Senior Field Marketing Manager
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Milpitas, CA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Marketing
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.
- 8-15 years of semiconductor industry experience.
- Experience in Field Marketing, Applications Engineering, Product Marketing, Process Engineering, Technical Sales, or related customer-facing roles.
- Strong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes and process-control technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to influence customer decisions and lead complex cross-functional initiatives.
Nice to have
- Experience with metrology, inspection, process control, or yield management solutions.
- Knowledge of Logic/Foundry, DRAM, NAND, Advanced Packaging, or specialty semiconductor manufacturing.
- Strong presentation, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Experience managing strategic customer engagements and product adoption programs.
- Proven ability to balance technical depth with business objectives.
- Strong analytical and strategic planning capabilities.
Full description
To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.
Group/Division
The Semiconductor Products and Customers (Semi PC) business unit designs, builds and sells KLA’s product portfolio to help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards for technologies like AI, data centers, automotive and electronic devices. Our inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics. The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) division delivers industry-leading metrology solutions essential to advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Its portfolio includes systems for measuring film thickness, critical dimensions, composition, and resistivity—key to developing and scaling next-gen IC processes. FaST partners closely with customers from early R&D through high-volume production, ensuring performance and process alignment.
What You'll Do
In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.
Position Summary
The Senior Field Marketing Manager is responsible for driving customer penetration, product adoption, and market share growth across strategic accounts, regions, and technology segments. The role serves as the primary link between customers and the division, translating customer requirements, competitive dynamics, and market opportunities into actionable strategies that accelerate business growth.
This individual partners closely with Product Marketing, Sales, Applications Engineering, Service, and Business Unit teams to develop and execute customer engagement strategies, remove barriers to adoption, and ensure successful commercialization of new and existing products. The role combines deep technical credibility, business acumen, and customer-facing leadership to influence both customer decisions and internal investment priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Strategy & Account Ownership
- Develop and execute customer penetration and adoption strategies for assigned strategic accounts or regions.
- Identify growth opportunities and drive plans to increase market share, revenue, and product utilization.
- Build comprehensive account strategies aligned with customer technology roadmaps and business priorities.