Materials Project Management V (B5) - Austin, TX, United States
$128,000 - $176,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 12 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role leads project materials strategy and execution across product development and commercialization.
What you'll do
- Forecast and communicate engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers, including make versus buy analysis. - Lead the Materials Core Team and coordinate product development process deliverables across buyers, planners, and production control through MRP. - Create, release, and update new project materials strategies with limited to no supervision. - Assist in supplier price and delivery negotiations, apply preferred supplier selection, complete supplier risk assessments, and monitor supplier delivery, quality, and cost performance. - Execute commercialization transition materials plans, manage materials change control, track total landed costs targets, and meet cost objectives. - Partner with engineering to identify critical parts, long-lead items, and inspection requirements, utilizing value analysis on build-to-print components for Should Cost analysis.
What you'll need
- Expertise in materials strategy, sourcing, and product development commercialization. - Experience coordinating demand signals through MRP and executing make versus buy analyses. - Experience managing supplier negotiations, supplier risk assessments, and total landed costs targets. - Experience conducting value analysis on build-to-print components and Should Cost analysis. - Ability to lead cross-functional projects across engineering, quality, and commodity business management teams.
Skills: materials strategy, sourcing, supplier negotiations, risk assessment, cost objectives
This role has been open 164 days — well above the 52-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
369
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$152k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (369 roles · 43 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 91 | 369 |
| Median days open | 46 d | 52 d (−6 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: materials strategy, sourcing, supplier negotiations, risk assessment, cost objectives
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 93 open roles · median 45 d
- Lam Research · 74 open roles · median 37 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 133 d
- ASML · 20 open roles · median 64 d
- Teradyne · 18 open roles · median 36 d
- KLA Corporation · 13 open roles · median 99 d
How we counted: 369 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 43 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 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.