Senior Director, Strategic & Customer Roadmap Programs

**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: $200,000.00 - $275,000.00 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/). **Who We Are** Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display. Our teams partner closely with customers to enable the next generations of technology. **The Role** We are seeking a Senior Director to lead enterprise‑scale prioritization and executive communications that focus the customer-facing field organization on the highest‑value, device‑critical applications. This role partners with account and business unit leaders to consolidate customer roadmap insights, identify industry trends, and align technical priorities to business outcomes. **What You’ll Do** - Lead the end‑to‑end prioritization process: identify and prioritize the most critical applications, adjust priorities as signals evolve, and drive alignment through governance forums. - Connect application prioritization to business outcomes by maintaining a clear linkage between priority selections and share growth potential, customer outcomes, and business unit strategy. - Provide visibility and governance for top priority projects: consolidate inputs across stakeholders, report status and progress, align on definitions/cadence/templates, and drive closure of actions and decisions. - Partner with Account Technology Leaders and Field leadership to capture customer roadmap changes, synthesize cross‑account insights, and identify forward‑looking industry trends. - Translate complex technology and execution inputs into executive‑ready narratives, executive presentations and internal reviews with content that is clear, comparable, and action‑oriented. - Drive adoption of standard processes and templates across regions and accounts; collaborate with operations/analytics partners to improve data quality, automation, and repeatability. **What Success Looks Like** - Leadership teams have timely, decision‑ready views of priorities, enablement status, and key risks/issues. - Field engineering effort remains focused on the highest‑value applications with clear rationale and disciplined course correction. - Consistent governance and operating cadence across stakeholders, with measurable follow‑through on actions. - Clear connection between technical priorities, customer outcomes, and share growth potential. **Minimum Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline (or equivalent experience). - 15+ years of experience in semiconductor process engineering, technology enablement, portfolio strategy, or related roles. - Proven leadership of enterprise‑scale, cross‑functional programs and executive‑level communic…