Regional Product Manager

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

KLA Corporation is seeking a dynamic & experienced Regional Product Marketing Manager to drive the adoption and growth of our advanced process solutions (Etch, PVD, CVD, Release Etch) within a specific geographical region.

This role will be responsible for developing & implementing Customer specific regional marketing strategies, collaborating with sales and product development teams, and ultimately contributing to market share expansion and revenue generation.

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in engineering or applied science with 5 years of ideally fab experience / Master’s or PhD with 3 years of ideally fab experience.
• Proven experience of wafer processing gained either at an equipment vendor or a wafer fab.
• Regional Product Manager experience with Semiconductor capital equipment OEMs will be an added advantage.
• Fluent language skills both in English and German necessary.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, pro-active personality with positive attitude.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Ability to build relationships and trust with customers.
• Willingness to work across multiple levels within the company & across regions.

Process mapping

To identify the opportunity matrix in existing process flow at customer sites.

Qualifying an opportunity

Work with Product Managers at HQ to generate score card based on strategic value, TAM & commercial situation. Arrive at a consensus weather it should be pursued or not.

Customer road map:

Sales support - once an opportunity is qualified:

On-site Evaluation tool management:

Customer Demos (For qualified opportunities):

Competitor analysis

Using a variety of information sources, learn about our competitors’ products in terms of specifications, pricing, development plans etc. Assist the Product Managers in maintaining a competitor database.

Tool performance & CIPs

Review tool performance and determine if existing CIPs helps or new CIPs are needed.

Market research

Develop an understanding of regional market and trends using knowledge gained from customers, suppliers, analysts (including our own Market Analyst), conference papers, internet research, etc.

Product promotion

Attend trade shows and conferences. Contribute to technical papers & give presentations at the same. Identify new opportunities to promote the products and SPTS. Online promotion through webinars.

At KLA, your work directly impacts the technologies that power smartphones, data centers, AI systems, automotive electronics, and countless other innovations around the world.

As a global technology leader in semiconductor process control, we offer the opportunity to work on highly sophisticated systems while developing your technical expertise and international career.

Ready to make an impact?

Join KLA and help bring the next generation of semiconductor technology into production across Europe. We look forward to receiving your application. Please submit your application in English.

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.