707,525open jobs
41,962companies
101,146added this week
Browse all
Salary
$112k – $164k per year
Location
In office (Milpitas)
Seniority
Senior · 7+ years exp
Employment
Full-Time
Overview
Company
Impact
Profile match
KLA is an American supplier of process control and yield management equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, formed by the 1997 merger of KLA Instruments, founded in 1975, and Tencor Instruments. Its tools inspect wafers, reticles and packaging for defects and measure critical dimensions and overlay, giving chipmakers the feedback they need to keep yields acceptable at advanced nodes. Headquartered in Milpitas, California and listed on Nasdaq, it holds a dominant share of the wafer inspection market and also supplies specialty process and electronic assembly equipment.

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale-faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

This role will drive adoption, governance, and continuous improvement of IDeliver capabilities, including Spec Management, customer workflows, process standardization, reporting, and operational readiness. The successful candidate will partner with Product Marketing, Engineering, Service IT, Regional operations, and Customer Program teams to streamline customer engagement processes while improving operational efficiency and enterprise visibility. This is a highly cross-functional role enquiring strong program management, operational thinking, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement skills.

Responsibilities:

Enterprise IDeliver Operations:

  • Manage day-to-day operational health of IDeliver platform and associated business processes
  • Drive user adoption across divisions and global regions
  • Monitor operational KPIs, process health, and corporate adoption
  • Partner with IT to prioritize enhancements and support future roadmap planning
  • Develop standard operating procedures, governance and operational documentation
  • Support training, communications, and rollout activities for new capabilities

Spec Management Operations:

  • Lead operational execution of the enterprise Spec Management program
  • Coordinate cross-functional reviews between field organizations, Division PMMs, Service, Engineering, and PLC stakeholders
  • Drive request quality, governance, and timely decision making
  • Facilitate customer communication workflows from request through closure
  • Monitor request cycle times, bottlenecks, and adoption metrics while identifying continuous improvement opportunities

Cross-functional Program Management:

  • Coordinate multiple initiatives simultaneously across Engineering, Service, Marketing, Operations and IT
  • Facilitate recurring stakeholder meetings and executive updates
  • Track project milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies
  • Develop executive dashboards and program metrics
  • Identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve customer experience

Roadmap Driver:

  • Analyze operational data to identify trends and improvement opportunities
  • Recommend workflow automation and AI-enabled capabilities
  • Support enterprise governance for customer operational processes
  • Drive standardization across business units while balancing division specific needs

Skills

  • Strong program management and cross-functional leadership skills.
  • Ability to drive alignment across divisions, regions, and senior stakeholders.
  • Strong communication skills with ability to simplify complex process and governance topics.
  • Analytical mindset with experience using metrics to drive accountability and improvement.
  • Ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities, risks, and stakeholders.
  • Strong customer-focus and ability to connect field needs with division and PLC decision-making.
  • Experience with enterprise systems, business process design, and adoption management.
  • Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience leading cross-functional programs, business process initiatives, or customer-facing operational programs.
  • Experience working with product marketing, applications, service, engineering, field, or customer programs in the semiconductor industry.
  • Strong understanding of customer specification management, product lifecycle governance, or customer processes.
  • Experience driving enterprise-wide deployment, team member training, change management, and adoption.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead executive-level communication, program risks, roadmap planning, and cross-division alignment.
  • Familiarity with KLA tools, customer workflows, PLC processes, or related enterprise platforms preferred.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 5 years of related experience with a Bachelors degree; or 3 years experience with a Master's degree; or equivalent experience

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Total Rewards

Base Pay Range: $111,900.00 - $164,100.00 Annually Primary Location: USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Use of AI Statement

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews-whether virtual or in person-is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

Equal Opportunity Statement

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] or at +1-408-352-2808 to request accommodation.

For additional information, view the US Know Your Rights poster on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website.

Free account
Stop reading job ads. Get the ones that fit.
One free account turns this page into a shortlist built around your stack, your level and your pay.
Match on every job. Stack, seniority, pay and location, scored against your profile.
707,525 open roles. Read straight off company career pages, refreshed every day.
Unlimited applications. Every one you send is tracked in one place, on-site or on a company board.
3 tailored CVs a month. Rewritten for the exact job you are applying to. Included free.
Create a free account Continue with Google
Free forever. No card. Under a minute.

Your match

How well do you fit this role?
Two answers are enough for a real match. No account needed.
Check my fit
Answers stay in this browser until you create an account.

Recommended for you based on this role

Similar stack
Same company
Milpitas
Electronics Assembler 4 hours ago
$38k – $71k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Newport
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Management
Microsoft Office
Apply
$34k – $64k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Newport
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Management
Microsoft Office
Apply
$165k – $231k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Seattle
Python
Java
SQL
AI/ML
Reinforcement Learning
Computer Vision
AI Agents
Transformers
TensorFlow
PyTorch
LLM
RAG
Semantic Search
Semantic Search
Knowledge Graph
Multi-Agent Systems
Machine Learning
DevOps
Terraform
CI/CD
AWS
Apply
$83k – $161k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Columbus
SAS
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Apply
$106k – $189k per year (Estimated) • Remote • Full-Time • Los Angeles
Python
SQL
Databases
Google BigQuery
BigQuery
AI/ML
Vertex AI
Scikit-learn
Pandas
NumPy
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
Analytics
Power BI
Plotly
Looker
Apply
Electronics Assembler 4 hours ago
$38k – $71k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Newport
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Management
Microsoft Office
Apply
$34k – $64k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Newport
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Management
Microsoft Office
Apply
$34k – $65k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Weilburg
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Apply
In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Weilburg
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Apply
DRM Administrator 1 day ago
$27k – $62k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Chennai
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
Rest API
Incident Management
Linux
Windows
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Entra ID
Active Directory
Management
Microsoft Teams
OneDrive
SharePoint
ITIL
Apply
$155k – $259k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Milpitas • San Jose
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Splunk
Platform Engineering
Cybersecurity
Crowdstrike
Zscaler
Zero Trust
SIEM
Apply
$55k – $121k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Jose • Sunnyvale • Mountain View • Milpitas • Santa Clara
Marketing
X (Twitter)
Apply
$160k – $234k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Milpitas
C++
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
Linux
Apply
$64k – $74k per year • In office • Contractor • Milpitas
Apply
$84k – $94k per year • In office • Contractor • Milpitas
Apply
See all jobs
This is one of many
707,525 more open roles from verified company boards, updated every day.