JOB DESCRIPTION

Product Manager

At Axcelis, we have a single goal: to help semiconductor manufacturers achieve the highest quality and yield with the lowest cost of ownership. We deliver on that goal with ion implant platforms based on unique enabling technologies that provide unmatched purity, precision, and productivity resulting in a competitive advantage for our customers and rapid growth for Axcelis. We are a global company with 32 sites worldwide, hundreds of technology patents, and more than 43 years of industry experience. Our team is expanding, and we are currently hiring an Engineering Product Manager. 

Position Overview:

The Product Manager plays a critical role in our ability to plan, execute, and deliver improvements to our products. This is a Beverly on-site position.  You will work in a cross-functional matrix environment responsible for the development, introduction and sustaining of technical projects and equipment enhancements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help to identify requirements with engineering product and project managers to understand needs and establish an approach and methodology for project plans, schedules, prioritization, resource allocations and reporting.
• Coach project engineers through the project scheduling and management processes. Encourage information exchange within the project team and meet with Functional Engineering groups/engineers as required to review progress.
• Support tradeoff analysis, including prioritization, recommendation between cost, features, performance, quality, and time to market The Engineering Project Manager will help to identify resource constraints and recommend solutions to achieve commitments.
• Assist with managing and coordinating responses to field escalations, sustaining activities and quality issues. 
• Set standard work practices for managing the communication flow and controlling change.
• Provide status reports and metrics to functional managers, product managers, product teams and project teams on a regular basis. Participate in and contribute to program post-mortem reviews.
• Evaluate and implement project management related technology where appropriate. 
• Support Product Marketing through ROI analysis, financial analysis of upgrades and retrofits

Required Skills:

• Solid management skills, including strong organizational and planning skills.
• Demonstrated ability managing multi-discipline engineering projects required.
• An understanding of how to manage and balance costs, schedule, and performance.
• Ability to investigate problems and recommend solutions to minimize project risk
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to scope and cost new project requests (Non-Standard Requests (NSR))
• Ability to address quality issues using the 8D methodology or similar process
• Manage product structure, review and approve product change requests
• Implemented standards and practices in a technical environment.
• Mature and solid consensus and team-building skills.

• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills.

• A technical background in a product development and/or project management environment.
• Strong Engineering background.

Desired Skills:

• Ability to understand the equipment configuration and product development processes
• Ability to respond to Customers, Account Teams, Field Service and Product Support
• Ability to manage and/or facilitate Beta Sites, Joint Development initiatives, Quality and Problem Resolution processes.
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills, while being assertive and detailed.
• Task driven personality, be decisive and deal with ambiguity
• Work independently setting appropriate priorities to meet deadlines and achieve goals
• Facilitate and negotiate with cross functional teams effectively
• Motivate people without having them report to you
• Project Management certification preferred
• Semiconductor Equipment Development experience preferred

U.S. BASE SALARY RANGE

This base salary range reflects the typical compensation for this role across U.S. locations.

Our salary ranges are determined by role and level; individual pay is determined based on

multiple factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, work

location, and internal equity. The range provides the opportunity for growth and progression as

you develop within the role.

Base pay is one part of our U.S. total compensation package which includes eligibility in the

Axcelis Team Incentive bonus plan, and comprehensive benefits package (for regular

employees working 20+ hours a week).