Product Marketing Manager CI 422S27

Who are we? We research, develop, and manufacture the world's most advanced inspection and measurement equipment for the semiconductor and nanoelectronics industries. We enable the digital age by pushing the boundaries of technology, creating tools capable of finding defects smaller than a wavelength of visible light. We create smarter processes so that technology leaders can manufacture high-performance chips—the kind in that phone in your pocket, the tablet on your desk and nearly every electronic device you own—faster and better. We're passionate about creating solutions that drive progress and help people do what wouldn't be possible without us. The future is calling. Will you answer?

The ICOS Vision Systems division focuses on the backend of the line semiconductor industry providing fully automated tools to inspect and sort, finished integrated circuit packages. For more than 15 years, ICOS has been a market leader with tray-to-tray and tray-to-tape inspection and sorting tools found in the production facilities of all major chipmakers in the world. Our market-leading technology and superior customer service requires strong talent in optics, machine control, algorithms and applications within our engineering teams. The ICOS division headquarters are in Leuven, Belgium with additional engineering and manufacturing operations in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China.

As a Product Marketing Manager you take the lead in the global market introduction of new product launches of our most important product line: Component Inspector. You act as an interface between the market and our engineering teams, and you translate our innovations towards value bringing business cases. You define pricing, product positioning, and sales forecast, and lead our clients through the introduction of our new products. You develop value propositions and lead the technical roadmaps at our key customers. Finally you challenge our engineering team on feasibility, benefit, cost.

• Engineering degree with minimum 3 years of working experience in a high tech environment.
• First working experience in a commercial role: Product Management / Sales.
• Strategic thinker, technology enthusiast and innovation oriented.
• Strong market insight and business thinking.
• Flexible and willing to travel on a regular base (30%).

As a world leader in the supply of process control and yield management solutions KLA-Icos provides an ideal environment for professionals to develop and grow in many functions and disciplines. The company culture is to encourage all employees to seek new challenges and to provide opportunities to grow in KLA-Icos.