Portfolio Manager - Industrial precision sensors

What you will do

In this job, you will be responsible to define and help realize imec’s strategy towards maximum impact for a portfolio of technologies and solutions in the domain of precision sensors for industrial applications (e.g. semiconductor equipment, robotics, ...). This portfolio pushes the boundaries of a wide range of sensing technologies including imagers, radar/lidar, photonics and ultrasound. The role spans the journey from market analysis, over requirement and roadmap definition, business plan creation to its realization by managing the selected investments. In this job, your main responsibilities will be:

• Shape imec’s offering for this portfolio, driving research investments and solution roadmaps from market needs, in close collaboration with imec’s management, technology teams and your colleagues in the business development teams:
  • Create a good understanding of the needs for potential users of the technology.
  • Identify, assess, and synthesize market trends and gaps relevant towards imec’s sensing roadmap and offering definition.
  • Articulate USPs of imec technologies from an application perspective and how they fit in potential customers’ value chains.
  • Analyze competitive and intellectual property landscapes.
  • Assess financial impact and potential of proposed investments to support go/no-go decisions and prioritization.
  • Define business models and collaboration approaches bridging imec’s offering to the needs and capabilities of the customers. This may involve building partnerships with 3rd parties or spin-offs to turn imec’s technologies or solutions in actual products.
  • Validate the above and empathize with imec partners’ needs through effective Voice-of-Customer insight collection.
• Manage the investments towards new assets in the portfolio by taking up the business lead role for them:
  • Develop, monitor and update the strategic vision and business case behind the investment decision.
  • Derive high-level specifications and plans coherent with the stated product-market fit and market timing.
  • Monitor execution and market risks and help manage potential barriers such as IP situation and regulatory approvals
  • Sign off investment milestones and requests for specification changes in view of the (updated) business case.
  • Set release-to-market conditions and lead hand-over towards business development teams.
• Support the commercial phase for collaborations within the portfolio:
  • Support business development teams towards the execution of the portfolio business plan (and to analyze deviations)
  • Evangelize the portfolio in relevant industry conferences, congresses, or customer meetings
  • Make portfolio offering and business case adjustments based on market feedback

What we do for you

We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth.

We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits.

Who you are

• You hold a scientific degree (engineering, physics or information technology...) & and have a solid business background either through experience or an MBA degree.
• You have at least 5 years experience in product marketing, strategy setting, business development or a similar role in a high-tech environment and are able to quickly develop a deep understanding on how to translate a customer problem into a solution.
• Experience with semiconductor technologies for sensors such as imagers is a plus.
• You are multi-disciplinary, highly collaborative, passionate about technology and have entrepreneurial drive to create impact. Especially expertise in semiconductor equipment, robotics, imaging, photo-detectors, photonics, ultrasound, radar, machine vision would be key assets for this role.
• You are familiar with business analytics, financial tools and innovation management best practices for product marketing.
• You are an analytical, strategic and inspirational multi-tasker yet decisive and able to set priorities when the facts are in.
• You are comfortable doing technical deep dives together with the technical teams or to refine market needs
• You have excellent communication skills (English) and ability to influence stakeholders (internal and external).

IMEC and its affiliates will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. IMEC will consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes submitted by vendors such as search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies (hereafter “Agency”) to have been referred by the Agency free of charge. IMEC will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have a prior written agreement with IMEC, validated by its HR department, in place regarding a specific job opening and allowing to submit resumes.