Snr Manager Global IT

at  ASM International

ASM is a leading global supplier of products, services, and materials for semiconductor processing. For more than half a century, innovation has been at the core of everything we do. Our smart, ambitious people are dedicated to creating cutting-edge solutions for the world’s leading semiconductor providers. Every day we push the development of next-generation computer-chip technology, always staying a few steps ahead of what’s next.
The talented, enthusiastic people at ASM are just like you: dedicated to improving people’s lives and unlocking new potential. With our collaborative approach to R&D, we advance key semiconductor technologies and platforms like ALD, epitaxy, PEALD, PECVD, and vertical furnaces. And we have recently entered the promising high-growth market: silicon carbide epitaxy. Year after year, our innovations help to make chips smaller, faster, and more powerful. In fact, you will find our technology in every aspect of modern life: in AI, medical equipment, 5G, smartphones, autonomous driving, and more.

Reporting to the Snr Global IT Director, the Transformation Program Manager will drive the transformation of ASM’s infrastructure to enable the business transformations. The Infrastructure Transformation Program consists of multiple workstreams:

• ASM Cloud Strategy – onboarding AWS Cloud ; Azure
• Business Driven Infrastructure transformation – S4, Data lake, Low Coding platform, ML and AI
• CX/ EX - HPC, VDI, Security
• Emerging Technology
• Strategic Partnerships with vendors
• M&As, PMIs

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE (EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or Engineering, or related discipline with project management focus
• Minimum 10 years working experience, with last 5 years in active project management roles
• Hands-on experience in at least 2 full global project implementation life cycles.
• Experience in working on global multi-cultural projects and successfully delivering projects in overseas locations
• Experience with requirements gathering, customer or stakeholder relationship management, issue and risk management, project and organizational change management and IT vendor and partner management with implementation.
• Familiar with wide range of technologies; . Microsoft Products (AD, Exchange, Lync, Azure) , Virtualization (MS HyperV, VMWare), , Hyperconverged technology (Nutanix), Networking (LAN/WAN and Security-related (IAM, MFA, WAF, DRM, DLP)
• Ability to influence, enable and assist new initiatives to take advantage of new architecture and designs.
• Strong Project Management experience, with PM Certifications (PMI, Prince 2 or equivalent).
• Experience in Manufacturing or Engineering Domains would be a bonus.
• Expert knowledge of project management principles, practices, techniques and tools would be a bonus
• Expected traveling: 30%

• Work with the US IT Lead to establish the US Infrastructure Team
• Lead and manage a global infrastructure transformation program to develop and maintain global infrastructure strategies and designs.
• Understand and review new technologies and integrating these technologies into a strategic roadmap that closely aligned with business requirements and improved capabilities.
• Manages the portfolio of infrastructure assets and services from purchase or adoption through retirement.
• Works with the enterprise architecture team to ensure that portfolio of infrastructure assets and services are scalable to enable necessary applications and business processes.
• Work with Global Infrastructure Engineering lead to identify alternative solutions, assesses feasibility, and recommends new approaches to ensure optimal performance and to meet business needs.
• Manage the vendors and partners for Infrastructure contract management.
• Drive and manage complex project/s throughout the global enterprise, leading project team members in the design, development, and delivery of technology and business solutions
• Work closely with the sponsors, resource managers, vendors, business and IT team, senior management and executives across different time-zones.
• Manage the infrastructure Project Managers to build schedules, establish communication plans, manage risks/issues, and measure or report project results
• Facilitate creative efforts to resolve issues and develop quality deliverables to achieve corporate objectives
• Partner with stakeholders and teams to prioritize project requirements and issue resolutions to ensure successful delivery of project scope
• Provides a single point of contact for project/s
• Drive projects from original concept through final implementation, and smooth handover to on-going support team.
• Drive the requirements gathering, defining functional/systems dependencies and managing the system/(s) implementation.
• Responsible for the supervision of work stream leads and to ensure that all projects are delivered within the defined scope, quality, time and cost requirements.
• Interfaces with all areas affected by the project including key-users, cross functional departments, external consultants and key stakeholders.
• Lead project team members located in multiple countries