Product Manager 5 (183205)

The Group You’ll Be A Part Of

In the Global Products Group, we are dedicated to excellence in the design and engineering of Lam's etch and deposition products. We drive innovation to ensure our cutting-edge solutions are helping to solve the biggest challenges in the semiconductor industry. 

The Impact You’ll Make

The Product Manager represents the Product across all organizational boundaries, acting as the conductor leading a dynamic cross functional team to: align objectives and vision success criteria, prioritize activities and allocate resources, and support total product lifecycle activities.

The ideal candidate will have the confidence and background to lead highly technical individuals across multiple organizations & management levels: demonstrated leadership capability, conviction to drive aligned PORs to completion, and courage to take make decisions.  The candidate must have the ability to bring clarity and guidance during uncertainty.

In addition to working with the Fremont product teams, this position will interface with the Lam India Product Management team on a regular basis to review product strategy and ownership.  Travel to India is required several times a year.  After approximately two years of building a product management foundation in Fremont, this position will re-locate to Bangalore India fulltime.

What You’ll Do

Product Roadmap / Strategy / Vision

• Collect & understand customer needs and Lam business objectives to align product development strategy and program roadmap.
• Facilitate roundtable reviews of market roadmap and technology development resulting in revisions of product strategy, program roadmap, and organizational priorities.
• Align and author the program Vision, setting cost objectives and program deliverables aligned with marketing requirements and product strategy. Holds team members accountable to the aligned vision deliverables throughout the Product Development & Release process.
• Define and manage implementation strategy for product enhancements, new options, and fixes.
• Communicate via Plan of Record (POR) to the development team, operations, and customer accounts to align implementation of product changes.
• Accountable for release of a Whole Product that meets performance targets, is available in manufacturing with predictable lead time and cost, is supportable in the field with proper documentation and training, with an aligned roadmap.

Who We’re Looking For

Product Lifecycle Management

• Prioritize programs to allocate resources aligned with overall organizational objectives.
• Define and communicate the product offered for sale through the Product Option Architecture (POA) system and approve product changes.
• Manage unreleased product proliferation: capture and communicate early forecasts and shipment plans in the Unreleased Build Plan Process (URBP); submit DMRF’s to drive unreleased material; and approve Critical Design Reviews; align and approve new part spares inventory.
• Define & manage ECOGS to support implementation of issue resolution in the field. Coordinate and monitor CSBG execution of mandatory retrofit and supplier quality excursion recovery programs.
• Review and disposition PR’s in iPLM, BOM change orders, and NSR’s; provide supporting rationale and alternatives to justify decisions and determine pricing.
• Communicate across Lam and with customer known product issues, the impact to ongoing operations/production and POR. Lead CFTs as necessary, coordinating operations and development groups, to mitigate the customer production impacts when scarce resources are available.
• Lead Safety issue CFTs to drive Safety Alert and implementation plans.
• Analyze and make recommendation of financial reserves and disposition of unreleased material inventory in engineering, operations and spares locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum education: BS in an engineering discipline; MBA a plus.
• Minimum 5+ years applicable experience; previous experience in semiconductor capital equipment industry preferred.
• Supervisory or management experience preferred.
• Travel to India required
• Relocation to Bangalore, India after 2 years in Fremont, California

Our Commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories – On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.