IT Infrastructure Manager with Manufacturing Exp

Program Manager, IT

Lam Research is looking for an experienced program manager to be part of a dynamic team supporting IT Infrastructure and Operations. This position s primary responsibility is the management of strategic initiatives and programs within Lam Research. The IT Program Manager will be responsible for working across multiple groups, towers, and geographies to successful deliver business value. This individual will need to have excellent communication skills, determination, and perseverance to be successful.
The IT Program Manager will manage a set of projects as well as participate in short- and long-term strategy planning. The IT Program Manager will work closely with Operations Teams, Application Teams, and Business units to ensure proper execution of project and program plans.
The position requires broad experience across many core IT technologies and services, from network and infrastructure to ServiceNow to monitoring and management functions.
Job Responsibilities:
Applies project management disciplines and experience, develops plans to include project definitions, scope, business requirements, cost, completion dates, resource allocation, and quality/reliability for a group of projects in 1 or more complex programs
Actively partners with IT teams to ensure appropriate processes and templates are utilized for project and program success
Work alongside IT teams for managing the projects from Biz as well as IT perspectives.
Accountable for establishing and managing multiple project deliverables, communicating project and program vision and ensuring IT resources are aligned properly
Act as Biz PM; this involves working with Biz SMEs to close on requirements, UAT test scenarios and scripts; UAT test scenarios and associated scripts must come from Biz. GIS can help with UAT planning.
Track and report project status using sub-BPM established templates in sub-BPM.
Engage with and provide necessary inputs to other GIS PMs, Biz PMs, as necessary.
With BRM inputs, engage functional / technical architects for bigger projects.
Align with MFG Portfolio Mgmt team for MFG-specific KPI reports (incidents, SLAs, enhancements, projects); present KPIs to sub-BPM on a quarterly basis.
Maintains the project budget schedules, and manages resource levels to achieve project success
Utilize both agile and waterfall methodologies, driving technical and functional teams to complete critical path business requirements in a timely fashion
Develops and implements corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedules are evident
Develops and manages short- and long-term program roadmaps
Prioritizes work on projects and programs based on business need and IT capability
Drives expectation setting and leadership management within IT and the business
Drive and assist with the development of business cases
Engage with key business stakeholders to understand their needs, document requirements, and perform business analysis
Facilitates vendor selection process and manages vendor relationships
Maintains a high level of organization and planning while communicating with stakeholders to reach timelines and maintain customer satisfaction
Regularly identifies risks and communicates project health to senior leadership
Identifies and directs changes through appropriate review and approval mechanisms.
Resolves most conflicts between timeline, budget, and scope independently, but intuitively escalates complex issues to Portfolio management
Looks for process definition and improvement opportunities and leads others in adhering to existing IT processes and contributing to their improvement
Demonstrates flexibility and resilience in response to changing or ambiguous work situations

Qualifications
Minimum of ten (10) years of IT experience.
Experience in IT projects Compute, Network, Security/Firewall, MS teams set up etc.
Project Management Certification preferred but not required (PMP)
5+ years experience in successfully leading and managing across diverse projects and programs
Technical experience is required; SDLC, Agile & Scrum methodology experience required
Strong cross-group collaboration skills and experience working across multiple teams both within the division and across the company
Excellent interpersonal, human relations, written, verbal and listening communication skills
Ability to assist in creating project roadmaps
Experience with working with MS Project, O365, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, Jira