Program/Project Manager

The Group You'll Be A Part Of

The Customer Support Business Group focuses on enabling our customers with premier customer support throughout their lifecycle with Lam. We drive performance, productivity, safety, and quality of customers installed base performance and deliver service and lifecycle solutions for their most critical equipment and processes

The Impact You’ll Make

As a Technical Program Manager, you are responsible for leading teams in the development and productization of advanced software products and Knowledge Management systems for Lam’s Service Business. Responsible for maintaining and updating existing and new business process systems, software, hardware, and process architecture into a long-term stable/scalable set of systems to support engineers and customers located around the world.

The successful candidate will be expected to develop a strong understanding of business needs and be able to seamlessly translate them into requirements and user stories. Direct work in program management and working with business development, product marketing, product management and technical teams will be required.

What You’ll Do

Proficient ability in leading, running, overseeing, and directing medium/large programs and projects for internal and external end-users from discovery through maintenance and support:

• Own the program manager responsibilities for the overall outcome and delivery of the program
• Drive accountability reporting preparation and execution to stakeholders including executive management
• Create strategies for risk management including contingency planning and risk mitigation for the programs/projects supporting
• Planning and scheduling project goals, milestones, deliverables and dependencies
• Identifying & solving project issues effectively, managing conflicts with local and globally distributed groups, escalating issues when required
• Self-motivated & takes initiative: able to get integrated quickly with the company and find areas for improvement & support to add value
• Actively listens, participates, and leads project team activities
• Takes ownership of assigned tasks with responsibilities of instituting and participating in corrective actions to ensure closure / resolution
• Able to make decisions appropriate within grade level and responsibility and escalates decisions in a timely manner that are outside of grade level
• Experience in Agile Frameworks and methodologies such as SAFe
• Ability to traverse the project, program, and portfolio tiers as well as make constant assessment of feature pipeline, work done and work quality to support decision making on release delivery schedule
• Leads concept and feasibility for new methods, processes, software, or specifications leading to the resolution of complex problems
• Responsible for detailed analysis, diagnosis and problem solving
• Collects data, analyze results, generate reports, provide recommendations, and present findings to management teams Excellent communication and presentation skills required.
• Able to draft communications to large audiences, and ability to communicate to executive level

Who We’re Looking For

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience; or master’s degree with 3+ years’ experience; or a PhD with no previous professional experience; or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of continuous improvement or technical program management
• Must be able to travel up to 10% travel required to understand field user's needs and requirements
• Proven ability to make decisions resulting in the successful implementation of technical process or operational changes
• In-depth knowledge of business process development / controls and mapping work-item execution status to organizational objectives
• Required tool experience: Use of Jira/Confluence or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in or knowledge of Semiconductor fabrication, Semiconductor Equipment Operations, or related industries is a plus
• Knowledge of Program Management methods and experience in Product Development & Release (PDR) procedures
• Relevant project management certifications such as PMP, CAPM, Scrum Master, or PRINCE2
• Experience in Lean Six Sigma methodology or certification (Green Belt, Black Belt) is a plus
• Experience with Agile and/or Waterfall project methodologies
• Familiarity with project management software and tools including MS Project, QuickBase, Office Timeline, Jira/Confluence or equivalent
• Experience in Change-Management methodologies is a plus

Our Commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories – On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.