Product Manager - Materials BU

Wolfspeed•Durham, NC

About The Position

Wolfspeed is looking for a Materials Product Manager, who will be primarily responsible for product management and technical marketing of Wolfspeed Materials. Focus for the position is on the global market, existing and future customers, and working with the internal technical and operations organizations in conjunction with inside and outside sales to translate technical requirements to and from the company. This position requires a candidate with the creativity, vision, and detail to breakdown and match customer requirements with internal technical capabilities and find new and innovative ways to solve problems. The right candidate could have a significant impact in the next product platform innovations that are introduced into the market. The position interacts directly with our materials customers and internal team, operations personnel, and commercial sales to deliver the right products to the right customer at the right time.

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. May include short conference presentations
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
Note: This position requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations.

Nice To Haves

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

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
Interface with R&D, NPI engineering, Production/Operations, and Quality to build and sustain the product lines
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