Sr. Mgr, Operations

The group you'll be a part of

In the Global Products Group, we are dedicated to excellence in the design and engineering of Lam's etch and deposition products. We drive innovation to ensure our cutting-edge solutions are helping to solve the biggest challenges in the semiconductor industry.


The impact you'll make

The Semi Mechatronics Products (SMP) group produces critical mechatronics and Equipment Intelligence® products that support Lam's advanced semiconductor solutions. Located in Fremont, CA, SMP accelerates new product introductions, drives manufacturing innovation, and supports global production transfers. As part of Global Product Engineering's Mechatronics group, SMP delivers quality, cost efficiency, and scalable growth through operational excellence.

As Senior Manager, Operations, you will play a central role in strengthening how SMP plans, executes, and improves its operations. With Master Production Planning and Capacity Planning as the primary focus, you will help ensure demand commitments are translated into executable plans that reflect real constraints, risks, and tradeoffs.

In close partnership with the GM, you will work across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and finance to improve planning rigor, operational alignment, and execution predictability. Your impact will be measured not only by the quality of production plans, but by sustained improvements in delivery, efficiency, and operational readiness.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain the Master Production Plan (MPP), aligning demand with labor, equipment, material, and factory constraints. MPP is your primary focus.
• Lead capacity planning across internal and external resources, highlighting constraints, risks, and tradeoffs that inform delivery commitments.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality planning outputs, including schedules, capacity visibility, and execution-readiness signals.
• Oversee work order closure and inventory backflush, ensuring system accuracy and alignment with physical builds.
• Drive forward-looking Clear-to-Build (CTB) analysis, providing visibility to material and readiness gaps across upcoming build horizons and supporting proactive mitigation.
• Establish planning assumptions and production priorities in partnership with the General Manager and functional leaders.
• Support escalation and resolution of planning conflicts through timely, data-driven recommendations.
• Define and maintain core planning and execution KPIs (e.g., plan adherence, capacity utilization, CTB readiness).
• Identify gaps between plan and execution and partner cross-functionally to drive corrective actions.
• Assess operational risks and forecast outcomes, highlighting potential impacts to cost, quality, delivery, and scalability.

Who we're looking for

• Minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 12 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 8 years experience; or equivalent experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience leading or scaling production planning teams.
• Exposure to rapid NPI ramps, manufacturing recoveries, or global production transfers.
• Deep working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and planning analytics.
• Background in scenario modeling, capacity analysis, and operational risk management.

Our commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories - On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. 'On-site Flex' you'll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. 'Virtual Flex' you'll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.

Salary

CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $137,000.00 - $287,000.00.

The above salary range for this position is relevant to applicants that reside or work onsite in the California, San Francisco Bay Area only. Salary offers will depend on factors that include the location you work from, your level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience and comparison to other employees already in this role. Actual salary may vary from salary offered due to numerous factors including but not limited to unpaid time off, unpaid leave, company mandated shutdown, and other relevant factors.

Our Perks and Benefits

At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That's why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.