Senior Product Manager

Sr. Product Manager Gas DeliveryWatlow is seeking a strategically oriented Senior Product Manager to lead the growth and innovation agenda for products that heat or condition fluids and gases. This role has a specific focus on thermal systems that enable next-generation semiconductor manufacturing. This leader will shape the product vision, define portfolio strategy, and drive execution across engineering, commercial, and operations teams.This is a growth-oriented role focused on innovation, strategic evolution, and cross-functional leadership. It's an opportunity to own the full product lifecycle, build customer-centric solutions, and align Watlow's technology roadmap with market inflections facing advanced fabs and leading OEMs.The Senior Product Manager will be a member of the segment leadership team and play a critical role in driving Watlow's 2030 growth ambition.What You'll Do:Roadmap Development: Define and evolve a multi-year product roadmap aligned with semiconductor capital equipment trends.Capability Planning: Identify future capability needs and integrate them with long-term product architecture.Financial Leadership: Create business cases for new product development, including NPV, IRR, and margin modeling.System Integration: Lead transition from stand-alone components to fully integrated system solutions across heating, sensing, control, and data insights.Customer Engagement: Drive voice-of-customer initiatives with OEMs and integrators to uncover unmet needs and translate insights into product requirements.Cross-Functional Leadership: Orchestrate engineering, operations, supply chain, and sales teams through stage-gate processes and align on technical-commercial tradeoffs.Business Performance: Own category-level P&L, track portfolio performance, and partner with sales on go-to-market strategies, pricing, and value propositions.Technical Expertise & Thought Leadership: Serve as a credible expert in thermal and gas delivery technologies, supporting internal teams, partners, publications, and IP strategy.What youll need to succeed?Bachelor's degree in engineering, applied science or related field; MBA preferred5+ years in product management, business leadership, or strategic marketing in high-tech B2B industrial sectors (preferably semiconductor or thermal systems)Proven success in managing complex, global product portfolios with multi-tiered stakeholder environmentsStrong fluency in technical commercialization, product line strategy, and stage-gate methodologiesExperience developing platforms that integrate across mechanical, electrical and softwarePreferred Qualifications:Comfortable engaging at the executive level with OEM and fab customersAnalytical rigor with the ability to build financial models, track KPIs, and make data-informed investment decisionsStrong storytelling, relationship-building and influencing skills, both internal and external, commercially and technicallyExperience working across geographies, especially in U.S., Europe, and Asia-based semiconductor hubsBackground in global program or product management, with the ability to navigate diverse customer timelines, expectations, and cultural nuancesDemonstrated success in leading, managing and developing othersThe annual salary base pay for California is between $160,000-$189,000 annually. This is a good faith hiring range and you are also eligible for employee benefits and annual performance bonuses. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate. We may consider compensation above the posted range for candidates whose experience and qualifications closely align with the needs of the role.Benefits: The Watlow Total Compensation Plan includes competitive compensation and a full range of life and career enhancing benefits:Annual Incentive Program401(k) plan that includes a company match on your contribution and an annual company contribution that is tied to company performanceWellness incentivesEmployee Personal Assistance ProgramDental, medical, vision and short-term and long-term disability insurancePaid holidays, personal time, and vacationParental leaveTuition reimbursementDiversity & InclusionWe proactively embrace diversity in all its dimensions across our company and cultivate a culture of inclusion and forward thinking that respects and reflects each team member's individual strengths, views, and experiences. Watlow takes pride in being an inclusive equal opportunity employer and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.Please let us know confidentially if you need or require any special accommodations to participate in our recruiting process by emailing us at accommodations@Watlow.com.