Strategic Marketing Manager

About the role

Applied Materials, a global leader in materials science and engineering solutions for semiconductors and advanced displays, is hiring a Strategic Marketing Manager in Santa Clara, CA. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on assessing industry and market trends and setting the framework for strategic decisions. The ideal candidate understands both technical and commercial environments and uses semiconductor industry knowledge to spot opportunities and recommend a strategic business direction.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor market analytics and consolidate metrics and communications related to strategic business operations within Applied Global Services.
• Conduct market intelligence surveys of the semiconductor landscape, customer profiles and peer performance, turning trends and outliers into actionable insights, including customer demand modelling and forecasting.
• Work with Engineering, Finance, Business Development, Operations and Sales to gather analysis and support service product development.
• Develop and improve procedures for market segmentation and analytics to support business growth.
• Brief executives regularly and produce executive-ready, data-driven recommendations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Computer Science or Business/Marketing.
• 8 years of experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Semiconductor industry experience desired; technical background preferred.

Required skills

• Business and marketing analytics experience with a performance-based track record.
• Critical thinking and the ability to influence and communicate across cross-functional teams (sales, finance, marketing, strategy, management).
• Strong analytical and communication skills, including executive storytelling and data-driven decision-making.

What we offer

• Salary of $133,500 to $183,500, depending on location, hire grade, knowledge, skills and experience.
• A comprehensive benefits package, with possible eligibility for a bonus and a stock award program.