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Technical Program Manager jobs are strong candidates for OPT work authorization. TPMs operate at the intersection of engineering and product, requiring a technical degree that satisfies STEM OPT extension eligibility. Most roles at mid-to-large tech companies involve active H-1B visa sponsorship pipelines, giving OPT students a realistic path beyond the initial 12-month period.
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Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry. The work we do together advances the world’s technology.
What We Offer
Salary:
$116,000.00 - $159,500.00
Location:
Austin, TX
You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company.
At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go.
Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale helps our customers – who make smartphones, supercomputers, virtual reality headsets, autonomous vehicles and more – transform their ideas into reality. Our innovations Make Possible® a Better Future.
Inside our company, we apply the idea of Make Possible as we work together. We value our people and teams who turn possibilities into reality by advancing our strategy, accomplishing great things and empowering others. We are deeply committed to fostering a Culture of Inclusion where every person knows they belong, feels empowered to bring their whole self to work, and is inspired to grow. If you’re looking for the next step in your future, consider Applied Materials. With the data explosion and new investment in semiconductors, it’s an exciting place to be.
Semiconductors are foundational to the modern economy, and the demand curve has never been steeper. That steep growth presents unprecedented challenges in manufacturing, supply chain and quality — demanding innovative approaches to maintain our competitiveness. The Operations Product Development team drives technology, business processes and strategic innovation supporting Applied Materials Global Operations. We are looking for a Technical Product Manager with a strong foundation in software engineering and a passion for digital and AI-enabled transformation of business processes. Backed by a team of developers, you will be responsible for delivering business value to Global Operations through transformative SW applications. You will be involved in finding the problem worth solving, framing it with data, aligning stakeholders who do not always agree, and staying close enough to the architecture to make trade-offs with your engineering partners. You will not be shipping production code, but you will be expected to read it, reason about it, and have a strong user-centric point of view in design reviews.
If you are someone who takes initiatives, have a strong analytical foundation and the empathy to build consensus rather than demand it from others, you will fit right in. We need people who are thoughtful, eager to learn, and ready to change how an entire industry solves problems.
Responsibilities
Program Execution & Stakeholder Coordination
- Support end-to-end execution of Supply planning initiatives, ensuring milestones, dependencies, and actions are clearly tracked.
- Own forecast signal for suppliers and evaluate signal quality.
- Bring structure and clarity to ambiguous problem spaces by defining work plans, timelines, and success criteria.
- Coordinate with cross-functional partners across Supply Chain, SPG, JOLT, and Business Units to gather inputs, align priorities, and close gaps.
- Ensure planning assumptions, risks, and opportunities are clearly documented.
- Partner with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Product Management, and Business Units.
- Proactively identify risks, data gaps, and execution issues; escalate with clear context and recommended actions.
- Prepare program status updates, meeting notes, and follow-ups to ensure accountability and momentum.
- Produce executive-ready updates, decision documents, and business cases — tables, charts, and slides that a leader can act on without a verbal briefing.
- Drive alignment between stakeholders with competing priorities and unclear decision rights and make the decision path explicit when it isn't.
- Operate effectively without formal authority across matrixed, geographically distributed teams.
Data Analysis & Decision Support
- Perform detailed analysis across supply, demand, capacity, and material data to support planning decisions.
- Analyze outputs from planning and analytics tools (e.g., reports, heat maps, scenario outputs) to identify trends, constraints, and inconsistencies.
- Build and maintain analytical models, trackers, and summaries using Excel to support ongoing planning programs.
- Translate data into clear, structured insights and executive-ready summaries.
Technical
- Translate business goals and customer needs into technical product requirements engineers can act on.
- Closely collaborate with SW engineers to design scalable and reliable data pipelines and systems. Evaluate technical trade-offs and influence architecture decisions.
- Work within agile development methodologies across planning, design, development, testing and pilot phases.
- Comfort with SQL and python to independently test problem hypothesis, simulate effect scenarios and check data quality rather than waiting on someone else’s report.
Stakeholders & Execution
- Own the delivery of the overall technical and/or workflow solution with minimal effort and input from others; be the first person to identify and speak out when new program risks arise.
- Build consensus across teams with competing priorities — earn alignment through listening and evidence, not escalation.
- Establish a constructive working relationship with partner teams and manage the product lifecycle including requirements, algo/SW development, testing and pilot phases.
- Become the single point of contact for the product, communicating effectively with cross-functional teams on a regular basis.
Desired Qualifications
- Degree in quantitative field (Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Statistics or equivalent).
- Deep understanding of, or direct experience in operations, supply chain, manufacturing, product management, systems engineering or quality.
- 4+ years of experience developing software or business intelligence tools in a user-centric agile environment.
- Proficiency in statistics, data science and/or AI/ML.
- Viewed as an evangelist for new ideas with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Previous experience implementing new workflows into existing business processes, or design and implementation of change management.
- Strong critical thinking skills, the ability to influence and communicate effectively within a diverse community of stakeholders.
- Self-motivated individual who can drive progress towards broad objectives without close supervision.
Additional Information
Time Type:
Full time
Employee Type:
Assignee / Regular
Travel:
Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Eligible:
Yes
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. 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.
In addition, Applied endeavors to make our careers site accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us via e-mail at Accommodations_Program@amat.com, or by calling our HR Direct Help Line at 877-612-7547, option 1, and following the prompts to speak to an HR Advisor. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Who We Are
Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry. The work we do together advances the world’s technology.
What We Offer
Salary:
$116,000.00 - $159,500.00
Location:
Austin, TX
You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company.
At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go.
Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale helps our customers – who make smartphones, supercomputers, virtual reality headsets, autonomous vehicles and more – transform their ideas into reality. Our innovations Make Possible® a Better Future.
Inside our company, we apply the idea of Make Possible as we work together. We value our people and teams who turn possibilities into reality by advancing our strategy, accomplishing great things and empowering others. We are deeply committed to fostering a Culture of Inclusion where every person knows they belong, feels empowered to bring their whole self to work, and is inspired to grow. If you’re looking for the next step in your future, consider Applied Materials. With the data explosion and new investment in semiconductors, it’s an exciting place to be.
Semiconductors are foundational to the modern economy, and the demand curve has never been steeper. That steep growth presents unprecedented challenges in manufacturing, supply chain and quality — demanding innovative approaches to maintain our competitiveness. The Operations Product Development team drives technology, business processes and strategic innovation supporting Applied Materials Global Operations. We are looking for a Technical Product Manager with a strong foundation in software engineering and a passion for digital and AI-enabled transformation of business processes. Backed by a team of developers, you will be responsible for delivering business value to Global Operations through transformative SW applications. You will be involved in finding the problem worth solving, framing it with data, aligning stakeholders who do not always agree, and staying close enough to the architecture to make trade-offs with your engineering partners. You will not be shipping production code, but you will be expected to read it, reason about it, and have a strong user-centric point of view in design reviews.
If you are someone who takes initiatives, have a strong analytical foundation and the empathy to build consensus rather than demand it from others, you will fit right in. We need people who are thoughtful, eager to learn, and ready to change how an entire industry solves problems.
Responsibilities
Program Execution & Stakeholder Coordination
- Support end-to-end execution of Supply planning initiatives, ensuring milestones, dependencies, and actions are clearly tracked.
- Own forecast signal for suppliers and evaluate signal quality.
- Bring structure and clarity to ambiguous problem spaces by defining work plans, timelines, and success criteria.
- Coordinate with cross-functional partners across Supply Chain, SPG, JOLT, and Business Units to gather inputs, align priorities, and close gaps.
- Ensure planning assumptions, risks, and opportunities are clearly documented.
- Partner with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Product Management, and Business Units.
- Proactively identify risks, data gaps, and execution issues; escalate with clear context and recommended actions.
- Prepare program status updates, meeting notes, and follow-ups to ensure accountability and momentum.
- Produce executive-ready updates, decision documents, and business cases — tables, charts, and slides that a leader can act on without a verbal briefing.
- Drive alignment between stakeholders with competing priorities and unclear decision rights and make the decision path explicit when it isn't.
- Operate effectively without formal authority across matrixed, geographically distributed teams.
Data Analysis & Decision Support
- Perform detailed analysis across supply, demand, capacity, and material data to support planning decisions.
- Analyze outputs from planning and analytics tools (e.g., reports, heat maps, scenario outputs) to identify trends, constraints, and inconsistencies.
- Build and maintain analytical models, trackers, and summaries using Excel to support ongoing planning programs.
- Translate data into clear, structured insights and executive-ready summaries.
Technical
- Translate business goals and customer needs into technical product requirements engineers can act on.
- Closely collaborate with SW engineers to design scalable and reliable data pipelines and systems. Evaluate technical trade-offs and influence architecture decisions.
- Work within agile development methodologies across planning, design, development, testing and pilot phases.
- Comfort with SQL and python to independently test problem hypothesis, simulate effect scenarios and check data quality rather than waiting on someone else’s report.
Stakeholders & Execution
- Own the delivery of the overall technical and/or workflow solution with minimal effort and input from others; be the first person to identify and speak out when new program risks arise.
- Build consensus across teams with competing priorities — earn alignment through listening and evidence, not escalation.
- Establish a constructive working relationship with partner teams and manage the product lifecycle including requirements, algo/SW development, testing and pilot phases.
- Become the single point of contact for the product, communicating effectively with cross-functional teams on a regular basis.
Desired Qualifications
- Degree in quantitative field (Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Statistics or equivalent).
- Deep understanding of, or direct experience in operations, supply chain, manufacturing, product management, systems engineering or quality.
- 4+ years of experience developing software or business intelligence tools in a user-centric agile environment.
- Proficiency in statistics, data science and/or AI/ML.
- Viewed as an evangelist for new ideas with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Previous experience implementing new workflows into existing business processes, or design and implementation of change management.
- Strong critical thinking skills, the ability to influence and communicate effectively within a diverse community of stakeholders.
- Self-motivated individual who can drive progress towards broad objectives without close supervision.
Additional Information
Time Type:
Full time
Employee Type:
Assignee / Regular
Travel:
Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Eligible:
Yes
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. 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.
In addition, Applied endeavors to make our careers site accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us via e-mail at Accommodations_Program@amat.com, or by calling our HR Direct Help Line at 877-612-7547, option 1, and following the prompts to speak to an HR Advisor. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Technical Program Manager
Target engineering-led companies, not just tech-adjacent ones
Companies where engineering drives the product roadmap sponsor TPM visas far more consistently. Look for organizations with large infrastructure, platform, or machine learning teams where program management requires genuine technical depth, not just coordination.
Clarify your STEM OPT eligibility upfront
A degree in computer science, engineering, or information systems typically qualifies for the 24-month STEM extension. Confirm your degree's CIP code with your DSO before applying so you can tell employers you have up to three years of OPT authorization.
Quantify technical scope in your resume
TPM roles are specialty occupation eligible when the technical complexity is evident. Highlight system scale, engineering team size, and infrastructure scope. Vague program management language makes sponsorship harder to justify to USCIS reviewers assessing specialty occupation status.
Ask about sponsorship during the recruiter screen, not the offer stage
Raise visa sponsorship in the first recruiter conversation. Experienced TPM recruiters at sponsoring companies handle this routinely. Waiting until the offer stage wastes time for both parties and signals you weren't transparent about your authorization status.
Prioritize employers with established H-1B filing histories
Companies that have filed H-1B visa petitions for TPM roles in prior years have legal processes, vendor relationships, and institutional knowledge in place. This significantly reduces the friction of sponsoring you compared to first-time sponsors navigating the process from scratch.
Use your OPT period to build cross-functional leadership evidence
USCIS evaluates specialty occupation based on role complexity, not just job title. Use your OPT period to lead technically demanding initiatives across engineering teams. Documented ownership of roadmaps, architecture decisions, and incident response strengthens any future sponsorship petition.
Technical Program Manager OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Technical Program Manager role qualify for STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. If your bachelor's or master's is in computer science, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or a related STEM field, your DSO can authorize the 24-month STEM extension. The TPM role itself does not independently trigger eligibility. Confirm your degree's CIP code with your international student office before assuming you qualify.
Do employers routinely sponsor H-1B visas for Technical Program Managers?
Yes, at mid-to-large technology companies, H-1B sponsorship for TPMs is relatively common. The role typically meets the specialty occupation threshold because it requires applying a body of theoretical and practical knowledge in engineering or computer science. Smaller companies and consulting firms are less consistent. Migrate Mate filters specifically for OPT-friendly and H-1B-sponsoring employers, which makes identifying the right targets faster.
Can I work as a Technical Program Manager on Day 1 OPT before finishing my degree?
No. OPT must be authorized by USCIS before you begin working, and post-completion OPT cannot start until your program end date. You can apply up to 90 days before graduation, but your work cannot begin before both your OPT start date and your degree completion. Working before authorization is granted is a serious status violation with long-term immigration consequences.
What happens to my OPT if I switch TPM roles during my authorized period?
You can change employers during OPT, but every new job must directly relate to your degree field and be reported to your DSO within 10 days of the change. There is no grace period for unemployment beyond 90 cumulative days across your entire OPT period. If a TPM contract ends unexpectedly, your 90-day unemployment clock resumes immediately, so having a transition plan matters.
How should I explain my OPT timeline to a hiring manager for a TPM role?
Be direct and specific. Tell them your OPT end date, whether you qualify for the STEM extension, and when H-1B sponsorship would need to begin. For most STEM OPT holders, you are presenting a two-to-three year window before sponsorship becomes necessary. Hiring managers at companies with sponsorship programs understand this structure. Vague answers about authorization create more uncertainty than the actual timeline does.