Product Line Manager
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Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
In PersonBased in Bangalore, India; travel required 10% of the time.
ProductProduct Management
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline is required.
- At least 8 years of experience in Product Line Management, Product Management, Program Management, Sustaining Engineering, or semiconductor capital equipment industries is required.
- Strong experience with Engineering Change Orders, Product Change Management, Bills of Materials management, and configuration control is required.
- Experience working across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and customer-facing organizations is required.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills are required.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities are required.
- Strong leadership and influencing skills in a matrix organization are required.
- Expertise in product governance, change management, and configuration control is required.
- Business acumen to balance customer needs, operational requirements, and profitability objectives is required.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups are required.
- A continuous improvement mindset focused on product quality, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence is required.
Responsibilities
- Own the overall performance, governance, and lifecycle of assigned semiconductor equipment product lines.
- Drive execution of product line strategies, product roadmaps, and market proliferation initiatives.
- Align business objectives, customer requirements, technology roadmaps, and operational capabilities.
- Serve as the primary cross-functional lead for post-release product activities.
- Own Product Change Management processes and governance.
- Manage unreleased product approvals and release readiness activities.
- Review and approve Engineering Change Orders.
- Drive implementation of Part Change Notifications in partnership with Global Product Support teams.
- Evaluate and implement engineering, quality, supply chain, safety, and customer-driven product changes.
- Ensure accuracy of customer-shipped configurations and Bills of Materials.
- Lead Configuration Accuracy Review Meetings.
- Review and approve Non-Standard Requests.
- Own common module roadmap execution following Phase 5 of the ePLC process.
- Drive implementation of component and subsystem roadmaps.
- Manage component obsolescence, alternate part qualifications, supplier transitions, and lifecycle risks.
- Lead initiatives to improve product reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and supportability.
- Ensure successful implementation of product sustainment strategies across installed product platforms.
- Review and approve field service-related activities impacting customers.
- Assess and prioritize system feedback, corrective actions, and enhancement requests.
- Drive implementation of product improvements based on customer, service, and market requirements.
- Support pricing guidance, spare parts strategies, and restricted component management.
- Partner with engineering, quality, and service organizations to resolve critical product issues.
- Drive cost reduction initiatives and product profitability improvements.
- Manage strategic supplier and vendor-related issues affecting product quality, availability, and cost.
- Facilitate collaboration across Product Marketing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Service, and Global Product Support teams.
- Lead product alignment reviews and decision-making forums related to roadmap execution and business priorities.
- Support strategic planning and long-term product competitiveness.
- Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
- Lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, or complexity.
- Lead others to solve complex problems, using sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
- Impact customer, operational, project, or service objectives, with work guided by functional policies.
- Communicate difficult concepts and negotiate with others to adopt a different point of view.
Desired Qualifications
- A master's degree in Engineering or Business Administration is preferred.
- Experience with product lifecycle management, enterprise resource planning, and product configuration management systems is preferred.
- Knowledge of semiconductor equipment products and industry practices is preferred.
- Experience in product cost reduction, supplier management, and obsolescence planning is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to lead global cross-functional initiatives is preferred.
About the company
Applied Materials designs and builds precision machines that chipmakers and display manufacturers use to form, shape and inspect thin layers of material. Its platforms handle steps such as depositing films and removing unwanted material, helping chipmakers create transistors and wiring at atomic scale. Customers include makers of logic chips and memory, as well as manufacturers of advanced displays. The company earns money from equipment sales, replacement parts and services, and factory software that schedules production and monitors manufacturing processes. Applied Materials was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California
Founded
1967
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Installed equipment brings repeat business: Applied Global Services sells long-term service agreements, replacement parts and equipment upgrades.
- Sales are expanding: Applied's August 2026 report showed fiscal Q3 revenue of $9.12 billion, up 25% yearly.
- Employees join profitable operations: Applied reported $3.08 billion of operating profit for fiscal Q3 in August 2026.
What critics are saying
- Singapore manufacturing hires face late shifts: Applied's live engineering posting specifies 4 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. schedules.
- Export compliance has real costs: Applied and its Korea subsidiary settled a $252 million penalty in February 2026.
- Sales depend on China access: Applied's December 2025 filing attributed 30% of fiscal 2025 revenue to customers there.
What makes Applied Materials unique
- Applied combines manufacturing steps under vacuum: its Endura copper platform integrates seven processes to protect delicate material interfaces.
- Factory software reaches beyond chips: Applied SmartFactory serves battery and pharmaceutical manufacturers alongside semiconductor plants.
- Research targets future chip generations: Applied's EPIC partners work on technology three to four generations ahead of production.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Relocation Assistance
- Performance Bonus
- Stock Options
- Flexible Work Hours