Senior Program Manager - US - CA - San Jose, United States

Originally posted 27 October 2026 by the employer.

About the role

Veeco is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead the end-to-end product transfer of existing Advanced Packaging Lithography and Laser Annealing systems to contract manufacturing partners in Asia. The position reports to the Vice President, Supply Chain, and begins as a 6–12 month rotational assignment requiring 25%–50% global travel.

What you'll do

- Own the product transfer of Advanced Packaging Lithography and Laser Annealing tools to contract manufacturers in Asia, ensuring schedule, quality, cost, and capacity targets are met. - Build and maintain the integrated program plan, critical path, decision log, and risk register to keep supplier and internal workstreams synchronized. - Direct supplier training, early learning builds, and production-readiness reviews at worldwide supplier and internal sites. - Lead cross-functional execution across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Product Management, Quality, and external suppliers to resolve system-level issues. - Deliver executive-level status reporting and drive operational-excellence initiatives to improve manufacturability, throughput, and total cost. - Establish durable operational governance, metrics, and escalation paths to sustain volume manufacturing post-transfer.

What you'll need

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - At least 8 years of related experience leading engineering, manufacturing, or product-transfer programs for semiconductor equipment, vacuum systems, or complex capital equipment. - Demonstrated experience managing new product introduction (NPI) or product transfer through manufacturing readiness and production ramp. - Working knowledge of Advanced Packaging Lithography, Laser Annealing equipment, or comparable electro-mechanical and automated capital equipment. - Proficiency in integrated scheduling, critical-path management, risk management, budget control, and tools including Microsoft Project, Power BI, Smartsheet, ERP, MRP, and PLM systems. - Ability to travel globally 25%–50% during the initial 6–12 month rotational assignment.

Nice to have

- Experience with SAP.

Skills: program management, product transfer, contract manufacturing, lithography, laser annealing