IT Solutions Management
Applied Materials · Posted Oct 29
Semiconductor equipment, display manufacturing systems, and materials engineering solutions
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About the role
Applied Materials is a global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that underpin virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display, with equipment and services used to advance AI and next-generation chip commercialization. The IT organization partners with business units to deliver technology solutions spanning architecture, security, infrastructure, data, development, and support. This role serves as the primary IT partner for assigned business units, managing the IT portfolio and driving requests from requirements and funding through delivery and production readiness.
What you will do
- Serve as the primary IT partner for assigned business units, understanding their priorities, challenges, and technology needs.
- Gather, clarify, document, and translate business needs into clear IT requirements, scope, and expected outcomes.
- Coordinate with architecture, security, infrastructure, data, development, and support teams to determine the appropriate solution approach.
- Manage the IT portfolio covering new requests, active projects, enhancements, application lifecycle needs, and operational priorities.
- Drive IT requests through intake, estimation, architecture review, funding, approvals, delivery, and production readiness.
- Define and track project scope, cost, schedule, milestones, risks, status, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Act as the bridge between business stakeholders and IT teams and maintain clear alignment throughout delivery.
- Support business cases, project estimates, budgets, funding requirements, vendor engagements, and third-party solution evaluations.
- Ensure solutions meet enterprise architecture, security, data, operational, and compliance requirements.
- Identify opportunities to simplify processes, automate manual activities, improve user experience, and deliver measurable business value.
- Provide leadership with clear portfolio updates covering progress, risks, financial impact, dependencies, and decisions required.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
- 7–12 years of relevant IT experience, preferably across business-facing IT, project/program management, applications, or portfolio management.
- Strong experience partnering with business stakeholders and translating business problems into technology requirements.
- Experience managing multiple projects, priorities, and business requests simultaneously.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Good understanding of the end-to-end IT solution lifecycle, from requirements and solution determination through implementation and operational support.
- Strong project and portfolio management skills covering scope, schedule, cost, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication.
- Experience working with internally developed applications and third-party/vendor solutions.
- Experience using Jira and Confluence along with the ability to effectively leverage AI tools to improve productivity, analysis, documentation,
- Strong business analysis and requirement-gathering skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate options and recommend practical solutions.
- Ability to work effectively with global business and IT teams.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Applied Materials
Applied Materials, Inc. is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. The company designs, builds, and services cutting-edge equipment that enables manufacturers to create semiconductor and display chips essential for modern electronics and AI infrastructure. Through its extensive portfolio of deposition, etch, and planarization systems, Applied Materials serves as a foundational pillar of the global semiconductor industry.
- Industry
- Semiconductor Equipment
- Company size
- 36500+ employees
- Founded
- 1967
- Location
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $1.5B raised
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
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