Organizational Effectiveness & People Strategy Program Manager

Who We Are

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

What We Offer

Salary:
$128,000.00 - $176,000.00

Location:
Albany,NY, Austin,TX, Boise,ID, Chandler,AZ, Dallas-Richardson,TX, Hillsboro,OR, Malta,NY, Phoenix,AZ

You'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.

• Partner with executive and senior leadership teams to define, evolve, and execute the enterprise People Strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, business growth objectives, and workforce needs.
• Lead the governance, prioritization, and delivery of a portfolio of complex, enterprise-wide People Strategy initiatives and transformation programs, balancing competing priorities, resources, risks, and organizational dependencies.
• Translate business strategy into multi-year people transformation roadmaps encompassing organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, leadership capability, talent development, employee experience, and cultural transformation.
• Identify emerging organizational trends, workforce risks, and strategic opportunities, providing data-driven recommendations to senior leadership to strengthen organizational capability and readiness.

• Establish and oversee program governance frameworks, success measures, operating cadences, and executive reporting mechanisms to ensure effective execution and accountability across the People Strategy portfolio.
• Drive alignment across business units, HR Centers of Excellence, People Partners, and functional leaders to ensure seamless integration and execution of strategic people initiatives.
• Lead enterprise-wide change management efforts for transformational programs, ensuring adoption, capability building, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable outcomes.
• Oversee resource planning, funding requirements, risk management, and benefits realization across strategic people initiatives.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to executive leaders, influencing decisions related to workforce transformation, organizational design, talent strategy, and change management.
• Facilitate executive steering committees, governance forums, and leadership reviews to drive decision-making, remove barriers, and ensure strategic alignment.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships across HR, Finance, Operations, Communications, and Business Leadership teams to ensure successful delivery of organization-wide transformation priorities.

• Define and monitor key success metrics, organizational health indicators, and workforce outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of People Strategy initiatives.
• Leverage workforce analytics, employee insights, market intelligence, and external benchmarks to inform strategic recommendations and continuous improvement efforts.
• Assess organizational readiness and capability needs, recommending interventions that improve effectiveness, employee engagement, leadership capability, and business performance.

• Provide thought leadership, coaching, and strategic guidance to People Partners, project leaders, and transformation teams.
• Lead cross-functional teams and influence resources across organizational boundaries to achieve strategic objectives and drive enterprise results.
• Establish best practices, methodologies, and governance standards for people transformation and organizational change initiatives across the company

• Minimum Requirement - Bachelor's Degree
• Preferred - Master's Degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or related field

• People Strategy
• Organizational Effectiveness
• HR Transformation
• Enterprise Program Management
• Organizational Change Management
• Strategic Workforce Planning
• Leading large-scale, cross-functional transformation initiatives and partnering directly with executive leadership strongly preferred.