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Formulated Wet Etch & Litho Technical Marketing DirectorJob Description:
Position Summary
Are you an experienced Wet Etch & Cleans Process Technologist looking for an exciting new Technical Marketing Leadership opportunity? Entegris is seeking a Technology Director to join our team. To be successful in this role, you must be a purposeful driver, highly analytical, and a committed problem solver, with the ability to communicate your vision and ideas effectively and influence technology and customer decisions across functions and regions.
The Formulated Wet Etch & Lithography Technical Marketing Director plays a pivotal role in the MS Division Technical Marketing Group, guiding Entegris’ Semiconductor Fab Process Materials market participation and growth strategy for our customers, partnering with our ER&D, business and customer-facing teams. As a key staff member on MS Divisional Technical Marketing Team, collaborating with multiple internal commercial and technical functional groups, this position will provide strategic guidance for critical Semiconductor Fab Process Materials (including specialized and formulated wet chemistries for Lithography, Post Etch, Post CMP cleaning, 3D HAR etch and surface preparations, while uncover additional opportunities for Lithography module) industry growth trends and customer technology trends /roadmap with strong understanding in associated applications via technology node and device structure inflections; gather, validate, analyze, and translate customers and competitors intelligence based on Voice of Customer (VoC) into actionable insights in order to assist our Sales (Key Accounts) and Product Business strategies, and provide necessary technical marketing support on certain new product initiatives and field sales customer engagement and training activities.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Lead effort to maintain and update customer’s Process-of-Records (POR) map, future Wet Cleans/Etch requirements and trends based on Voice of Customer (VoC) and market input gathered at strategic customers, industry conferences, and standards meetings.
Coordinate with multiple functional teams to collect all competitor’s landscape/intelligence and provide solid and definite information and insight to guide company decisions and actions.
Actively support technical marketing initiatives for knowledge sharing and solution training – both internally and externally and as required to support key New Product Introductions or related activities.
Assist MS Divisional Leadership Team and relevant functional teams with the support and coordination of technical meetings at key strategic customers.
Support corporate level near-term and longer-term market assessment and strategy development.
Maintain capability to engage customers - as needed to support global functional teams- in support of key NPI activities, technical meetings, value selling, and regional personnel needs
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree in STEM field (e.g., chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, or related field) is required. Advanced degree (master’s or PhD) is highly preferred.
Experience
15 or more years of semiconductor experience are required, including specific Semiconductor fab-related technical and/or applications experience involving Wet Etch&Clean/Lithography areas; 7 or more years’ working experience in leading Logic and Memory company is highly preferrable.
Semiconductor Technology, Logic and Memory device and process integration understanding and/or market analysis experience required.
Excellent English in written and oral communication capabilities, including major presentations to higher-level internal/external contacts, are required.
Experience within the semiconductor industry (fab, materials, or equipment) and/or prior experience at an equivalent level within an international specialty materials/chemicals manufacturing company preferred.
Experience with product, technology, and/or commercial strategy development.
Skills and Abilities / Core Competencies
Self-driven with strong business and technical acumen.
Highly motivational and maintain curiosity to explore new areas of company interests.
Strong critical thinking skills with ability to frame business issues and apply data analysis to support real-time decision-making.
Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, global environment with multiple priorities that require strong project management and decision-making capabilities.
Ability to establish mutually productive and positive relationships with internal and external customers.
Resourceful and creative must bring fresh insights into a dynamic business environment.
Strong skills in utilizing Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Supervisory Responsibilities
This will be a Senior level individual contributor role; scope can scale accordingly with business and organization.
Physical Requirements
Work in our Entegris Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Korea, or US office locations.
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% of the time.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, or a related STEM field
- 15 or more years of semiconductor experience
- Semiconductor fab technical or applications experience involving wet etch, wet cleans, or lithography
- Understanding of semiconductor technology, Logic and Memory devices, and process integration or market analysis
- Excellent written and oral English communication skills, including presentations to senior internal and external stakeholders
- Experience with product, technology, or commercial strategy development
- Strong business and technical acumen, critical thinking, data analysis, project management, and decision-making skills
- Ability to build productive relationships with internal and external customers in a global environment
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Master’s degree or PhD
- Seven or more years of experience working in leading Logic and Memory companies
- Experience in the semiconductor industry, specialty materials, chemicals manufacturing, fabs, or equipment
Entegris Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Entegris and has not been reviewed or approved by Entegris.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive or slightly above industry standards in several roles, with some calling compensation very fair or great. Feedback suggests overtime opportunities in certain manufacturing roles further enhance earnings.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs feature a strong company 401(k) match and additional savings vehicles that employees value. Feedback suggests these offerings meaningfully bolster total compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off policies are described as good, with PTO that can increase with tenure and unlimited PTO available in some roles. Paid parental leave and holidays add to the overall breadth.
Entegris Insights
What We Do
Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, Internet of Things – these are not just trends, they are drivers changing the way people live across the globe. With these new drivers and the increasing speed of innovation, there comes an expectation for higher-quality, higher-performing technologies at a faster pace. Every day, and for more than 50 years, Entegris’ singular mission has been to help customers utilize our advanced science-based solutions to support demand drivers; to innovate faster and more efficiently; and ultimately to transform the world. Through the power of our solutions and technology expertise, Entegris provides customers with innovative, science-based solutions to their toughest technology challenges. Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, Entegris employs approximately 5,800 people worldwide, with roughly half employed in Asia-Pacific or Europe. With research and development, customer service, analytical labs, and manufacturing in Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe, Entegris supports customers around the globe as they take technology to the next level.
