Be strategic partner to applied materials Israel leadership to link the IT strategy to the business objectives and hold the responsibility for all the IT services and deliverables in Israel.
Drive and support the overall IT landscape across operations, R&D, applications and infra, cloud and on prem.
Collaborate effectively with global technical teams to initiate programs and drive them to execution.
Grow the business, identify business opportunities, and turn them into working plans.
Ensure high level of customer satisfaction from overall IT systems, infrastructure, and services.
Manage the IT demand and the business budgets. representing the “Voice” of the customer.
Effectively manage changes, be the change agent and managing escalations effectively.
Lead the Israel IT team (matrix)
Requirements
10+ years of managerial and influential IT experience in large corporates - Must
Experience as regional or BU IT manager / application manager – Strong advantage.
Proven ability to work with C levels and senior managements in Israel and abroad.
Experience with business application and business processes.
SAP knowledge – preferred.
Strong business and financial understanding.
Strong operation, execution and leadership skills
Strong communication & collaboration skills
Proven track record of influence senior management across organizational barriers
Ability to effectively amplify signals when business issues are truly impactful, dampen noise when they are not, and have the maturity to know the difference.
Experience with global work environment and global culture orientated.
Experience with large companies’ 500+ or international companies experience preferred.
Travel abroad as needed (about 15%)
BA / BSc in relevant field, M.sc / MBA is preferred.