Substrates Business Strategic Program Lead

Job Details:

Job Description:

About the Group An exciting opportunity to be part of the Substrate Business Group leadership team that collaborates with Foundry Services, Advanced Packaging Technology and Manufacturing and our Substrate suppliers to deliver supply chain sourcing solutions for Intel Foundry. The group is responsible for managing substrate supply, and partners with the external ecosystem, internal Business Units, Divisions, Technology Development, HVM, and Planning Logistics to develop substrates sourcing and supply chain solutions.

About the Role This role partners with Packaging and Test Business Group (PBG) in Foundry Services, and SPTD through the program management life cycle for IFS and external manufactured substrates with supplier selections, affordability through negotiations, planning strategic capacity, qualification timelines to ensure product readiness and escalations. This role sits at the center of a high-impact, business-critical challenge for Intel Foundry, offering experienced leaders the opportunity to drive meaningful outcomes in a complex and evolving supply chain environment. It provides the chance to address well-defined substrate capacity and sourcing challenges where the right expertise can deliver immediate, measurable impact. The Substrates Business Strategic Program Lead will have clear visibility into their contributions, with a direct line of sight between decisions, execution, and business results. For those with a passion for semiconductor products, the role enables close connection to tangible technologies and real-world outcomes. The position operates at a critical inflection point for Intel, where speed, strategic thinking, and decisive execution are essential to success. It offers the ability to quickly step in, leverage prior experience, and influence direction while partnering with experienced leaders and established teams.

Responsibilities:

Supporting PBG and customers achieve an affordable and resilient supply chain to deliver leadership product performance and derive maximum value through substrates business engagement.

Sourcing strategy and execution: Proactively partner, cross functionally, within Intel Foundry and Intel Product Groups to deliver substrate supply chain solutions through the entire product life cycle. This includes identifying and shaping the sourcing strategies and engaging in the supplier evaluation for new opportunities.

Complex Strategic Sourcing: Lead and drive customer engagement, coordinating all interfaces between Intel, business units, and external manufactured solutions. Drive overall customer engagement, establish and maintain a program POR, highlight and mitigate risks, and work with both the customer and Intel organizations to prioritize supplier allocations establishing substrate capacity corridors.

Executive Presence: Influence at the executive level and leverage capabilities across Intel as needed to support the foundry customer and product needs.

Proactively shape and orchestrate supply chain sourcing information digestible at all levels of the company.

Prepare and present substrate sourcing deliverables to a variety of executive forums with effective and efficient orchestration of communication.

Program Leadership: Technical background coupled with effective program management and communication skills.

Having a service mindset is essential in this customer-facing role. Mature Leadership and program management experience in complex engineering organizations.

Customer orientation skills qualified to interface successfully and build effective working relationships across all levels of the organization.

Complex problem solving and decision-making skills with results orientation

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field of study with 10+ years of experience OR Master's with 8+ years of experience OR Ph.D. with 6+ years of experience. MBA or Engineering degree preferred

Experience in Supply line and Capacity Management.

Experience in a leadership role working in a fabless environment, with external manufacturing and suppliers.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in contracting, collaboration/investments, Intellectual Property and acquisitions.

Experience in the Substrates Supply Chain is a huge plus.

Job Type: Experienced Hire

Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location: US, Arizona, Phoenix

Additional Locations:

Business group: Intel Foundry strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art while delighting our customers -- from delivering cutting-edge silicon process and packaging technology leadership for the AI era, enabling our customers to design leadership products, global manufacturing scale and supply chain, through the continuous yield improvements to advanced packaging all the way to final test and assembly. We ensure our foundry customers' products receive our utmost focus in terms of service, technology enablement and capacity commitments. Employees in the Foundry Technology Manufacturing are part of a worldwide factory network that designs, develops, manufactures, and assembly/test packages the compute devices to improve the lives of every person on Earth.

Posting Statement:

Position of Trust This role is a Position of Trust. Should you accept this position, you must consent to and pass an extended Background Investigation, which includes (subject to country law), extended education, SEC sanctions, and additional criminal and civil checks. For internals, this investigation may or may not be completed prior to starting the position. For additional questions, please contact your Recruiter.

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $213,650.00-301,620.00 USD

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Work Model for this Role This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

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