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Director, Strategy & Market Intelligence

Job ID
R2517892
Date posted
10/22/2025
Location
Santa Clara, California
Category
Marketing & Business Development

Summary

Recognized as an expert on packaging within the company. Anticipates internal and or external business challenges and/or regulatory issues; recommends process, product or service improvements. Solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. Contributes to the development of functional strategy. Leads project teams to achieve milestones and objectives.

Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise. Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices. Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions. Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations. May lead functional teams or projects.

Responsibilities:

  • Create and maintain detailed financial models for semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment companies, including product level and device level financial forecasts

  • Distill and communicate insights from data driven analyses, including using charts and tables to effectively illustrate key takeaways

  • Build strong relationships across the company and industry to stay abreast of the competitive landscape of the semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment industry

  • Identify secular trends in the advanced packaging sector and develop strategies to capture key inflections

Must have qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree with strong financial modeling experience

  • 7-10 years' experience in semiconductors or semiconductor

capital equipment specifically advanced packaging

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate cross-functionally with all levels of management

Preferred Qualifications:

  • MBA and / or Masters

  • Expert level Excel modeling and data analytics skills

  • Semiconductor and Semiconductor Capital Equipment industry knowledge

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Skills

Advanced Wafer Level packaging (Inactive), Data Analytics, Financial Modeling in Excel, Marketing Data Analytics, Semiconductor Equipment, Semiconductor Technology

Certifications:

Languages:

Years of Experience:

15+ Years

Work Experience:

Additional Information

Shift:

10-Day 8-Hr (United States of America)

Travel:

Yes, 20% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

Yes

U.S. Salary Range:

$189,000.00 - $260,000.00

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 committed to diversity in the workplace. All 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.