Product Manager, Scientific Instrumentation or Semiconductor

Product Manager

Semiconductor or Scientific Instruments

Excellent Salary & Bonuses + Excellent benefits package including Healthcare, Generous Contributory Pension Scheme and Full and Comprehensive Manufacturers based Product Training

An excellent opportunity for a marketing or sales professional with a background in semiconductor or scientific instrumentation to join a market leading manufacturer of sophisticated semiconductor process equipment, offering first class product training and unsurpassed opportunities for career development

The Company Product Manager, Microscopy & Metrology Semiconductor Process Equipment

My client is a global leader in innovative and complex semiconductor process equipment, with cutting edge patented technology in metrology based industrial microscopy, used for integrated process control.

Offering 'best in class' solutions across a wide range of innovative instrumentation, their success is based upon a commitment to world leading manufacturing facilities, outstanding product innovation, excellent customer care and the recruitment and development of good people.

The Role Product Manager, Microscopy & Metrology Semiconductor Process Equipment

This innovative technology leader now has an exciting opportunity for an Applications Research Engineer.

The position of Product Manager is to own the product roadmap and the company vision. The individual is required to understand the customer s key use cases, the applications for the products, and overall market landscape. Own product requirements and understand and champion the products value proposition. Manage the interface from the customer and market to product development and technology innovation. There is an element of business development expected in this role, with Product Management acting as the primary technical customer contact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary technical customer contact and product commitment management owner.
• Provide leadership and technical direction for the business/engineering team to ensure that products are developed to meet or exceed customer requirements.

• Responsible for Market Requirements Definition for all approved development projects.
• Analyse market for key trends and inflection points.
• Define and prioritise the product roadmap.
• Respond to market inflections and drive revenue.
• Have ownership of the Product Life Cycle, providing continuous feedback to the PLC engineering team - Product introduction to End of Life (EOL).

• Develop value proposition, positioning and competitive analysis.
• Develop compelling product sales/marketing plans (go-to-market plans) and presentation material/collateral.
• Evaluate customer priority to achieve business objectives.
• Work cross-functionally across engineering, operations, service, and sales to manage product roadmap.
• Respond to and manage customer acceptance requirements.
• Communicating effectively with a diverse set of global peers and customers.

Personal Qualities:

• Strong project management skills. Experience of product related management experience.
• Understanding of complex equipment Product Life Cycles within a commercial business environment.
• Familiar with segmentation strategies, positioning and competitive analyses.
• Excellent communicator - Fluency in written and oral technical English with strong presentation skills
• Ability to build and develop excellent relationships at all levels, internally with company colleagues and externally with customers/suppliers.

• Excellent organisational, time management, decision-making, strong influencing and negotiating skills.
• Completer / finisher mentality to deliver strategy fulfilment through sound tactical implementation.
• Tenacity in achieving objectives to deadlines and high energy levels to execute business decisions.
• Excellent analytical skills - the ability to assimilate and analyse base data and provide commercially sound

Your Background Product Manager, Microscopy & Metrology Semiconductor Process Equipment

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, you must be able to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:

Education / Qualifications:

• Bachelor s Degree - Physical Sciences, Engineering discipline or equivalent and relevant professional qualification

Professional Skills/ Abilities:

Essential

• Experience at an international level in core technology areas, either Semiconductor Industry, Atomic Force Microscopy, or Scientific Instrument based
• Product management experience

Preferred

• Knowledge of working with/supporting global semiconductor end-users.

The Benefits - Product Manager, Microscopy & Metrology Semiconductor Process Equipment

This is an excellent opportunity to join a world class semiconductor systems organisation. You will be joining an innovative management team who take great pride in their work and who aim to build upon long term relationships with customers. You will be continually challenged as you are exposed to new technologies.

A generous remuneration package is also guaranteed, including competitive salary and benefits package, along with the opportunity to progress your career within a market leading organisation.

This vacancy is being advertised by TRS Consulting (UK) Limited. The services advertised by TRS Consulting (UK) Limited are those of an employment agency and / or employment business.