STRATEGY & PRODUCT PORTFOLIO MANAGER, LITHO

Are you looking to power the next leap in the exciting world of advanced electronics? Do you want to help solve problems that drive success in the rapidly evolving technology and connectivity landscape? Then bring your problem-solving, passion, and creativity to help us power the next leap in electronics.

At Qnity, we’re more than a global leader in materials and solutions for advanced electronics and high-tech industries – we’re a tight-knit team that is motivated by new possibilities, and always up for a challenge. All our dedicated teams contribute to making cutting-edge technology possible. We value forward-thinking challengers, boundary-pushers, and diverse perspectives across all our departments, because we know we play a critical role in the world enabling faster progress for all. Learn how you can start or jumpstart your career with us.

Job Description: -

• Litho Five-year Strategy & Annual Business Planning

·       Develop the rolling five-year Lithography strategy and annual business plan, connecting market priorities with portfolio and technology roadmaps, investment decisions, and financial targets, and preparing the supporting leadership deck.

·       Develop fact-based analyses, scenarios, and recommendations to support leadership decisions on where to grow, invest, improve, or deprioritize.

·       Synthesize market trends, customer needs, technology roadmaps, competitive dynamics, portfolio performance, the innovation pipeline, and financial results into clear strategic priorities.

·       Translate approved priorities into objectives, accountable owners, milestones, KPIs, resource requirements, and expected business impact.

• Pricing, Profitability & Value Creation

·       Assess performance by product, customer, region, and application, including price, volume, mix, variable and fixed costs, freight, inventory, capacity utilization, working capital, and cash.

·       Build price-volume-mix and margin bridges; diagnose margin leakage and quantify the impact of raw-material, manufacturing, logistics, and other cost changes.

·       Develop product- and customer-level pricing recommendations based on customer value, competitive position, cost-to-serve, contract terms, willingness to pay, and internal economics.

·       Define annual pricing target guardrails, review price realization and discount exceptions with Sales and Finance, and track revenue and margin impact after implementation.

·       Identify and prioritize structural gross-margin opportunities across portfolio mix, product rationalization, formulation/process productivity, raw materials, manufacturing, freight, MOQ/MTO, inventory, and supply strategy.

Strategy-to-Execution & Business Performance

• Strategy-to-Execution & Business Performance

·       Lead and facilitate monthly business, innovation and portfolio reviews, and other execution forums; prepare concise pre-reads, recommendations, decision logs, and action trackers.

·       Govern innovation and sales pipeline performance, ensuring alignment with growth strategy, financial objectives, conversion expectations, timeline commitments, and key business risks.

·       Lead monthly win/loss analysis and recommend actions for product , pricing, account strategy, and sales execution.

·       Establish a consistent performance view across growth, market share, pipeline conversion, price realization, gross margin, portfolio health, inventory, working capital, and strategic initiative value.

·       Identify root causes, quantify value opportunities, prioritize issues by impact and feasibility, and drive agreed actions through closure.

• Strategic Initiatives, Investments & Transformation

·       Lead selected strategic and corporate transformation initiatives, including CRM adoption and data quality, key account management, portfolio optimization, pricing excellence, and business-management process improvement.

·       Develop rigorous business cases for new assets, capacity expansion, manufacturing capabilities, partnerships, and other strategic investments.

·       Define implementation plans, governance, owners, milestones, benefits, and risk mitigations; track approved initiatives against the original case and intervene when value realization is off track.

·       Synthesize large and incomplete datasets into transparent assumptions, scenarios, executive conclusions, and clear recommendations.

Education
Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Engineering, or a related discipline; MBA preferred.

Experience

7-15 years in product management, strategic marketing, strategy, or consulting. Semiconductor materials, specialty chemicals, advanced materials is preferred.

Market & Customer Insight

Demonstrated ability to conduct market segmentation, opportunity sizing, competitive analysis, Voice of Customer, and win/loss analysis and translate insight into strategic choices.

Portfolio & Innovation

Experience shaping portfolio strategy, roadmaps, lifecycle choices, product requirements, innovation priorities, and commercialization decisions.

Pricing & Commercial Acumen

Strong understanding of B2B pricing, value propositions, customer economics, cost-to-serve, , price realization, and go-to-market execution.

Financial & Analytical Acumen

Strong command of P&L, gross margin, cost structure, investment economics, scenario modeling, and business-case development.

Technical Understanding

Ability to understand semiconductor materials, customer applications, manufacturing constraints, and technology roadmaps sufficiently to work credibly with technical, operational, and customer-facing teams.

Execution Leadership

Proven ability to translate strategy into objectives, decisions, owners, milestones, KPIs, and measurable outcomes and to drive cross-functional actions through closure without direct authority.

Communication

Exceptional executive communication and storytelling skills; ability to distill complex evidence into concise conclusions, choices, and decision-ready materials.

Digital & Data Tools

Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; experience with CRM, ERP, and business-intelligence tools such as Salesforce, SAP, and Power BI or equivalents.

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