Technical Project/Program Manager V (E5) - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$154,000 - $212,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Senior Manager, Technical Project & Program Management leads a flagship product development program, managing end-to-end execution from concept through product release, manufacturing ramp, and customer readiness.
What you'll do
- Define program strategy, execution model, governance, and resourcing in alignment with business unit objectives and product roadmaps. - Lead a large, multi-year product development program with accountability for execution, outcomes, and customer readiness across hardware, software, and systems integration. - Build and maintain fully integrated program plans across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, product marketing, and field organizations. - Drive schedule, cost, quality, and risk performance throughout the full product lifecycle while partnering with customers, suppliers, and external partners. - Own program financials and resource planning, including budgets, capital investments, purchase requisitions, and purchase orders. - Provide executive-level visibility through regular program reviews, dashboards, risk assessments, and recommendations to senior leadership.
What you'll need
- Proven expertise leading large-scale, highly complex programs spanning hardware, software, and systems integration across multiple engineering disciplines. - Experience applying advanced program and systems integration practices to drive technology readiness, lifecycle transitions, and overall product maturity. - Demonstrated experience managing program financials and resource planning, including budgets, capital investments, and purchase requisitions. - Proven capability directing and influencing cross-functional global teams, senior engineers, and functional leaders in a matrixed organization. - Track record managing program readiness for manufacturing ramp, customer qualification, and sustained high-volume production.
Skills: product development program, execution, governance, integrated program plans, risk performance, resource planning
This role has been open 172 days — well above the 53-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
53 d
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Median salary
$152k
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| 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 | 53 d (−7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: product development program, execution, governance, integrated program plans, risk performance, resource planning
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 91 open roles · median 46 d
- Lam Research · 75 open roles · median 39 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 134 d
- ASML · 20 open roles · median 65 d
- Teradyne · 18 open roles · median 37 d
- KLA Corporation · 13 open roles · median 100 d
How we counted: 369 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 43 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 25 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.