flows.
• Ensure documentation aligns with Workday capabilities and GIS technical standards.
• Partner with HR COEs to understand strategic priorities and translate them into system requirements.
• Collaborate with GIS and external vendors to ensure technical feasibility and alignment
• Analyze existing Workday configurations and recommend enhancements to improve functionality, data integrity, and user experience.
• Support configuration, testing, and deployment of Workday modules (e.g., Core HCM, Talent Acquisition Suite,. Compensation

Functional Knowledge

• Understanding employee life cycle processes (e.g., hire to retire)
• Familiarity with Workday reporting tools
• Expertise working with HR COEs (e.g., Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, HR Shared Services)

Business Expertise

• Understanding of how HR Technology supports the broader organizational goals.
• Ability to align Workday solutions with HR COE strategies

Process Improvement & Optimization

• Expertise in business process analysis and redesign, especially within HR functions
• Ability to identify inefficiencies and recommend technology-enabled solutions that improve employee experience and data accuracy

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong written communication for creating business requirements, documentation, and stakeholder updates
• Active listening to understand stakeholder needs and concerns.

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.