Senior Product Manager- In Chamber

Watlow is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the growth and innovation of our in-chamber product platform. This platform includes an integrated portfolio of thermal management solutions spanning heating, sensing, and control technologies. The role focuses on semiconductor applications such as etch, deposition, lithography, and advanced packaging, where precise thermal control is critical to wafer and IC process performance.

Requirements

• Thermal Platform & Architecture Strategy: Identify future thermal management requirements including materials, zone density, sensing, and environmental constraints (vacuum, plasma, RF) and translate them into scalable product platforms and system architectures.
• New Product Investment & Financial Modeling: Lead business case development for new product introductions, including NPV, IRR, margin, cost-down, and capacity modeling.
• System-Level Integration Leadership: Drive the transition from discrete thermal components to integrated system solutions combining heaters, sensors, controls, and data to improve process stability, uniformity, and equipment performance.
• Customer & Application Engagement: Partner directly with semiconductor OEMs, process engineers, and system integrators to understand application-level thermal challenges and convert technical requirements into robust product specifications.
• Cross-Functional Development Execution: Lead cross-functional teams through stage-gate development, balancing thermal performance, reliability, manufacturability, supply chain resilience, and time-to-market.
• Portfolio Performance & Commercial Strategy: Own category-level P&L, track product and platform performance, and collaborate with sales and marketing on pricing, positioning, and value-based selling strategies.
• Technical Leadership & Expertise: Act as a technical authority in thermal and sensing technologies, supporting customer engagements, failure analysis, qualification efforts, technical publications, and intellectual property strategy.

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Program
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Wellness incentives
• Employee Personal Assistance Program
• Dental, medical, vision and short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Paid holidays, personal time, and vacation
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement