
Dir, Bus Mgmt
Santa Clara, CAFull-time$189–260K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
Applied Materials seeks a Director of Business Management to lead business management strategy across customers and regions, serving as a primary interface between sales and business units. The role drives bookings, revenue, gross margin, and market share goals; aligns product priorities with customer roadmaps; leads pricing strategy and complex negotiations; and manages managers, employees, and multiple programs.
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Full job description
Who We Are
Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry. The work we do together advances the world’s technology.
What We Offer
Salary:
$189,000.00 - $260,000.00
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/) .
Key Responsibilities
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Provides strategic direction for the Business Management team and may manage managers for multiple customers and regions. Primary interface between sales and BU.
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Responsible to forecast, and deliver to booking, revenue and gross margin commits.
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Formulates, integrates, and drives division strategy for assigned account(s) and region(s). Responsible for achieving specific Market Share (%) goals.
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Understands customer roadmaps and HVPs and ensures product development priorities address HVPs. Positions division products in line with customer/competitive landscape. Key contributor to red teams competitive analysis. Participates in Large Order committee - Provides pricing margin and scorecard details.
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Primary point of contact for BU/Division GMs for customer status and strategy. Owns management level customer interaction.
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Partners with Sales and other BUs on product(s) pricing structure for order closure. Leads pricing strategy to introduce product enhancements to increase margin. Handles complex negotiations
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Directs content preparation and strategy for Customer Technical Review Meetings. Periodically presents state of the business results to BU management.
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Manages and develops managers and employees and multiple projects/ programs for the Business Mgmt. organization
Functional Knowledge
- Demonstrates broad and comprehensive understanding of different systems, theories and practices
Business Expertise
- Applies broad industry and commercial awareness to drive financial and operational performance across business unit, department or sub-functions
Leadership
- Leads through subordinate managers of managers; executes segment/functional business plans and contributes to the development of segment/functional strategy
Problem Solving
- Directs the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems applying advanced analytical thought and judgment
Impact
- Guided by segment/functional strategy, impacts results of a department, business unit or sub-function or facilitates the work done by other segments/functions by providing support to impact the business
Interpersonal Skills
- Negotiates and influences the opinions of others at the senior executive level and in external organizations; exercises sensitivity to the audience
Position requires understanding of Applied Materials global Standards of Business Conduct and compliance with these standards at all times. This includes demonstrating the highest level of ethical conduct reflecting Applied Materials' core values.
Additional Information
Time Type:
Full time
Employee Type:
Assignee / Regular
Travel:
Yes, 25% of the Time
Relocation Eligible:
Yes
The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.
For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.
Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
In addition, Applied endeavors to make our careers site (https://www.appliedmaterials.com/us/en/careers.html) accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us via e-mail at [email protected], or by calling our HR Direct Help Line at 877-612-7547, option 1, and following the prompts to speak to an HR Advisor. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
How this job compares
Set against the 531 open Business Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$189–260K/yr
- California median$127–193K/yr58 salary ranges
- US median$117–172K/yr379 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $225K, is 37% above the California median midpoint ($163K) — in the top quarter of Business Management salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 74 open Business Management jobs in California and 531 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Northrop Grumman35 open
- Applied Materials (this employer)13 open
- Enterprise Mobility8 open
- Experience
- Business Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (387 postings).
- Education
- 216 of the 531 open Business Management jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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