North America Business Resiliency Lead

**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: $154,000.00 - $212,000.00 Location: Santa Clara,CA 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. At 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](https://hrportal.ehr.com/applied/). **Key Responsibilities** We are seeking an experienced Resiliency professional with deep AI knowledge and practical hands-on experience to lead our North America Region via a Center of Excellence you will help deliver. The Regional Resiliency Lead is responsible for leading the strategy execution and continuous improvement of the Regions company’s Resilience through leveraging the COE, Global Security teams, and matrixed business partners. This role ensures the Region is prepared to respond and recover from disruptive events while maintaining critical business operations. A core expectation of this role is the ability to apply AI tools and techniques in practical, day-to-day Resiliency work from AI-assisted risk assessments and predictive scenario planning to automated plan maintenance and intelligent alerting. The position partners closely with Global Security, GSOC, Crisis Management, IT, Engineering, Legal, Facilities, HR, Risk Management, and executive leadership to design and maintain scalable, risk-based continuity solutions across North America sites and business units. Beyond individual use, this leader will assist in the development and execution of the strategy to scale AI across the Regional Resiliency functions embedding AI-driven capabilities into workflows, exercises, and reporting so that the entire program becomes faster, smarter, and more resilient over time.Applied Materials is growing at a pace that is driving significant increases in headcount and facilities and growing our line of customer offerings. As a result, we expect over the next five years to have the most exciting and active R&D and manufacturing infrastructure pipeline in our history. This position plays a critical role in safeguarding the company’s people, operations, and brand, delivering enterprise-level impact within the Americas region. To keep pace with this growth, the Resiliency function must scale rapidly across an increasingly complex North America footprint and AI is central to that strategy. The Regional Resiliency Lead directly enables business resilience by harnessing AI-driven insights, predictive risk intelligence, and automation to build a program that scales with the business, and ensures leadership has confidence in the company’s ability to withstand and recover from disruption.This position reports to the Global Head of Business Resiliency and is based in Santa Clara, CA. The role requires travel up to 25%. Key Responsibilities & Strategic Leadership - Lead and enhance Business Continuity and Crisis Management programs across North America in alignment with ISO 22301, NIST,…