Product Marketing Manager - Vacuum Valves

Socket.dev; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Life and disability insurance

11 paid holidays

Job summary

MKS is seeking a Product Marketing Manager for Vacuum Valves to partner with R&D, engineering and customers, driving the development and launch of new vacuum valve products. The role reports to the director of valves product management and requires heavy collaboration across functions.

You will travel up to 25% domestically and internationally, engage with customers to enable design wins, and contribute to product development by gathering market intelligence and creating marketing collateral.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Physical Science; MS preferred.
• 5 years related experience in vacuum/semiconductor fields.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as focal point between customers, field sales, marketing and engineering.
• Support revenue growth and margin goals for the product line.
• Travel to customer sites to discuss solutions and coordinate installations.
• Prepare, price and quote special customer configurations.
• Develop product development plans by collecting market intelligence.
• Create training materials and marketing collateral.
• Deliver analyses and presentations for management reviews.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Written communication

Verbal communication

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering or Physical Science

MS preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

A Day in Your Life at MKS: As a Product Marketing Manager for Vacuum Valves at MKS, you will partner with R&D, engineering and customers to develop and launch new vacuum valve products. In this role, you will report to the director of valves product management.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Focal point and key interface between customers, field sales, marketing, and engineering to enable successful customer integration and design wins.
• Achieve revenue growth and margin goals for product line.
• Travel to customer sites (with local sales and/or applications staff) to discuss or present application solutions, define integration specifics, present performance data, or coordinate product installation and testing.
• Provide timely responses to customers, both internal and external, for commercial and technical information related to the vacuum isolation valve products.
• Generate, review, and price special customer configurations. Assist Sales and Customer Service in providing product quotations to customers.
• Contribute to short and long term product development and improvement plans by actively collecting market intelligence related to the new emerging technology and competitive activities, maintaining an awareness of MKS markets, customers, sales opportunities, competitors and products.
• Prepare, conduct and participate in training and education programs focusing on product capabilities and applications.
• Develop sales tools such as product release packages, applications notes, competitive information, and marketing collateral
• Prepare and deliver analysis and presentations for internal business management reviews

Travel Requirements:

Up to 25% of Travel domestically and internationally is required.

Skills You Bring:

• B.S. in an Engineering or Physical Science, M.S. preferred
• 5 years related experience
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills for working with customers and in-house MKS personnel.
• Experience, knowledge, or ability to learn vacuum technology, gas handling safety, thermal analysis, and chemistry is required.
• Must be able to operate ‘hands‑on’ as necessary when working at customer locations, or internal labs
• Proficient in MS office and computer skills

Preferred Skills:

• 5-10 years in technical customer support or applications engineering
• 5-10 years of experience with Semiconductor Deposition or etch tools, Reactive Gas Systems, or vacuum deposition systems.
• Experience working in or supporting a production semiconductor fab is a plus.

We are interested in a qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we will not be sponsoring work visas for thisposition,at this time.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary Pay Range:$109,750 - $182,900 per year. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected salary range for this position, based on a wide range of factors including qualifications, experience and training, operational and business needs and other considerationspermittedby law.

Bonus:

Bonus:This position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, in an amount to bedeterminedby MKS [or as applicable].

Benefits:

Benefits:MKS offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental and vision), 401(k) with company match, life and disability insurance, 11 paid holidays, sick time, 15 paid vacation days, [6 weeksfully paid] parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement [and for participation in any stock programs, signing bonus, etc.].

MKS is an equal opportunity employer, including disability, veteran status and all categories protected by law. Please review our EOE statements foradditionaldetails. MKS isgenerally onlyhiring candidates whoresidein states where we are registered to do business.

MKS will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act for Employers.

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