Head of Marketing Metallics

 

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This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
 

Location: 

The Head of Marketing Metallics is a remote position, with preference given to candidates in Sheboygan Falls, WI, Tamaqua, PA, Carlsbad and San Jose, CA, and Chandler/Tempe, AZ areas.  There will be up to 25% domestic and international travel required to meet business needs.

 

Your Role:

The Metallics Marketing Director is responsible for leading the Metallics Marketing Team in the Thin Films business unit. The primary focus of this role is to serve as the commercial lead to manage the Metallics product portfolio and NPI pipeline, achieve business objectives for revenue, profitability, and market share for the Metallics business.

Strong interpersonal, commercial, and technical skills are required for success in this marketing leadership role. The position requires the ability to effectively work across a matrix of business functions that support the Metallics business.

This position is accountable for the following:

• P&L responsibilities for Metallics business, achieve business objectives for revenue, profitability and market share.
• Manage all offerings through supervision of direct reports to maximize profitability and meet or exceed the business objectives.
• Acceleration of new product development and introduction is an essential element to this position. Close collaboration with R&D team is required; embrace the “two in a box” model with the Head of Metallics R&D.
• Prioritize and determine the new opportunities that are identified by the customer facing team.
• Identify new product opportunities through close collaborations with our strategic customers and OEM development partners. Work with Customer Application and Sales teams to maintain and grow these relationships.
• Develop a deep understanding of the market trends and competitive landscape (i.e., new product introductions, strategic alliances, intellectual property, etc.) that helps to further define our product differentiation and development strategy.
• Develop product pricing strategies and maintain pricing discipline to assure profitable growth for the portfolio, by leveraging understanding of the product attributes, benefits to the customer and application, and competitors’ offerings.
• Define targets for capacity, cost, and quality for major capital projects.
• Develop analytically derived market plans that are based on customer inputs, market trends, competitive intelligence as well as forecasts by industry analysts.
• Effective use of the portfolio management system to monitor and document project performance vs. milestones.

 

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering background or related field.
• 8+ years’ experience in the semiconductor industry. Hands-on experience in product management, commercial negotiations, business planning, strategy development and execution.
• Ability to develop business cases and market plans.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (Master or Ph.D.) in material science or chemistry and MBA is a plus.
• Strong collaboration, interpersonal and communication skills, especially across a matrix and global organization.

 

Pay range for this position: $170,000 - $200,000 

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