Director, Program Manager - Peoria, AZ, United States
Originally posted 27 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Director, Program Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a large-scale Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility, overseeing integrated projects across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and facility start-up. The position serves as the primary program lead aligning scope, schedule, funding requirements, risk management, and contractual performance across general contractors, design teams, and owner vendors.
What you'll do
- Establish and drive the program execution strategy, reporting framework, and decision protocols for a multi-billion-dollar OSAT facility. - Serve as the primary interface to senior leadership, providing visibility into performance, project risks, and mitigation strategies. - Drive alignment across internal stakeholders including facilities, factory operations, finance, IT, security, and legal teams. - Oversee commissioning strategy and execution, including Operational Readiness and Acceptance Testing (ORAT). - Coordinate turnover from construction to facilities teams and factory operators, covering documentation, training, and system validation. - Ensure facility readiness for tool installation, manufacturing ramp to production, and oversee closeout processes.
What you'll need
- 10+ years of experience managing large-scale industrial, manufacturing, or semiconductor capital projects valued in the hundreds of millions to multi-billion-dollar range. - Experience leading cross-functional project teams including engineering and design firms, contractors, equipment vendors, tool suppliers, and commissioning teams. - Expertise in semiconductor facility design and construction, including ISO-classified cleanroom environments, contamination control, and operational readiness. - Working knowledge of semiconductor facility infrastructure and process utilities, including Ultra Pure Water (UPW), Process Cooling Water (PCW), Clean Dry Air (CDA), specialty gases, electrical distribution systems, and redundancy design. - Demonstrated understanding of semiconductor equipment installation and startup, including facility-to-tool integration, utility connections, tool move-in planning, equipment qualification, and manufacturing ramp readiness.
Skills: cleanroom, facility construction, ORAT, tool installation, commissioning
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 54-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
359
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$152k
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| Metric | Amkor | All employers we track in this specialty (359 roles · 42 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 359 |
| Median days open | 0 d | 54 d (−54 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: cleanroom, facility construction, ORAT, tool installation, commissioning
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 83 open roles · median 47 d
- Lam Research · 74 open roles · median 41 d
- Micron Technology · 38 open roles · median 137 d
- ASML · 21 open roles · median 65 d
- Teradyne · 18 open roles · median 40 d
- KLA Corporation · 13 open roles · median 103 d
How we counted: 359 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 42 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 28 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.