Lead Product Marketing Manager

Veeco•San Jose, CA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Veeco is seeking a Lead Product Marketing Manager (PMM) to develop business, product, and marketing plans for their award-winning laser anneal platforms. The candidate will collaborate with Engineering and other functional groups to create product roadmaps, strategies for market penetration, and product positioning. The candidate will also work to highlight the core differentiation of our products to drive revenue and market share gains. The Lead PMM will also get the opportunity to work closely with multiple functional groups like applications, service, engineering, advanced technology to discover new opportunities for Veeco to add value either through new product development or existing product enhancements around our core technology. In this role, the Lead PMM is expected to interface with customers, engineering, applications, product support, sales and service.

Requirements

BS degree in Physics or Engineering and a minimum of 12 years of related experience; MS degree and 8 years of experience or a PhD and 5 years of experience is required.
Experience with Tier1 semiconductor customers is required.
Demonstrated history of success in positioning and launching semiconductor capital equipment products that meet / exceed business objectives
Proven ability to influence Cross Functional teams without formal authority
Semiconductor device knowledge and module process integration experience in logic and/or memory fabrication preferred
Understanding of Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP)/Implant/Diffusion process desirable
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Positive team player, self-motivated with collaborative skills required
Must be able to travel within the US and other locations up to 20% of the time

Nice To Haves

Semiconductor device knowledge and module process integration experience in logic and/or memory fabrication
Understanding of Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP)/Implant/Diffusion process

Responsibilities

Develops business & marketing plans, assesses strategies for market penetration and product positioning to drive competitive advantage, revenue and market share
Collaborates closely with functional groups via Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales to develop new products and enhance existing products as well as communicate critical market needs and timeline requirements
Understands technical and business aspects of customer device roadmaps / environments and assists with the development of strategies to meet business objectives
Drives Red Team / competitive analysis for specific product lines
Understands pricing scenarios and contributes towards building and protecting a leadership position in market share while enhancing profit margins
Works closely with Product Engineering/Applications / Process Development team to drive adoption of Continuous Improvement Program features/ upgrades that maintain product differentiation against competition
Maintains a working knowledge of laser anneal systems process, hardware and other aspects to gain technical entitlement with customers
Collaborates with Field Account teams to ensure synergy in approach for account partnership and product penetration
Responsible for release of products/sub system components through the end of their product life cycle
Communicates key aspects of product to customers, senior management and sales channels as needed