The impact you'll makeThis role offers the opportunity to influence the financial strategy of R&D investments at a senior leadership level, directly support innovation outcomes, and serve as a strategic finance advisor to business and technical leaders. The Senior Manager will bring advanced analytics, scenario planning, and executive-level insights to improve investment prioritization, portfolio performance, and long-term value creation-while maintaining strong financial stewardship for the organization.
What you'll doThis role serves as a senior strategic finance partner to the CTO and R&D leadership, leading portfolio strategy, R&D program economics, advanced analytics, and long-term technology roadmap decision support.
The position blends forward-looking business partnership, strategic capability building, advanced financial modeling, and value analysis with product line controllership. It enables informed investment decisions across early-stage research, platform development, and advanced R&D programs-while maintaining financial integrity, compliance, and operational rigor.
Primary ActivitiesStrategic Business Partnering & Value Analysis- Act as a senior finance partner to Program/Product Line R&D leaders, shaping strategic and operational decisions through executive-level financial counsel.
- Lead financial analysis for R&D portfolios and programs, including business cases, ROI analysis, scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and funding strategies.
- Drive value-based decision-making across the R&D lifecycle (concept, development, launch, and post-launch performance).
- Translate complex financial data into clear insights and recommendations for leadership.
- Develop advanced analytics capabilities, dashboards, and predictive insights to improve portfolio visibility, risk assessment, and investment trade-off decisions.
- Lead long-range planning, strategic roadmap development, capital allocation decisions, and cross-functional governance discussions tied to technology investment priorities.
What you'll do (continued)Financial Integrity- Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting.
- Support monthly close, accruals, reserves, and financial statements for the organization.
- Ensure compliance with corporate policies, accounting standards (US GAAP/IFRS as applicable), and internal controls (SOX).
- Partner with Corporate Finance, Accounting, and Audit teams on reporting, audits, and policy implementation.
Leadership & Process Improvement- Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, systems, data quality, automation, and analytical capabilities.
- Build scalable management reporting and analytics frameworks that translate complex data into actionable executive insights.
- Promote a culture of accountability, transparency, value creation, analytical excellence, and strategic thinking across the organization.
R&D Program Financial Management- Lead financial planning and advanced analytics for R&D programs, including program budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis; headcount and resource modeling; milestone-based funding and performance tracking; and portfolio analytics, performance indicators, and predictive risk and value insights.
- Partner with program managers and senior leaders to identify cost, schedule, technical, and value risks, and develop mitigation strategies that support portfolio-level trade-offs.
- Establish and improve R&D financial governance, metrics, dashboards, and analytics-enabled decision forums.
Who we're looking for- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or business-related field with 15+ years of experience; or Master's degree or equivalent certification (MBA, CPA, CFA, CA, CMA, or equivalent) with 12+ years' experience; or equivalent experience.
- 10-15 years of progressive finance experience, including senior-level business partnership and strategic decision support.
- Strategic business partnering with technical, business, and executive leaders.
- FP&A, value/ROI analysis, scenario modeling, and advanced analytics.
- Accounting responsibility.
- Building executive-ready dashboards, decision frameworks, and data-driven management reporting.
- Experience supporting R&D, engineering, or innovation-driven organizations.
- Solid knowledge of financial reporting, internal controls, and accounting standards.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders in a matrixed environment and lead cross-functional strategic initiatives.
Preferred qualifications- CPA and/or MBA.
- Experience in semiconductor capital equipment or a similar high technology industry.
- Background in R&D portfolio management or innovation investment governance.
- Experience leveraging advanced analytics, automation, AI tools, or data visualization platforms to support investment decisions and executive storytelling.
- Prior experience in investment banking, corporate development, corporate strategy, transaction advisory, or a similar deal-oriented finance role.
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.
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