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If you are excited by innovation and challenge, and you want to make real impact at an ambitious, fast-growing company, active in the high-tech semiconductor sector? Then this interface-role as Product Manager could be the perfect fit for you.

As Product Manager, you serve as the key interface between Product Management and the R&D-, Product Development-, and Business Development teams.

You will ensure that the products meet market needs and deliver exceptional value to the customers. You will be accountable for overseeing the entire product lifecycle, from initial concept development through to market launch and successful customer adoption, supporting the VP of Product Management in defining the strategy, roadmap, and priorities.

Your key responsibilities are:

• Oversee and manage a portfolio of internal product development projects from concept to production, ensuring alignment with global expectations and achievement of internal milestones;
• Monitor project progress on a daily basis, reporting any delays or issues to the VP of Product Management, and proposing appropriate mitigation plans;
• Collaborate with other Product Managers to identify potential synergies and dependencies between products, aiming to optimize development processes and reduce costs;
• Support the VP of Product Management in defining and managing the product roadmap in alignment with company strategy and customer needs;
• Gather and analyze market trends, customer feedback, and competitive landscape;
• Translate customer and market requirements into clear technical specifications for the R&D and Product Development teams, as well as external partners when necessary;
• Work closely with R&D, Product Development teams, and external partners to prioritize features, plan releases, and manage trade-offs;
• Coordinate with Business Development, Sales , Marketing and Application teams to ensure successful product launches and consistent messaging;
• Support product demos, application and pre-sales activities, and customer discussions to align expectations and gather valuable insights;
• Monitor product performance, usage, and customer satisfaction post-launch, and recommend improvements in collaboration with the Field Service and other Application team members;
• Promote and support continuous improvement through cross-functional collaboration.

The location of this vacancy will be the region Eindhoven (The Netherlands). (But the alternative locations Grenoble or Madrid are also possible.)

Travelling 5-10% will be part of your job.

You will report to VP of Product Management and be integrated in the Application Team.

Wooptix is a dynamic, fast-growing and very ambitious Spanish company (HQ in Madrid), and a leader in cutting-edge optical metrology solutions for the semiconductor industry, based on innovative WaveFront Phase Imaging (WFPI) technology. This technique is derived from adaptive optics research in astronomy.

With a multidisciplinary team, Wooptix aims to disrupt the semiconductor metrology industry with the highest lateral resolution and fastest measurement technique for inline fab measurement. The tools of Wooptix enable leading semiconductor manufacturers and process equipment suppliers to perform wafer warpage measurements and enhance process control in increasingly demanding metrology environments (e.g. 3D NAND, advanced packaging, 3D heterogeneous integration, etc). With this very innovative tools, at the forefront of innovation, Wooptix is a pioneer in the semiconductor metrology market.

At this moment, Wooptix is looking for a talented Product Manager to join the team and help drive the next generation of metrology tools from concept to customer.

You will work in a very dynamic, entrepreneurial scale-up, with a lot of interaction in an international context, working together with world-class researchers and engineers on breakthrough technologies.

Further:

• A competitive annual salary (range approx. € 80,000 - € 100,000) including holiday pay
• Milestone based bonus
• Full time employment of 40 hours a week
• 22 vacation days
• Laptop and phone
• Pension scheme
• Many future opportunities to develop with the organization

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Physics, Engineering, Optics, Electronics, Industrial Systems, Automation, or a related field;
• You bring 5-10 years of experience in project- or product management, ideally within the semiconductor sector;
• Experience in application support and in developing semiconductor process or metrology tools is a strong asset. A semiconductor quality mindset is a must;
• Experience as an engineer in cleanroom environment is a plus;
• Solid understanding of systems engineering and high-tech product development cycles, from concept to deployment;
• Excellent communication skills, and ability to interface with technical and non-technical stakeholders;
• Experience working with agile or iterative product development methodologies;
• You are a self starter with hands-on mentality;
• Strong analytical mindset, with excellent organizational and problem-solving skills;
• Fluency in English is required; additional languages (Dutch, Spanish, French) are a plus.