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ASM International

Semiconductor deposition equipment and ALD tech

Head of Change Management

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's
Phoenix, AZ, USA
In Person
People & HRLearning & Development

About the job

Requirements
  • A degree in organizational change management, business administration, organizational psychology, human resources, or a related field. Equivalent experience will also be considered.
  • 7+ years of experience in enterprise change management, transformation, or organizational development.
  • Proven success driving adoption and measurable business outcomes for large-scale transformations involving processes, data, artificial intelligence, automation, or technologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to create enterprise change strategies, governance, methods, and reusable playbooks.
  • Proven experience assessing organizational capability gaps and translating them into learning pathways, development plans, and measurable capability outcomes.
  • Strong experience in stakeholder engagement, coaching, change impact and readiness assessment, communications, learning, and resistance management.
  • Experience defining and using adoption, proficiency, behavior, value, and benefit measures to steer interventions and demonstrate impact.
  • An end-to-end enterprise mindset and good business acumen, with the ability to connect transformation choices to strategic and operational outcomes.
  • Credibility to advise, influence, and challenge senior leaders across functions, cultures, and geographies.
  • Ability to build trusted partnerships and mobilize teams without relying on formal authority.
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to make complex change clear, relevant, and actionable for different audiences.
  • Strong leadership, coaching, and facilitation skills, with a track record of developing change capability in others.
  • An outcome-driven, pragmatic, and resilient approach, balancing pace, empathy, discipline, and long-term sustainment.
Responsibilities
  • Define and lead ASM’s enterprise change management and adoption direction for digital transformation.
  • Establish a practical, scalable change framework, standards, tools, and playbooks reusable across portfolios, domains, and initiatives.
  • Integrate change, communications, learning, leadership alignment, and adoption into the transformation life cycle from value case through realization.
  • Create a portfolio view of change impact, organizational readiness, dependencies, and change saturation to guide sequencing and investment decisions.
  • Set governance and accountabilities so business leaders own adoption and the Global Digital Transformation organization provides the expertise, methods, and enablement required to succeed.
  • Lead change for enterprise initiatives spanning data, processes, artificial intelligence, automation, digital platforms, and other technologies.
  • Translate target business outcomes into behavior changes, stakeholder commitments, adoption measures, and reinforcement plans.
  • Define and track outcome-oriented measures such as adoption, proficiency, and process compliance, linking them to business outcomes and investment decisions.
  • Use data, people feedback, and operational insights to identify barriers, adapt interventions, and accelerate value realization.
  • Ensure changes are sustained after go-live through communities, coaching, and other reinforcement methods.
  • Advise senior leaders on transformation leadership, sponsorship, decision-making, and visible role-modeling.
  • Partner with business functions, the People Team, Business Process and Data Owners, Global Digital Transformation teams, and others to create integrated plans.
  • Build change networks and communities across functions, regions, and locations, and challenge leaders and teams when ownership, readiness, or value assumptions put outcomes at risk.
  • Own the rollout of the Data and Artificial Intelligence Literacy program and other digital learning programs across ASM.
  • Embed a learn-apply-lead approach connecting capability building to real use cases, responsible artificial intelligence practices, and day-to-day work.
  • Build a data-driven, artificial-intelligence-enabled, and change-ready culture through leadership engagement, role-based learning, communities of practice, storytelling, and recognition.
  • Establish a structured approach to assess current and future capability needs across Global Digital Transformation, identify role- and team-level gaps, and translate findings into development priorities and workforce plans.
  • Design and lead a role-based Global Digital Transformation learning and development program covering artificial intelligence literacy, data fluency, agile ways of working, product and platform thinking, change leadership, and business-value realization.
Desired Qualifications
  • Relevant certifications or training in change management, organizational development, or learning.
  • Experience leading change in a semiconductor, high-tech, or manufacturing environment.

About the company

ASM International designs and supplies equipment and technologies for semiconductor fabrication, focusing on thin-film deposition processes such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD). Its products are used in making microchips by depositing ultra-thin material layers with precise control at the atomic level, enabling smaller and more powerful devices. The company built a global footprint through operations in the Netherlands, the US, Hong Kong, and Japan, and separated ASML Lithography (a joint venture with Philips) to focus on deposition while ASML develops photolithography systems. In recent years, ASM has sharpened its strategy around ALD, a process that creates uniformly thin layers one atomic layer at a time, allowing continued scaling of semiconductor devices. The goal is to be a core supplier of deposition technology and tools that enable chip manufacturers to produce smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient semiconductors.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Almere, Netherlands

Founded

1968

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What believers are saying

  • Q2 2026 revenue reached €1.0 billion, up 24% year over year.
  • Management guided Q3 2026 revenue to €1.1 billion and H2 above H1 by 20%.
  • 2027 revenue should exceed €4.6 billion, driven by AI infrastructure spending.

What critics are saying

  • China mature-logic demand depends on export-control distortions, not durable secular growth.
  • Local competitors in China already pressure pricing and threaten share in 2026.
  • Applied Materials and NAURA can displace ASM if customers standardize alternative deposition stacks.

What makes ASM International unique

  • ASM owns more than 55% of ALD market, with record Q2 2026 ALD sales.
  • Its 2nm and 1.4nm wins embed ASM in leading-edge logic ramps.
  • Spares and services grew 34% in Q2 2026, creating recurring revenue.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Remote Work Options
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Holidays
  • Wellness Program

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The global semiconductor market reached record sales of $403.3 billion in the second quarter of 2026, rising 35.1% sequentially, driven by artificial intelligence and advanced computing demand. June sales climbed 123.6% year-over-year to $134.5 billion. Four chip stocks appear well-positioned to benefit from the AI boom. Analog Devices is experiencing broad-based recovery with AI-related data centre activity expanding across optical and power applications. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company maintained 73% market share, supported by robust AI demand. Semtech is benefiting from rising AI data centre networking demand as 800G remains active. ASM International holds a market share exceeding 55% in ALD technology, with management expecting second-half revenues to rise more than 20%. All four companies show strong growth trajectories, with consensus estimates suggesting revenue increases of 34% to 41% and earnings growth of 55% to 104% for 2026.

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Jul 29th, 2026
ASM International hits $1.1B Q2 revenue, up 24% YoY with record ALD sales and $401M free cash flow

ASM International NV reported record Q2 2026 revenue of EUR1 billion, marking a 24% year-on-year increase at constant currency and exceeding guidance of EUR980 million. The semiconductor equipment manufacturer achieved a gross margin of 51.9% and an adjusted operating margin of 33%. Equipment sales grew 22% year-on-year at constant currency, driven by record atomic layer deposition (ALD) sales. Spares and services revenue surged 34% year-on-year at constant currency. The company generated record free cash flow of EUR355 million, supported by strong profitability and improved working capital management. Cash position stood at EUR1.2 billion at quarter end. ASM projects Q3 revenue of EUR1.1 billion and expects second-half revenue to exceed first-half results by over 20%. The company now anticipates 2026 revenue will surpass EUR4 billion, above its previous guidance range.

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Jul 28th, 2026
ASM International forecasts Q3 revenue of $1.2B on AI demand, beating estimates

ASM International forecast third-quarter revenue of about €1.1 billion ($1.25 billion) at constant exchange rates, plus or minus 5%, exceeding analysts' average estimate of €994.5 million. The Dutch semiconductor equipment maker cited strong demand from customers investing in artificial intelligence infrastructure. AI-related spending has helped offset weakness in automotive, PC and memory markets. Chief Executive Hichem M'Saad said the demand environment remained highly favourable in the second quarter, driven by sustained investment in AI infrastructure to support rapidly expanding compute workloads. Europe's second-largest semiconductor equipment maker reported second-quarter revenue of €1 billion, above analysts' expectations of €977.7 million.

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Jul 8th, 2026
ASM International appoints telecom exec Chris Figee as CFO as shares trade near $1,159 fair value

ASM International has named telecom executive Chris Figee as its incoming Chief Financial Officer, subject to shareholder approval at an extraordinary general meeting in 2027. The appointment comes as the semiconductor equipment maker's shares trade at €964.4, close to analyst fair value estimates of around €1,026. The stock has delivered strong returns, with year-to-date gains of 74.14% and five-year total shareholder returns of 250.72%. Analysts attribute the company's valuation to expanding demand for advanced logic nodes driven by AI and high-performance computing requirements. However, risks remain if China-related restrictions tighten or key customers delay equipment spending. The shares recently declined 1.15% in one day and 0.76% over seven days.