Director Technical Program Management Jobs in California

Job Summary:
KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, and they are seeking a Senior Director of Program Management for FleetHub to lead strategy and execution for Fleet Solutions. This role involves overseeing the FleetHub platform, ensuring its scalability and reliability while managing complex, cross-functional programs and engaging with customers to understand their needs.
Responsibilities:
• Own the end-to-end portfolio strategy for Fleet Solutions, with direct accountability for the FleetHub platform roadmap, execution, and long-term scalability.
• Translate Metrology and corporate strategy into multi-year platform and capability roadmaps for fleet-level data aggregation, analytics, and monitoring.
• Drive investment prioritization and trade-off decisions across FleetHub capabilities, balancing customer value, internal operational needs, and platform sustainability.
• Ensure FleetHub operates as a shared infrastructure platform, enabling multiple tools, applications, and product divisions rather than a single product line.
• Provide executive oversight for multiple complex, cross-functional programs spanning software platform development, tool integration, deployment, and sustainment.
• Lead programs across the full lifecycle—from concept and architecture definition through development, global deployment, and long-term operations.
• Establish and maintain program governance, operating cadence, and performance metrics appropriate for a mission-critical, always-on platform.
• Identify and mitigate portfolio-level risks, including cross-division dependencies, data integrity, reliability, security, and scalability concerns.
• Oversee programs enabling FleetHub to aggregate and analyze: Operational data (job execution, inspection tasks, calibration activities) Exception and error events (wafer handling errors, resets, fault conditions) System-level data (equipment states, control and communication status)
• Ensure robust delivery of FleetHub-hosted capabilities, including: Operational and hardware analytics used by Customer Support Engineers (CSEs) and internal teams
• Partner with engineering and service organizations to convert fleet insights into actionable improvements in tool performance, reliability, and customer outcomes.
• Align FleetHub priorities with the needs of multiple product divisions, resolving conflicts and driving consensus at the executive level.
• Influence architectural decisions related to data models, interfaces, platform extensibility, and tool onboarding.
• Represent Fleet Solutions and FleetHub in executive reviews, business planning cycles, and strategic operating forums.
• Engage directly with key customers and internal stakeholders to understand fleet-level needs, operational pain points, and roadmap expectations.
• Support executive-level customer discussions related to fleet analytics, uptime, productivity, and digital enablement.
• Ensure customer requirements are translated into clear platform priorities and execution plans without compromising platform integrity.
• Lead, mentor, and scale a senior program management organization supporting FleetHub and Fleet Solutions.
• Build a strong bench of leaders capable of operating across software platforms, hardware integration, and customer-facing operations.
• Drive a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement within program management and across partner teams.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Doctorate (Academic) Degree with 12+ years of relevant experience, or
• Master’s Degree with 15+ years of relevant experience, or
• Bachelor’s Degree with 18+ years of relevant experience
• Extensive experience delivering complex, multi-disciplinary systems, including software platforms, data pipelines, analytics, and hardware integration.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor capital equipment, fab operations, and service environments with deep technical knowledge of metrology hardware and software solutions.
• Experience leading shared platforms or infrastructure used across multiple products or business units.
• Proven success leading large, matrixed organizations and influencing outcomes across multiple divisions.
• Track record of owning portfolio-level program execution with significant business, customer, and operational impact.
• Comfort operating at the executive level, including presenting to senior leadership and driving alignment across competing priorities.
• Exceptional ability to synthesize technical and operational complexity into clear executive-level narratives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with credibility across engineering, service, and business audiences.
• Ability to lead through influence in environments with shared ownership and indirect authority.
Preferred:
• Semiconductor capital equipment, software platforms, or data-driven systems experience strongly preferred.
Company:
Kla creates tools and services that promote innovation in the electronics industry. Founded in 1975, the company is headquartered in Milpitas, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.