Technical Project / Program Manager - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$133,500 - $183,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role supports programs that serve as key enablers for Global Operations, focusing on challenges and opportunities in manufacturing, supply chain, and logistics.
What you'll do
- Support end-to-end execution of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) initiatives, tracking milestones, dependencies, and actions.
- Coordinate with cross-functional partners across Supply Chain, SPG, JOLT, and Business Units to align priorities and close gaps.
- Proactively identify risks, data gaps, and execution issues, escalating with clear context and recommended actions.
- Prepare program status updates, meeting notes, and follow-ups to ensure accountability.
- Produce executive-ready updates, decision documents, and business cases with charts and slides.
- Perform detailed analysis across supply, demand, capacity, and material data to support planning decisions.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations, Business, Information Systems, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
- 8–12 years in technical program management, business operations, or operations transformation, including at least 3 years leading programs with both business and technical stakeholders.
- Advanced Excel proficiency, including complex formulas, pivot tables, lookups, data validation, and scenario/sensitivity analysis.
- Working understanding of SQL and relational database concepts (tables, joins, keys) to query and interpret data.
- Ability to structure, clean, and analyze large and imperfect datasets.
- Experience in semiconductor, manufacturing, engineering, operations, supply chain, product development, or technology environments.
- Experience with S&OP process management and an enterprise planning system (SAP APO/IBP, Kinaxis, o9, or comparable).
- Track record delivering in both Agile and stage-gate environments.
Skills: Program Execution, Stakeholder Coordination, Integrated Business Planning, Supply Chain, Data Analysis
This role has been open 75 days — well above the 50-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
373
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$147k
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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 (373 roles · 41 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 105 | 373 |
| Median days open | 40 d | 50 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $147k |
Skills observed across this category: Program Execution, Stakeholder Coordination, Integrated Business Planning, Supply Chain, Data Analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 105 open roles · median 39 d
- Lam Research · 71 open roles · median 36 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 127 d
- ASML · 22 open roles · median 60 d
- Teradyne · 18 open roles · median 30 d
- KLA Corporation · 13 open roles · median 93 d
How we counted: 373 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 41 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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.