Senior Product Manager

  At Watlow, we combine a rich legacy with forward-thinking innovation. Founded in 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri, Watlow has grown from a small heating element manufacturer into a global leader in thermal systems. This position can be based at our Global Headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, or at our innovation and engineering sites in San Jose, California, or Hillsboro, Oregon. Each location serves as a hub for collaboration, advanced engineering, and customer-focused solutions, offering opportunities to work at the forefront of technology while contributing to Watlow’s ongoing legacy of excellence.  #PoweredByPossibility   We are hiring a: Sr. Product Manager – Gas Delivery San Jose, CA/Hillsboro, OR/St. Louis, MO (Hybrid)   Watlow 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 you´ll need to succeed? Bachelor’s degree in engineering, applied science or related field; MBA preferred 5+ 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 environments Strong fluency in technical commercialization, product line strategy, and stage-gate methodologies Experience developing platforms that integrate across mechanical, electrical and software   Preferred Qualifications: Comfortable engaging at the executive level with OEM and fab customers Analytical rigor with the ability to build financial models, track KPIs, and make data-informed investment decisions Strong storytelling, relationship-building and influencing skills, both internal and external, commercially and technically Experience working across geographies, especially in U.S., Europe, and Asia-based semiconductor hubs Background in global program or product management, with the ability to navigate diverse customer timelines, expectations, and cultural nuances Demonstrated success in leading, managing and developing others   The 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.