Product Manager - Materials BU

Position Responsibilities

• Develop market requirement documents and product requirement documents with prioritized features, corresponding justification, target market applications and business plan support
• Lead technical presentations with customers on technical issues related to the products and applications
• Champion internal development of new requirements to support customer demand and drive qualification of these products at the customer
• Partner with the quality team to manage quality issues with customers and synchronize with internal organizational teams
• Acute Awareness of market trends and directions from direct customer interaction, conference attendance, and publication review
• Be an expert on competitors’ capabilities and product positioning in the market while understanding the end market uses and requirements
• Work with sales on product specifications for special business opportunities
• Manage product portfolios from market launch through obsolescence of all wafers
• Develop and define product roadmaps for existing and future product lines
• Generation and distribution of sales tools, application notes and/or technical guidelines
• Understand cost models to support product pricing strategies

Position Requirements

• Degree in Materials Science, Semiconductor Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar technical degree
• 7-10 years of semiconductor product management, product engineering, product marketing and/or applications engineering
• Good general knowledge of both the sales and semiconductor product manufacturing processes
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation communications skills to a broad audience of influences
• Comfort with in-person, high stakes meetings
• Willingness and flexible availability to travel, including internationally as necessary
• Ability to blend the technical and commercial to deliver a balanced approach to problems

Preferred Skills And Certifications

• Master’s Degree in Materials Science, Semiconductor Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar technical degree. PhD is preferred but not required
• MBA is preferred but not required
• Knowledge of wide bandgap semiconductors
• SiC Crystal growth, Wafer level processes, SiC epitaxial process, GaN epitaxial process, Power and RF device fabrication and device understanding is a plus
• Experience supporting customers, direct sales and distribution sales partners
• Experience with new product launch and new business development
• Understanding and implementation of marketing approaches
• Understanding of basic semiconductor device technology