Product Marketing Manager (PMM)

KLA-Belgium; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) matching

Employee stock purchase program

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

KLA in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Product Marketing/Marketing Manager to own market requirements, drive product lifecycle, and coordinate with engineering, manufacturing and sales. You will develop strategy, pricing, and campaigns to boost product adoption.

The role involves delivering technical presentations and engaging with semiconductor customers, with travel up to 50% across regions.

Qualifications

• Doctorate, Master’s or Bachelor’s degree with related work experience.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary technology product team or product marketing.
• Ability to deliver technical presentations and engage customers.

Responsibilities

• Assess markets, plan product lifecycle, analyze requirements and pricing.
• Coordinate with engineering, manufacturing and sales to enhance products.
• Create market requirements and strategic product ownership for specific lines.
• Travel 30–50% for business.

Skills

Market research

Customer engagements

Presentations

Cross-functional collaboration

Multilingual

Data analysis

Excel (MS)

Education

Doctorate (Academic) Degree

Master's Degree + 3 years

Bachelor's Degree + 5 years

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Company Overview

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice‑controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem‑solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

Group/Division

With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next‑generation devices to volume production quickly and cost‑effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA’s metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. In the ADE business unit, we develop tools for patterned and unpatterned wafer geometry measurements. Properties measured are wafer shape, thickness, topography, stress and related metrics. Our customers are wafer houses, IC manufacturers and OEMs for process monitoring and outgoing/incoming quality control. The recent industry trends towards wafer to wafer and die to wafer bonding provide new opportunities in back end and packaging that we are beginning to explore.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Primary Responsibilities

Responsible for assessment of existing and potential markets, product lifecycle planning, Customer requirement analysis, product value proposition and pricing analysis, marketing campaign to increase product adoption and penetration, competition management, coordination of technical product development. Activities may include technical sales support; product promotion; competition analysis and competitive strategy development; Market research and directing the development of company market requirements for specific product(s) or product line(s); Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function. Product ownership Owns market research, monitor competitive activity, and identify customer needs.

• Direct the development of market requirements for specific product(s) or product line(s), including product strategy definition, requirements analysis, and pricing.


• Represents marketing in product life cycle meetings and coordinate with engineering, manufacturing and sales to enhance products.


• Develops technical product presentations, and presents to key customers.


• Define product adoption strategies for the specific accounts, together with regional teams.


• Creates product value and promote the value to customers.


• PMM will act as point of contact between customer and division and need to work closely with regional teams.

Account Ownership

PMM will be responsible for business objectives of certain regions/accounts and support pre‑sales as well as after sales projects.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in multi-disciplinary technology product team/ product marketing/application engineer with experience in customer facing solutions is preferred


• Experience should include the following: Semiconductor cleanroom/fab process knowledge in CVD, PVD, Overlay, Lithography or Advanced Packaging.


• Delivering technical presentations; Semiconductor customer engagements;


• Storytelling as position will require crafting clear and compelling messaging and developing strong content.


• Strong communication skills and ability to conduct effective presentations under pressure


• Analytical skills, including ability to draw business conclusions from complex datasets.


• Ability to successfully drive projects with minimal intervention


• Well‑organized with attention to detail.


• Hardworking, with ability & desire to work in a team environment.


• Multilingual skills


• Ability to perform market analysis by compiling customer information and industry reports.


• Develop capacity models that can help with forecasting product demand.


• Familiarity with using MS Excel is important.


• Applications development in metrology or inspection;


• Competition analysis;


• Preparation of executive summaries;


• Willingness to travel for business 30~50% of the time.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

Base Pay Range

$111,900.00 - $190,200.00 Annually

Primary Location

USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

Benefits

• Performance incentive programs


• Eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, life and other voluntary benefits


• 401(K) including company matching


• Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)


• Student debt assistance


• Tuition reimbursement program


• Development and career growth opportunities and programs


• Financial planning benefits


• Wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP)


• Paid time off and paid company holidays


• Family care and bonding leave

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed.

Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Employer

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [e-mail] or at [phone] to request accommodation.