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We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips - the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world - like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world.\nWhat We Offer\nSalary:\n$154,000.00 - $212,000.00Location:\nSanta Clara,CAYou’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible-while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more.\nAt Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits.\nJob Summary\nThe Product Manager, Level V is an emerging product leader role designed for a technically deep engineer with a PhD who is transitioning into Product Management within Applied Materials. This role leverages advanced engineering expertise to translate customer high-value problems, technology capabilities, field feedback, and business priorities into clear product requirements, roadmap inputs, and execution plans. The role is expected to operate with structured transition support while building product judgment, commercial acumen, stakeholder influence, and customer-facing communication skills.\nRole Scope\nContribute to product strategy, roadmap definition, and requirements development for a defined product, platform, service offering, or technology area.\nPartner with Engineering, BU, Field, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Service teams to convert technical opportunities into scalable product outcomes.\nApply deep domain expertise to evaluate technical feasibility, customer value, differentiation, and execution trade-offs.\nOperate as an individual contributor or matrixed product lead with guidance from senior Product Management and business leaders.\nKey Responsibilities\nProduct Strategy & Roadmap Support\nTranslate customer, field, and engineering inputs into product requirements, use cases, value propositions, and roadmap recommendations.\nSupport market and customer segmentation analysis to identify where Applied should invest, compete, or differentiate.\nContribute to product lifecycle decisions, including feature prioritization, release readiness, adoption barriers, and retirement considerations.\nBuild fact-based business cases that connect technical capability to customer outcomes, revenue opportunity, margin impact, and strategic fit.\nCustomer, Field & Competitive Insight\nEngage with field teams, customer-facing stakeholders, and technical experts to understand customer high-value problems and operational pain points.\nCapture and synthesize Voice of Customer, escalation learnings, installed-base insights, and competitive intelligence into actionable product recommendations.\nSupport customer technical review preparation by providing product positioning, technical rationale, and evidence-based messaging.\nIdentify gaps between current product capabilities and customer needs, then recommend corrective actions or roadmap adjustments.\nCross-Functional Execution\nPartner with Engineering and Program Management to ensure requirements are understood, feasible, prioritized, and traceable through execution.\nCoordinate with Sales, Field, Service, and Operations to support launch planning, enablement, adoption tracking, and issue resolution.\nMaintain clear documentation of product decisions, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and success metrics.\nUse structured operating rhythms, dashboards, and reviews to communicate progress and escalate issues appropriately.\nTransition Support & Development Expectations\nReceive structured mentorship from a senior Product Manager or business leader for roadmap ownership, product strategy, customer engagement, and commercial decision-making.\nComplete a defined transition plan covering product management fundamentals, market requirements, pricing and business case development, launch readiness, and stakeholder influence.\nParticipate in customer, field, and BU reviews initially as a technical product contributor, progressing toward ownership of selected product decisions and roadmap workstreams.\nBuild capability in executive communication, concise storytelling, trade-off framing, and business outcome orientation.\nDemonstrate increasing independence over 6-12 months in converting technical depth into product strategy, requirements, and measurable business impact.\nQualifications\nRequired\nPhD in Engineering, Science, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Data Science, or a related technical discipline.\nStrong technical foundation with demonstrated ability to solve complex engineering or technology problems relevant to Applied Materials products, services, or customer environments.\nAbility to translate technical concepts into customer value, product requirements, and cross-functional execution plans.\nEffective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage engineering, field, business, and customer-facing stakeholders.\nDemonstrated curiosity and commitment to developing product management, business, and commercial skills.\nPreferred\nExperience working with semiconductor equipment, process technology, services, diagnostics, data platforms, automation, reliability, or advanced manufacturing environments.\nExposure to customer escalations, field support, roadmap discussions, technology transfer, or cross-functional product development.\nExperience preparing technical presentations, competitive assessments, business cases, or requirements documents.\nFamiliarity with market requirements specifications, product lifecycle management, launch readiness, pricing inputs, or service product strategy.\nExperience using Agentic AI solutions to develop concepts, UI prototypes and other applications to develop dynamic product requirements documents.\nSuccess Metrics\nQuality and clarity of product requirements, roadmap inputs, and business case recommendations.\nAbility to synthesize technical, customer, field, and market inputs into prioritized product decisions.\nStakeholder feedback on collaboration, communication, ownership, and cross-functional follow-through.\nProgress against transition plan milestones, including product management skill development and increasing independence.\nContribution to measurable product outcomes such as adoption, issue closure, customer value, revenue enablement, margin improvement, or execution readiness.\nAdditional Information\nTime Type:\nFull timeEmployee Type:\nAssignee / RegularTravel:\nYes, 25% of the TimeRelocation Eligible:\nNoThe salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.\nFor all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.\nApplied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.\nIn addition, Applied endeavors to make our careers site accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us via e-mail at ,or by calling our HR Direct Help Line at 877-612-7547, option 1, and following the prompts to speak to an HR Advisor. 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