Product Manager - Materials BU

What’s Upstate; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolfspeed is seeking a Materials Product Manager based in Durham, North Carolina. This role focuses on product management and technical marketing for Wolfspeed Materials in both existing and emerging markets. The successful candidate will work closely with internal teams to match customer needs with product offerings.

Candidates should have a degree in a technical field, 7-10 years of relevant experience, and strong communication skills. The position allows for significant influence in product platform innovations and requires travel as necessary.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in semiconductor product management or marketing.
• Basic understanding of semiconductor device technology is required.
• Ability to blend technical and commercial insights.

Responsibilities

• Develop market and product requirement documents.
• Lead technical presentations and interactions with customers.
• Champion internal development for new requirements.
• Collaborate with quality teams on customer issues.
• Manage product portfolios from launch through obsolescence.
• Develop and define product roadmaps for existing and future lines.

Skills

Influencing cross-functional teams

Strong communication skills

Understanding of semiconductor technology

Market awareness

Education

Degree in Materials Science, Semiconductor Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Master’s Degree or PhD in relevant field

Job description

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.

Position 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

Position 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

Preferred skills and certifications:

• 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

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

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.