Principle Program Manager, New Product Transition - E4 - Austin, TX, United States
$116,000 - $159,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 5 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role leads matrixed operational teams to manage program deliverables from Manufacturing Operations and drives Product Life Cycle Operations deliverables for Business Unit New Product Introduction programs.
What you'll do
- Lead matrixed operational teams of New Product Manufacturing Engineers, Material Project Managers, DFX Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Supplier Engineering, Procurement, and Manufacturing Program Managers.
- Engage Pilot Manufacturing to ensure early learning builds meet target milestones.
- Align with Cross Functional Product Management Team to develop plan and execute product commercialization strategy.
- Engage Engineering team to analyze design and identify product improvements for enhanced volume manufacturability.
- Drive Product Life Cycle Operations deliverables for Business Unit New Product Introduction programs.
- Prepare and present high level presentations on Program status and strategic overview to senior management.
What you'll need
- Effective communication skills both written and verbal to communicate to diverse functional groups and stakeholders on the program/project status.
- Strong leadership and management skills with ability to lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of Mfg. Operations in Product Life Cycle and Engineering Change Management.
- Proficient in Microsoft Project to develop project plans and schedules.
- Expertise in data gathering, analysis, and creative in reporting using Charts and analytical reporting with Microsoft Excel.
- Bachelor’s degree in any Engineering discipline (preferably in Mech/Electrical) with M.B.A and 6-8 years’ experience in project management, program management, data analysis.
Nice to have
- Working knowledge of SAP.
- Exposure with developing Excel Macros.
- PMP / Scrum Certification.
- Working with relational databases MS SQL Server.
- Exposure to data analytics tools such as Minitab.
- Exposure to Semiconductor Industry.
Skills: New Product Manufacturing Engineers, Product Life Cycle Operations, Manufacturing Operations, product commercialization strategy, Engineering Change Management
This role has been open 42 days — below the 49-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
372
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Median days open
49 d
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Median salary
$148k
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| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (372 roles · 41 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 105 | 372 |
| Median days open | 38 d | 49 d (−11 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: New Product Manufacturing Engineers, Product Life Cycle Operations, Manufacturing Operations, product commercialization strategy, Engineering Change Management
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 105 open roles · median 38 d
- Lam Research · 71 open roles · median 35 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 126 d
- ASML · 22 open roles · median 59 d
- Teradyne · 18 open roles · median 29 d
- KLA Corporation · 13 open roles · median 92 d
How we counted: 372 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 41 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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.