Head of New Product Industrialization

You will own the entire product industrialization and supplier development engineering functions — building the team, processes, tools, and culture that make AMAT's massive scale-up possible without compromising quality, delivery, or cost. This role will have 10-30 direct reports. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Aerospace, Manufacturing, or Electrical Engineering. 15+ years in supplier quality, supplier development, or manufacturing/industrialization engineering 8+ years directly managing and scaling technical teams of 10+ engineers (hiring, mentoring, org design, span-of-control optimization). Multiple end-to-end APQP (“Advanced Product Quality Planning”) and PPAP (“Production Part Approval Process”) cycles personally led from kick-off through PSW approval in high-volume consumer electronics. Proven track record taking at least three complex suppliers from prototype/low-rate (<5K units/yr) to full-rate production (>100K units/yr) while achieving Cp/Cpk ≥ 1.67 and GR&R (“Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility”) < 10% on critical characteristics. Expert-level command of GD&T (“Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing”), MSA (“Measurement System Analysis”), SPC (“Statistical Process Control”), FAI per AS9102, PFMEA, Control Plans, and DOE (“Design of Experiments”). Hands-on experience building and defending bottom-up should-cost models that drove >15% cost reduction on programs exceeding $50M annual spend. Demonstrated ability to create new processes and tools in high-growth, ambiguous environments (startups or business units that 5×-20×'d revenue in <5 years). Willing and able to travel internationally 80-100% (including 2-4 week stints in Asia during critical ramps). Master's degree in Engineering or MBA from a top university Deep domain expertise in new product industrialization. Personally built and institutionalized should-cost platforms (using Excel + Python, Costimator, aPriori, or custom tools) that became the standard for an entire company or division. Former leadership roles at top firms. Deep experience as a supplier and as a customer. Exceptional ability to hire top 5% A-players and keep them challenged and growing You are the advocate for the customer, able to drive customer demand, manage requests, and build a new revenue book for AMAT. You are the technical conscience of the supply chain—data-driven, willing to kill or delay a ramp when data demands it, and able to persuade executives with rigorous analysis. You obsess over root cause and preventive systems; firefighting is a process failure on your watch. You treat cost as a design parameter: your should-cost models are proactive weapons to minimize the negotiation loop and drive best-in-class commercial outcomes This role is based out of [abc] with a minimum of 5 days a week in office. Must be eligible to work in the US and travel globally as needed. This role will require travel of 80-100% of the time to visit customers and suppliers, and AMAT will work together with you to make sure that this is possible. Full accountability for product and supplier readiness: every new program and every major ramp must pass through your organization's technical gates before volume commitments are made. Build and lead a world-class team of Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs), Industrialization Engineers, and NPI/Development Engineers Design and enforce AMAT's global Supplier Industrialization Framework from first principles: Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) moderation and risk buy-off methodology Process capability roadmaps (Cpk targets, statistical process controls) Build and maintain bottoms-up, parametric should-cost models for every critical commodity. Develop dynamic capacity modeling tools that forecast supplier output 12-36 months forward under multiple demand scenarios, including the rate improvement action tracking systems needed to ensure industrialization risks are understood and mitigated