Technical Account Manager

imec; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

imec, a world-leading semiconductor R&D center, seeks a Technical Account Manager to bridge advanced research with strategic customer programs. You will guide R&D collaborations, coordinate cross-domain engagements, and ensure customer needs shape imec's technology roadmap.

You will work with program directors, researchers, and customer champions to translate priorities into executable plans, manage risks, and drive value through collaboration across imec's ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating complex technical programs and collaborations.
• Ability to translate customer needs into technical plans and roadmaps.
• Strong communication with technical and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with technical stakeholders and decision makers within strategic partner organisations.
• Act as the voice of the customer within imec, translating priorities into action.
• Coordinate complex R&D engagements across multiple imec programs and domains.
• Monitor deliverables, milestones, and risks to keep projects aligned with customer expectations.
• Facilitate communication between customers and imec technical teams to create actionable plans.
• Support executive customer reviews and high-level technical engagements.
• Identify growth opportunities by aligning customer insight with imec's technology roadmap.
• Escalate risks and drive resolutions with program and management teams.

Skills

Technical stakeholder management

Program management

Customer engagement

Semiconductor technology

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Combine advanced semiconductor R&D, program leadership and strategic customer engagement

What you will do

As a Technical Account Manager (TAM), you will operate at the intersection of advanced semiconductor research, program execution, and strategic customer engagement. As part of technical team, you will serve as a key interface between imec's world-leading R&D teams and our strategic industry partners, ensuring that technical programs create maximum value for both imec and its customers.

You will coordinate and follow up on complex R&D collaborations spanning multiple programs and technical domains. Working closely with Program Directors, Program Managers, Research Fellows, and customer technical champions, you will help align technical priorities, drive execution excellence, and translate customer needs into future opportunities.

Your responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with technical stakeholders and decision makers within strategic partner organisations.
• Act as the voice of the customer within imec, ensuring customer priorities and expectations are clearly understood and appropriately represented.
• Coordinate complex R&D engagements across multiple imec programs and technical domains.
• Monitor deliverables, milestones, resources, risks and dependencies, ensuring projects remain aligned with customer expectations.
• Facilitate communication between customers and imec technical teams, translating technical requirements into actionable plans.
• Support the preparation of executive customer reviews, strategic discussions and high-level technical engagements.
• Identify growth opportunities and future collaborations by combining customer insight with knowledge of imec's technology roadmap.
• Escalate risks and issues proactively and drive resolutions together with program and management teams.

What we do for you

We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will define the society of tomorrow.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth.

We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits.

Who you are

Strong technical foundation

You possess a solid technical background in semiconductor technology and are comfortable engaging with both technical experts and executive stakeholders.

You have experience or expertise in at least one of the following major technology domains:

• Advanced Logic technologies
• Conventional Memory technologies
• Emerging Memory technologies
• 3D Integration (3DI)
• Silicon Photonics and Co-packaged Optics
• Exploratory Logic technologies, including 2D materials and Carbon Nanotubes (CNT)

While deep expertise in all areas is not expected, you are eager to develop sufficient familiarity with the broader semiconductor ecosystem and continuously expand your technical horizon.

Customer-focused mindset

You enjoy working closely with customers and have a natural ability to listen, understand and anticipate their needs.

You:

• Seek to understand customer challenges from their perspective.
• Build trust through active listening and technical credibility.
• Can balance customer expectations with organisational priorities.
• Are recognised as a collaborative partner who creates long‑term value.

Program management capabilities

You have demonstrated experience managing complex technical programs, projects or collaborations.

You:

• Can coordinate activities across multiple stakeholders and organisations.
• Are skilled at planning, tracking progress and managing risks.
• Drive execution through influence rather than hierarchy.
• Remain organised while handling multiple priorities simultaneously.

Familiarity with imec

The ideal candidate has experience working within imec or has collaborated extensively with imec programs, customers or research activities.

• The structure of imec's research programs and partnership model.
• The importance of cross-program collaboration.
• The balance between exploratory research, strategic roadmapping and industrial relevance.