Software Product Manager IV

Job Description

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world.

The Product Manager in the Lab D&A team is responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of digital solutions for lab operations that drive automation, data integrity, and operational efficiency across labs. This role partners closely with solution architects, application development leads, and lab operations leadership, and chairs the product governance body to ensure alignment, prioritization, and change management for all released products and applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and communicate the product vision and multi-year roadmap for digital applications for lab operations, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and lab operational goals
• Quantify and track product KPIs around automation, data integrity, cycle time, and user adoption
• Lead the transition from fragmented legacy workflows to unified, scalable platforms
• Chair the decision-making body for change management and project prioritization
• Approve, hold, or cancel projects entering the change management process and maintain the health of the change request pipeline
• Act as escalation point for unresolved issues before senior management involvement
• Lead discovery with BU stakeholders, LabOps, GIS, and other partners to design business-specific workflows
• Analyze, optimize, and document end-to-end processes to drive operational efficiency
• Facilitate MVP scoping, governance for upgrades, and new features; define clear problem statements, success metrics, and acceptance criteria
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, DevOps, design, product operations) to deliver high-quality releases on time
• Drive training and adoption programs across user communities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's in computer science, engineering, or related field
• 10+ years in product management, program management, enterprise systems, or related fields with progressive responsibility
• Proven experience with lab automation systems; familiarity with lab operations and process/metrology workflows
• Expertise collaborating on cloud-native architectures (Azure/AWS/GCP), microservices, and enterprise integration patterns
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, optimize, and document complex business processes with strong stakeholder engagement

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