Product Manager - NPI

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 and sales on technical issues related to the products and applications
• Champion internal development of new discrete MOSFETs, Diodes, and Modules to support customer demand and drive qualification of these products at the customer
• Awareness of market trends and directions from Voice of the Customer 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
• Portfolio management from market launch through obsolescence of all discretes
• Interface with R&D, NPI engineering, Production/Operations, and Quality to build and sustain the product lines
• New product roadmap understanding and initial product definition, definition of formal product plan
• Generation and distribution of sales tools, application notes and/or technical guidelines
• Field and customer training; establish ongoing methodology and processes
• Understand cost models to support product pricing strategies

Position Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, or similar technical degree
• 7-10 years of semiconductor product management, 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
• Willingness to travel, including internationally as necessary
• Self-motivated with strong drive to achieve business objectives
• Ability to blend the technical and commercial to deliver a balanced approach to problems
• Strong analytical skills and experience

Preferred Skills And Certifications

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, or similar technical degree
• Knowledge of wide bandgap semiconductors
• System level power electronics knowledge
• Experience supporting customers, direct sales and distribution sales partners
• Experience with new product launch and new business development
• Understanding and implementation of multiple marketing tools and approaches
• Understanding of basic semiconductor device technology and assembly