AGS MDP/ALD Service Business Unit – Director, AGS Focal (M6) - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$210,000 - $289,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 October 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Metal Deposition Products (MDP) service business.
About the role
This role is responsible for the business aspects of the MDP/ALD Service Business Unit Service Product Segment, including service product roadmap definition, product lifecycle initiation, and customer-specific service growth strategy. This leader will manage product management and customer-assigned business development for global MDP and ALD installed base.
What you'll do
- Translate market analysis, equipment forecast, and customer performance data into market requirements for service product development.
- Lead the team in defining the service product portfolio strategy, including requirements, roadmap priorities, and ROI for new and existing offerings.
- Prioritize investments based on customer value, competitive differentiation, and strategic advantage.
- Develop customer-facing service product communications to articulate features, customer benefits, and cost of ownership impact.
- Establish operating cadence, metrics, and governance to track roadmap execution and customer outcomes.
- Drive execution with field, sales, engineering, marketing, and service operations to convert growth plans into revenue and margin.
What you'll need
- Advanced science and engineering degree with 15+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience in leading product managers or commercial/business development teams.
- Demonstrated ability to translate customer needs into product roadmaps, service offerings, and commercial strategy.
- Experience in managing customer-facing growth initiatives in semiconductor, capital equipment, or service environments.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey service product value to internal stakeholders and external customers.
- Strong financial acumen, including business cases, revenue forecasting, margin analytics, and pricing.
Nice to have
- Semiconductor equipment, wafer processing, MDP (Metal Deposition Products), or ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) experience preferred.
Skills: product roadmap, market analysis, service product, business development, ALD, MDP
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 67-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
64
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Median days open
67 d
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Median salary
$198k
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| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (64 roles · 11 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 25 | 64 |
| Median days open | 92 d | 67 d (+25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $198k |
Skills observed across this category: product roadmap, market analysis, service product, business development, ALD, MDP
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 24 open roles · median 99 d
- Lam Research · 16 open roles · median 51 d
- ASM International · 6 open roles · median 85 d
- Entegris · 6 open roles · median 59 d
- KLA Corporation · 3 open roles · median 125 d
- Keysight Technologies · 2 open roles · median 67 d
How we counted: 64 open Product Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 11 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.