Job Description

Want to be at the forefront of Technology? You will be working with a team of highly motivated and self-reliant co-workers with state-of-the-art technology to provide leading semiconductor test equipment.

As one of the world's leaders in test and measurement, Advantest works with technical visionaries right at the forefront of the world's most exciting, emerging markets. You are part of this challenging task and help us to build the future of semiconductor test equipment.

As Strategic Ecosystem and Market Development Director, you will be part of the Advantest CTO team to fully leverage your role cross-functionally and across product lines in the ATE Business Group. In the increasingly interdependent world of semiconductor design and test, you will play a pivotal role in defining the ecosystem strategy, related solution development and product positioning of our cutting-edge solutions. Your leadership and strategic guidance will be instrumental in driving the growth of new solutions in adjacent markets beyond the current core of Advantest's ATE business.

Job Description:

1. Ecosystem Strategy and Partnership Management:
   • Identify technology trends and market forces demanding or benefiting from collaborative solutions.
   • Establish EDA partnerships and lead customer relationships.
   • Drive the strategic alignment with partners and the cross-functional leadership in Advantest.
   • Establish and maintain a broad "executive network" to key partners and leading customers.

2. Solution Development and Priority Setting:
   • Initiate new solution development in partnership with the CTO and BU leadership team.
   • Based on 3-way partnerships with EDA companies, lead customers and Advantest product generation, define a development roadmap of a cohesive portfolio of high-value solutions.
   • Leverage and extend Advantest's scalable platforms for sustainably differentiated and profitable products.
   • Work closely with Product Marketing, R D and Engineering teams to define and prioritize feature enhancements.
   • Assure conclusive validation of ecosystem solutions with lead customers and representative applications.
   • Ensure the ecosystem solutions align with Advantest's vision and meet evolving customer needs.

3. Product Positioning and Strategic Business Development:
   • Support the creation and communication of compelling product positioning and messaging to effectively target key customer segments.
   • Support business creation by identifying and engaging with key stakeholders at customers

Requirements

Requirements (must):

• Master degree or University degree or equivalent in Marketing, Business, Engineering or a related field
• Proven experience (10+ years) in product management and/or R D management in the semiconductor industry, particularly in DFT, DV or EDA
• Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, with a track record of successfully integrating collaborative projects with external partners and lead customers.
• Deep understanding of the early semiconductor value chain (design, verification and test), including trends, technologies and key players
• Strategic thinking; specifically, experience in identifying technology and market trends early and building technical and solution strategies based on this understanding
• Ability to facilitate and understand highly technical discussions with experts and developers and drive cross functional teams
• Seniority to engage and collaborate with executive management.
• Ability and experience in growing an emerging business.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Working in an international environment, intercultural understanding.
• Self-motivated individual with desire to learn, can-do attitude, aspiring to drive a vision into reality
• Ability to travel as needed

Requirements (want):

• Experience in managing an independent, emerging business.
• Experience in developing commercial solutions with partners in an ecosystem
• Experience in design, verification and bring-up of semiconductors.
• Experience with agile development.
• German language skills

State of California Development (EDD):

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-41/subtitle-B/chapter-60/part-60-300#p-60-300.5(a)

- § 60-300.5(a)(2)(3)(4) Equal opportunity clause. Details the job posting requirements.

- § 60-300.5(a)(6) Equal opportunity clause. All employment openings includes all positions except executive and senior management, those positions that will be filled from within the contractor's organization, and positions lasting three days or less. This term includes full-time employment, temporary employment of more than three days' duration, and part-time employment.

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