Communications Strategist – Technical Conferences & Publications

About the role

The KLA Communications team is looking for a Communications Strategist to lead KLA's participation in technical conferences and publications.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead KLA’s strategy for participation in external technical conferences and seminars
• Establish, refine and manage processes and resources supporting KLA-authored technical papers
• Partner with senior product staff to develop external paper and presentation strategies that support product and business objectives
• Collaborate across product teams to establish clear strategies, key messages and positioning for papers and presentations at top tier industry conferences
• Partner with regional teams to identify high-impact conference and seminar opportunities and manage content that supports regional priorities and messaging
• Proactively identify priority conferences and seminars; manage submissions, issue internal calls for papers, and track key deadlines, approvals and required processes
• Review and approve paper content to ensure compliance with KLA brand, product, portfolio, messaging and trademark standards
• Own and maintain a centralized library of technical manuscripts for the KLA community
• Repurpose high-value papers and case studies into blog posts and social media content
• Partner with other communications functions to define the social media strategy for promotion of technical conference papers and participation

Requirements

• Ability to lead cross‑functional collaboration with senior product leaders to drive clear, strategic direction for technical papers
• Ability to coordinate messaging to define strategies across product teams and subject matter experts
• Ability to manage conference and publication assets, databases and processes
• Strong communications skills for dissemination of conference details, procedures and deadlines
• Strong editing skills for technical manuscripts and presentations
• Organized and skilled at managing multiple concurrent projects to deadline

Preferred Skills

• Ability to navigate diverse priorities and establish sound conference paper strategies
• Ability to manage projects and collaborate with a global team
• Familiarity with industry standard workflows that support technical and research paper development, review and submissions for conferences
• Knowledge of the semiconductor market and our company’s position within the market; bonus for experience with KLA’s products through previous positions in applications, engineering or product marketing at KLA, a semiconductor company, or another semiconductor equipment company
• Highly organized and detail oriented, with a strategic mindset
• Solid project management skills; good with process implementation and enforcement
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, experience with SharePoint site creation/maintenance, experience with use of AI tools for process efficiency

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years' experience; or Master's degree plus 3 years' experience; or PhD plus 0 years' experience

Pay

Base Pay Range: $103,700.00 - $176,300.00 Annually