Team Lead Product Lifecycle Management - San Jose, CA, United States
$97,600 - $134,200 USD yearly
Originally posted 20 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role leads the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) team responsible for the introduction, industrialization, and phase-out strategies of new products, as well as engineering sustaining activities on existing products.
What you'll do
- Manage concurrent supply chain introduction of new product designs from technical feasibility to ramp and release-for-volume.
- Plan, mobilize, and support resources of the Strategic Sourcing and Procurement (SS&P) supplier collaboration teams.
- Manage worldwide material availability balanced against customer service levels, inventory, quality, costs, and risks.
- Ensure the PLM team takes full accountability in Project Delivery Teams (DT) to enable successful NPI engagement and industrialization at suppliers.
- Proactively manage resource planning and staffing of PLM project coordinators to ensure optimal use of capacity and capabilities.
- Own operational processes and KPIs tied to material availability, inventory management, end of life, and excess and obsolescence.
What you'll need
- Master’s degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial engineering, or similar technical education.
- 10+ years of work experience, including 5 years in new product introductions in high-tech, low-volume environments.
- Experience in stakeholder management.
- Ability to coach team members and demonstrate role model behaviors.
- Excellent professional communication in English.
Skills: product lifecycle management, supply chain introduction, new product designs, material availability, engineering changes, NPI
This role has been open 57 days — slightly above the 49-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
49 d
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Median salary
$149k
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| Metric | ASML | All employers we track in this specialty (369 roles · 41 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 22 | 369 |
| Median days open | 59 d | 49 d (+10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $149k |
Skills observed across this category: product lifecycle management, supply chain introduction, new product designs, material availability, engineering changes, NPI
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 100 open roles · median 42 d
- Lam Research · 69 open roles · median 36 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 125 d
- ASML (this employer) · 22 open roles · median 58 d
- Teradyne · 18 open roles · median 28 d
- ASM International · 14 open roles · median 98 d
How we counted: 369 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 41 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 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.