Senior Manager Global Product Management

The organisation

ASM is a leading supplier of semiconductor process equipment for wafer processing. ASM is based in 15 countries with 3000 people from 30 different nationalities and welcomes people with a diverse background.

The Company pioneered important aspects of many established wafer- processing technologies used in the Semiconductor industry, including deposition, ion implant and single-wafer epitaxy. ASM is now exclusively a deposition company.

In recent years, ASM brought Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition (PEALD) from R&D right through to mainstream production. ASM holds a leading position in these market segments.

ASM’s broad portfolio of innovative technologies and products are being used by the most advanced semiconductor fabrication plants around the world, supporting them to progress along their technology roadmap: making integrated circuits or chips smaller, faster and more powerful for everyone. ASM is part of ASM International NV that also includes ASM Pacific Technology (ASMPT). ASMPT, in which ASMI holds a substantial ownership of approximately 25%, is a leading supplier of semiconductor process equipment for wafer assembly and packaging, and for surface mount technology. ASM’s common stock trades on the AEX Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

ASM’s technology enables the deposition of the semiconductor material layers that create the advanced chips of the future. More applications, more transistors, more complexity all add up to more layers. The semiconductor industry is committed to reducing the size of transistors so that more of them fit in the same physical space. To deliver ever-shrinking dimensions, while improving transistor performance, the top chip manufacturers rely on ASM deposition technology.

The position

Reporting line: Shankar Swaminathan, Director Global Product Marketing & Management.

ASM Thermal Products business unit consists of three Key Product Units (KPU):

• Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD);
• Epitaxy (EPI);
• Chemical Vapor Deposition/Diffusion (CVD).

The Vertical Furnace KPU is located in the Netherlands (Almere) and Belgium (Leuven). Chemical Vapor Deposition is a thermal process that deposits various films at low pressure. Diffusion (sometimes referred to as annealing) is a thermal treatment used to move dopants, or impurities, and make dopants introduced by ion implantation electrically active. ASM’s Advance® Series Vertical. Furnaces provide a wide range of high-productivity batch processing solutions for Diffusion, Oxidation, Anneal, Cure and CVD. ASM Vertical Furnaces are versatile and uniquely capable of a wide range of deposition technologies including ALD, CVD, Cure, Oxidation and Epi.

They serve leading- and trailing-edge customers in Advanced Logic, Foundry and More-than-Moore market segments. They offer innovative reactor technology and industry-leading productivity in unique platformsfor both 200- and 300mm fabs.

As a Global Product Manager at ASM, you’ll have opportunities to make an impact in a fast growing business with a global scope. While the workload is challenging, you are given the independence and autonomy to perform at your peak. This work requires thinking “outside of the box” in an innovative manner, so you must have the ability to collaborate with others to deliver creative solutions, work well under pressure and be detail-oriented. If you have an entrepreneurial mindset, enjoy driving results, and are a good team-player, this is the role for you.

Every day is different, working with different internal and external customers and different products. You get to work with a global customer base across different market segments.

Tasks & responsibilities

• New Product Introduction (NPI) – Detailed market analysis for inflections, assessing product-market fit, development of business plans, internal executive alignment, positioning of products;
• Product Life Cycle Management – Proactively drive our products from conception to high volume manufacturing to obsolescence using internal tools and workflows, drive constant improvement of processes for better operational efficiency;
• Product Roadmaps – Envision, define, deliver the product roadmap for the business unit’s portfolio, periodically update roadmaps through discussions with customers and internal experts;
• Cross-functional Program Management of research and development projects supporting the product roadmap, align product priorities and internal technical resources to execute roadmap. Work with product development teams on specifications and defining success metrics, prioritization of product development and customer demonstration activities;
• Financial Management – Responsible for product cost structure, plan and execute continuous margin improvement roadmaps, work with the finance department on NPV and IRR for products, maintain cost of ownership (CoO) models;
• Business Planning and Market Analysis – Expected to present at company operation/planning meetings, Create Business plan/Operation review materials, Create Business forecast based on market information, support budget planning, support competitive analysis;
• Customer Engagement – Help create and manage customer-facing presentations, perform detailed market and competitive analysis;
• Supplier Engagement – Develop key capabilities for new products through collaboration with suppliers;
• Strategic Marketing and Communications – Develop IP and licensing strategies, prepare go to market strategies for executive R&D expenditure requests, develop roadmap and product strategy presentations for executive level

Candidate profile

• Masters or higher in Materials Science or Electrical/Chemical/Mechanical Engineering or equivalent is a plus.
• At least 10+ years’ experience in product management or technical marketing role in the semiconductor capital equipment or related industry;
• Process or device experience in semiconductors or capital equipment;
• Deposition process technology experience, especially in vertical furnaces, is a plus;
• Direct customer engagement or supplier management experience;
• Ability to work with and drive multiple internal disciplines on portfolio of products
• Deep understanding of the product life cycle process;
• High level of proficiency or deep understanding of capital equipment systems in semiconductor or similar industry;
• Ability to travel globally (<10%).

Leadership capabilities and competencies:

• Capable to attract, motivate and retain a professional product management team;
• Strong customer focus;
• Excellent planning and organisation skills;
• Strong analytic skills;
• Motivating;
• Customer focused;
• Result driven;
• Selfstarter;
• Able to communicate on a natural way on different levels;
• Excellent networker.

The offer

The position offers, next to a competitive base pay, benefits and variable pay, the chance to work in an international, challenging, innovative and dynamic environment and be positioned to make a substantial impact on ASM’s customer experience. Also, ASM supports you in your personal and leadership development through a personal growth plan.

Interested?

You can apply to this position by using the form below.

Procedure:

• Confidential interview with Boyden;
• After mutual agreement presentation to the client;
• Interviews with the client;
• Possible assessment and reference check