Applied Materials · 2 hours ago
Senior Manager, IT Application Solution Management
Santa Clara,CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$172K/yr - $236K/yr
15+ years expApplied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. They are seeking a senior technology leader responsible for building and managing a high-performing team of Functional Solution Architects to deliver innovative enterprise solutions while ensuring architectural consistency and strategic alignment across the organization.
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Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Functional Solution Architects, ensuring clarity of roles, high performance, technical depth, and continuous professional growth
Establish architecture governance practices, reusable frameworks, and functional architectural standards adopted across programs
Provide coaching, feedback, goal‑setting, and succession planning to build long‑term architectural capability within the organization
Define and own the overarching functional architecture vision and ensure architects’ work aligns with enterprise strategy and business outcomes
Review and approve high‑level functional architecture, solution designs, integration patterns, and cross‑application data flows
Ensure all solution blueprints created by the team are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise principles
Serve as the primary functional architecture representative in discussions with business units, program leadership, PMO, engineering, and product teams
Champion functional alignment across domains and proactively influence decisions affecting process design, system behavior, and cross‑application interactions
Facilitate and oversee design workshops, functional requirements alignment, and cross‑team architectural sign‑offs
Guide the team through complex architectural decision‑making, enforcing standards, best practices, and architectural integrity across programs
Oversee technical reviews across team deliverables, ensuring compliance with performance, security, and regulatory expectations
Drive the identification and mitigation of architectural risks across multiple projects and portfolios
Ensure architects provide required support across discovery, design, development, testing, and rollout phases of enterprise initiatives
Serve as a senior escalation point for architecture‑related challenges, conflicts, or design decisions
Align team capacity and assignment strategy to program priorities, ensuring the right architectural support at the right time
Continuously evaluate existing systems and architectures to identify improvement opportunities and reduce functional or technical debt
Establish and promote reusable functional patterns, reference models, and standardized documentation
Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to evolve the organization’s architecture practices
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise systems, functional or solution architecture, or large-scale systems design
3–5+ years in a leadership role managing architects or technical design teams
Demonstrated success delivering large-scale enterprise or multi-system solutions
Deep understanding of cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP), microservices, and enterprise integration
Strong background in Agile delivery and DevOps-aligned practices
Deep expertise in architectural design patterns (SOA, microservices, event-driven, cloud-native)
Strong understanding of cross-application functional design and enterprise integration frameworks
Exceptional communication and storytelling skills for explaining complex architectures to senior stakeholders
Highly developed problem-solving, negotiation, and conflict-resolution abilities
Ability to balance multiple complex priorities while ensuring high-quality architectural outcomes
Preferred
Master's degree is preferred
Experience in MES, MCS, ERP, or semiconductor-related systems is a strong plus
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation
Familiarity with ITIL or enterprise service management frameworks
Architecture certifications (TOGAF, AWS, Azure, etc.) are highly desirable
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Participation in a bonus and a stock award program
Company
Applied Materials
Applied Materials is a semiconductor and display equipment company that offers materials engineering solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.1BKey Investors
Stonnington GroupUS Department of Energy
2025-02-24Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2023-06-27Post Ipo Equity· $0.38M
2022-10-19Grant· $100M
Leadership Team
Omkaram Nalamasu
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Tony Chiang, Ph.D
VP, CTO Applied AI
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