Product Manager 5 - US-CA-Fremont (1003), United States
$125,000 - $270,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 20 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Product Manager 5 at Lam Research, you will oversee complete product lifecycle management across definition, planning, production release, upgrades, and end-of-life within the Global Products Group. The position supports product development, market objectives, and released product support requirements for etch and deposition equipment.
What you'll do
- Own Product Lifecycle Management overall, prioritizing programs on the Program Priority List (EPL) to focus resources in alignment with organizational objectives. - Define and communicate products offered for sale through the Product Option Architecture (POA) system and approve product changes. - Manage unreleased product proliferation through early forecasts and shipment plans in the Unreleased Build Plan Process (URBP), submit DMRFs, approve Critical Design Reviews, and align new part spares inventory. - Define and manage E/OCOGS financial reserve requirements to support field enhancements and resolve field issues. - Review and disposition PRs in iPLM, BOM change orders, and NSRs, providing pricing determination, justification, and option release. - Monitor, report, and manage product costs in collaboration with supply chain and engineering, and drive Shift Left gains across product development and release.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 12 years of related experience, Master’s degree with 8 years of experience, or a PhD with 5 years of experience (or equivalent experience). - Demonstrated experience in Product Lifecycle Management spanning product definition through end-of-life. - Proven capability to manage product options, BOM change orders, and product releases using systems like iPLM and POA. - Experience managing unreleased material inventory, financial reserves, and product cost tracking alongside supply chain and engineering teams.
Nice to have
- Minimum 5+ years of applicable experience in the semiconductor capital equipment industry. - Familiarity with wafer handling and/or mechatronics systems. - Supervisory or management experience.
Skills: Product Lifecycle Management, POA, financial reserves, semiconductor capital equipment
This role has been open 92 days — well above the 64-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
65
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Median days open
64 d
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Median salary
$196k
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| Metric | Lam Research | All employers we track in this specialty (65 roles · 11 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 15 | 65 |
| Median days open | 61 d | 64 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $196k |
Skills observed across this category: Product Lifecycle Management, POA, financial reserves, semiconductor capital equipment
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 26 open roles · median 78 d
- Lam Research (this employer) · 15 open roles · median 61 d
- ASM International · 7 open roles · median 91 d
- Entegris · 6 open roles · median 70 d
- KLA Corporation · 3 open roles · median 136 d
- Keysight Technologies · 2 open roles · median 78 d
How we counted: 65 open Product Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 11 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 20 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.