As the Patterning and Supplier Program Manager & Team Coordinator, your role will be two-fold:

You will be leading the Patterning and Supplier Project Management team to enable innovative solutions for future Patterning, Memory, Compute and System applications, by leveraging our supplier ecosystem. You will build up an efficient project management organization, initiate and drive improvements, foster collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, manage the overall team operational needs, and make sure you create the right environment for your team to deliver the strategy. Your talent for fostering a strong cohesion and motivating the team will be crucial to driving success and achieving collective goals.

As a program manager, your goal will be to demonstrate new technologies in agreement with our suppliers and IMEC’s R&D strategy. You will align with the expert teams, resource, and FAB managers to best define and implement your plan.

• You will be responsible for leading the team technically and operationally, promoting interactions and innovations. Your open communication, enthusiasm and drive will be key to create a strong team and reach your goals.
• Together with the operational managers, you will monitor the performance and resources of your project and ensure to stay within agreed boundaries. You will proactively manage changes, drive the acceleration of your project activities when require, escalate showstoppers or issues within the organization and to the customer, and help provide solutions.
• Interacting with our suppliers will be an important part of your activities. From project definition until project closure, you will be the main contact. You will regularly report to the supplier team, help keep a strong link with them and answer their specific requests. Your ability to receive, assess and respond efficiently to their technical proposals will be key.
• You will seek constant improvements in both the quality and learning speed of your project. We will count on you to bring new ideas and help implementing them.

What we do for you
We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth.
We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits.
Who you are

• You have a Ph D degree or MSc in microelectronics, electrical engineering, physics, applied physics, material science, or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum 7-year experience in the semiconductor field (Process, Integration, Device, Reliability and/or Design).
• Proven experience as a R&D project, program manager or team lead.
• Customer driven.
• Efficient communicator.
• Enthusiastic and “always improving” mentality.

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