Program Manager - Installation Support

Edwards Vacuum, LLC

$100K — $120K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree or equivalent experience, preferably in semiconductor field
  • Experience coordinating complex semiconductor equipment installations
  • Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams
  • Analytical skills to identify issues and report accurately
  • Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Project
  • Personal composure when facing challenging situations

Responsibilities

  • Communicate installation schedules and resource needs across teams
  • Monitor program progress, status, and risks to stakeholders
  • Lead account installation programs for customer acceptance
  • Ensure alignment of customer schedules with product commitments
  • Coordinate with installation managers and customer contacts
  • Drive issue resolution and risk mitigation efforts
  • Provide program governance and executive status updates

Benefits

  • Health and wellness programs
  • Retirement savings plan with 401k matching
  • Paid family leave and health maternity/paternity benefits
  • Access to global training and mentorship opportunities
  • Support for individual learning and career progression
Full Job Description
Your role
The Program Manager is a member of the NACC team and serves as the primary program coordination lead for a strategic customer account. The role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and driving execution of complex equipment installation, start-up, upgrade, and service delivery activities. The position focuses on cross-functional coordination, customer communication, schedule management, risk mitigation, and successful product deployment rather than direct people management.

The following responsibilities are achieved through strong coordination, stakeholder engagement, customer communication, and structured program management across multiple functional teams:
• Communicate account-specific installation and deployment schedules, resource requirements, logistics readiness, customer commitments, and milestone execution across service, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain organizations.
• Monitor program progress and communicate status, risks, issues, action items, mitigation plans, and key deliverables to customer and internal stakeholders.
• Lead large-account installation and deployment programs to achieve on-time customer acceptance, successful system start-up, and operational readiness through effective coordination of cross-functional workstreams and stakeholder expectations.
• Ensure alignment between customer schedules and product delivery commitments
• Coordinate installation, commissioning, and customer acceptance activities with Installation Manager and customer contacts
• Drive issue resolution, escalation management, and risk mitigation
• Provide program governance, milestone tracking, and executive status reporting
• Support successful execution of high-visibility customer programs
To succeed, you will need
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role.

You will have qualified to degree level or equivalent experience and prior semiconductor industry experience. You will also have:
• Prior experience coordinating complex semiconductor equipment installations, customer deployments, program management in a field environment.
• Highly collaborative with demonstrated ability to coordinate across engineering, service, manufacturing, logistics, and customer organizations.
• Ability to analyse information, identify key issues, and report clearly and accurately in verbal or written format.
• Technically minded, able to quickly grasp concepts and relevant factors in areas outside own prior experience.
• Ability to deliver to tight deadlines on multiple concurrent projects.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Project using Office 365.
• Personal composure under pressure and experience of operating under challenging circumstances.
• Flexible working approach.
• Proficient in English.
In return, we offer
• Benefits and Perks: Enjoy a benefits package including health and wellness programs, retirement savings, and employee assistance.
• We offer a strong retirement 401k plan with matching
• Family is important to us - so we also offer paid family leave, a health paternity/maternity leave & many other benefits for a health work-life balance
• Growth Opportunities: Access global training, mentorship, and career progression pathways to achieve your professional goals.
• We support you on your journey: individual learning opportunities, world-wide job opportunities or technical training from our academy.
Job location
This role requires you to work on-site in Austin, TX. You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration!

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