Director, Technical Program Management - Broadband Plasma Capital Equipment - kla

Group/Division Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

The BBP (Broadband Plasma) division is searching for a dynamic, creative, and hardworking individual to drive development and integration of our next generation program. The successful candidate will manage both the technical team and the project as the Product Lifecycle (PLC) lead to achieve program objectives.

We are looking for candidates who have intellectual curiosity, natural problem solvers, work well with others, possess a desire to grow, and can demonstrate leadership skills. As the program head, you must possess a strong sense of purpose and be driven to continually improve self, others, and the way we do business.

Lead N+2 development program with cutting edge technology in optics, sensor, sources, and data acquisition working with multi-disciplinary and cross functional teams.

• Responsible for the product from proving business case to design, development, implementation, continuous improvement and sustaining support.
• Assess the engineering technical risks for the program. Establish and actively manage mitigation plans to reduce and retire risks.
• Support technology prototyping, problem solving and risk retirement at vendor and in product development.
• Collaborate with the CTO, Vendors, & Supply Chain Management team to initiate and maintain productive working relationships with critical suppliers.
• Ensure programs objectives are delivered on schedule and within budget.
• Track record of leading large cross-functional teams and working with Engineering organization to orient the team by establishing vision and priorities, addressing schedule, and presenting changes through regular meetings.
• Experience of EUV technology is desirable.
• Work with the service and manufacturing organizations to establish and meet requirements for production ramping and lifetime maintenance.
• Own the optimization of COGS and ROI for the product.
• Work closely with Marketing & Sales teams, understand business opportunities, customer use cases, and market trends.
• Directly engage with customers along with Marketing & Sales teams, drive customer adoptions of tools and features/options.
• Provide guidance or help in roadmap, business, and market aspects for related products at KLA.
• The ideal candidate should have 10+ years of engineering experience and track record in technical program manager role or functional engineering with both technical and business development responsibilities.
• Candidate must have subject matter expertise in one or more areas - advanced sensors, optics, or sources. System level experience with broad understanding of component technologies is also acceptable.
• Ability to drive program schedules, COGS, value-based pricing, and market share.