Business Development Expert SMS

ZEISS Group; Texas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

401k Matching

Employee Assistance Programs

Vacation and sick pay

Job summary

ZEISS is seeking a Business Development Expert to act as the main day-to-day customer interface within the SSC in the United States. You will collaborate with Strategic Marketing, Product Management, and SBUs to translate regional customer insights into new product development and repeat-business opportunities.

In this role, you’ll lead local solution-development efforts, maintain market knowledge on customer processes, competitors, and industry events, and drive successful NPIs with internal

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering.
• PhD preferred for advanced roles.
• 10+ years of technical experience in photomask manufacturing or wafer fabrication.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary SSC interface and facilitate technology exchange with customers.
• Develop region-specific customer process knowledge and communicate insights to stakeholders.
• Lead successful new product introductions (NPIs) with local experts and customers.
• Collaborate with Strategic Marketing, Product Management, and SBUs to align customer insights with solutions.
• Support field enablement and transfer of new tools and technologies within SMS.

Skills

Customer engagement

Strategic collaboration

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Master’s degree in engineering

PhD preferred

Job description

About Us:

Here at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team!

What’s the role?

The Business Development Expert serves as the primary day-to-day customer interface within the SSC and as the regional counterpart to the Strategic Marketing department at the SBU level. This position facilitates customer and technology exchange, consolidates region-specific knowledge of customer processes and competitive field intelligence, and supports successful new product introductions in partnership with local application experts. Working closely with Strategic Marketing, Product Management, and the SBUs, the Business Development Expert translates regional customer insights into solution development, new product introduction support, and repeat-business opportunities.

Sound Interesting?

Here’s what you’ll do:

Customer Engagement and Solution Development

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  • Serve as the primary day-to-day customer interface and facilitate technology exchange within SSC US.
  
  
  • Lead local solution-development activities in collaboration with customers and internal stakeholders.
  
  
  
  

Market Intelligence

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  • Develop and maintain region-specific knowledge of customer processes, competitor activities at the field and product levels, and relevant industry conferences.
  
  
  • Consolidate and communicate relevant market insights to Strategic Marketing, Product Owners, and Heads of FoBs within SMS.
  
  
  
  

New Product Introductions

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  • Lead successful new product introductions (NPIs) in partnership with dedicated local application experts.
  
  
  • Support NPI projects through repeat purchase, including providing input to establish priorities during customer evaluations.
  
  
  
  

Strategic and Cross-Functional Collaboration

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  • Serve as the primary SSC counterpart to Strategic Marketing SMS, enabling direct alignment between Field Marketing and Strategic Marketing.
  
  
  • Support TRMs by providing regional input and aligning customer insights, NPI learnings, and market observations with relevant headquarters stakeholders.
  
  
  
  

Organizational Implementation and Field Enablement

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  • Support implementation of the new Business Development and Field Marketing role in the United States and help establish clear differentiation from Application SMT responsibilities.
  
  
  • Advance customer-value-focused field execution for SMS and facilitate the regional transfer of new tools and technologies from SMT-5(“Beyond”) through the SSC organization.
  
  
  
  

Key Relationships and Customer Interfaces

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  • Build and maintain effective working relationships with leading U.S. semiconductor customers, local application experts, and customer teams engaged in technology exchange, new product introductions, and solution-development initiatives.
  
  
  
  

Do you qualify?

• Master’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering required; PhD preferred.


• 10+ years of technical experience in photomask manufacturing or wafer fabrication, with industry contacts and expertise in at least one of the following:
  
  
  
  • Photomask manufacturing
  
  
  • Inspection and metrology
  
  
  • Yield engineering and patterning
  
  
  
  


• Extensive experience co-developing products and managing strategic customer partnerships.


• Experience gathering customer process insights and competitive intelligence through field engagement, product analysis, and industry events.


• Experience launching new products with customers.


• In-depth knowledge of the semiconductor market, innovation cycles, and regulatory environment.


• Established customer relationships and industry network.


• Expertise in optical systems, materials, metrology, and semiconductor processes.


• Knowledge of photomask shop processes, including alignment, metrology, and repair.


• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to understand customer processes and challenges.


• Excellent communication skills, including presenting complex technical information to varied audiences.


• Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills to connect customer challenges with SMS technologies and products.


• Ability to bridge technology, business, and customer stakeholders across disciplines.


• Strong project management skills.


• Business-level fluency in English.

We have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS!

• Medical


• Vision


• Dental


• 401k Matching


• Employee Assistance Programs


• Vacation and sick pay


• The list goes on!

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of requirements, duties, or responsibilities. The Company reserves the right to interpret, amend, or otherwise modify, in whole or in part, any job description at any time, at its sole discretion.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Maria Khalil

Zeiss provides Equal Employment Opportunity without unlawful regard to an Applicants race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizen status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (includes childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic predisposition, carrier status, gender expression or identity, including transgender identity, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law of the employee (or the people with whom the employee associates, including relatives and friends).