> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/2734419-global-product-support-manager](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/2734419-global-product-support-manager). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Global Product Support Manager - **Company:** KLA Corporation - **Location:** Milpitas, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $181,000.0 - $307,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Power BI, Standard Sql, Search Technologies, Large Language Models, Snowflake, Mttr, Data Analytics, Streamlit Framework - **Published:** September 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87386698/1 ## About the Role * Wafer-handler and/or server / data-system product experience - direct hands-on or service ownership in either domain. Cross-product and platform experience is a strong plus. * Comfortable with modern AI tooling - actively uses LLM-based copilots, agentic systems, or vector search in day-to-day decision flow. Knows how to ground AI output in source data and how to spot fabrication. * Treats AI as leverage Data and analytics fluency - comfort with Snowflake, Power BI, Streamlit, or equivalent. Can interrogate data directly without depending on a downstream analyst for every question. Working knowledge of SQL, Python, or R preferred. * Comfortable distinguishing correlation from causation, identifying sample bias, and interpreting fleet-pattern signals. * Knowledge engineering mindset - believes institutional knowledge should be captured, indexed, and queryable. Contributes to systems that compound teamknowledge over time, not one-off slide decks. * Awareness of product technology trends - advanced packaging, hybrid bonding, 3D NAND scaling, EUV/High-NA, AI/HPC silicon - and what they mean for service complexity. * 8+ years in semiconductor capital equipment service, engineering, or operations - with 3+ years in a leadership / management role * Direct customer-facing experience with top-tier semiconductor fabs * Demonstrated ownership of customer escalations - including L4-tier and executive-visibility escalations * Financial fluency - CoS, P&L, OT/labor categorization, headcount planning. You can defend a budget and a forecast in front of a VP * Influence-without-authority leadership - you've led matrixed teams across NPI, Sustaining, Tech Support, and Engineering and held them to outcomes * Bachelor's in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related engineering. Master's preferrered * Willingness to travel - 25-40% global, * Bachelor's Degree or higher in related field or equivalent combination of any relevant education and experience. 8+ years of meaningful experiencewith proven track record to lead including 4+ years of management experience. ## Description The Product Service Manager owns the customer experience and unit economics of a KLA product family across its install-base lifetime - from new-product field readiness through mature-fleet sustaining. You are accountable for Cost of Service, customer satisfaction, escalation governance, fleet availability, fleet performance, and field readiness for new product introductions. You translate field signal into product, operating-model, and commercial decisions - and hold the line on those decisions across NPI, Sustaining, Tech Support, and Engineering peers. You operate through influence, data, and crisp escalation governance. What you'll own: Customer experience & escalation governance * Drive L0 L4 escalation flow from local CSE through PSO Tech Support, PSO Engineering, and Manufacturing keep field cases moving and prevent escalation drift * Own the customer-facing voice for service quality across your product family including Quarterly Alignment Meetings (QAM), customer Field Reviews, and recurring customer-of-record cadences (Intel, TSMC, Samsung, Hynix, Micron, and other top fabs * Hold the line on routing discipline: case path, distribution-list governance, "right team on the right problem" Cost of Service & financial performance * Set and defend per-product Cost of Service targets - by product, region, and division * Drive Sustaining-side Continuous Improvement Programs (CIPs) and FCO planning to bend the CoS curve down * Own the labor mix (cross-region travel vs. same-region support) and TSE utilization targets Fleet availability * Own product-family availability commitments: MTBF, MTTR, escalation duration, L4 frequency * Use field data - FSR narratives, escalation patterns, parts consumption, fleet hot-spots - to identify systemic risks before they become customer escalations * Partner with Cross-collaboration services teams and Division team root-cause analysis, retrofit programs, and service support strategy Fleet performance * Own product-family performance commitments: throughput, cleanliness, repeatability * Translate fab-outcome expectations into product-level service deliverables * Partner with Division GMs whose tools host your product family - your service performance is their tool's uptime New product field readiness * Own field readiness for every new product introduction across the family - training plan, documentation strategy, FRU planning, tooling, hedge kits, beta support, RSL * Gate Phase Exits acceptance: formally accept (or refuse to accept) products from NPI into Volume and Sustaining when readiness streams aren't closed * Coordinate readiness across multiple concurrent NPI programs - typical PSM scope runs 3-5 NPI programs in parallel Operating model & coverage * Set Tech Support coverage strategy by region - including hire plans, regional gaps, and follow-the-sun structure * Drive Division Self-Sufficiency: shape the operating model so scarce specialists are backline support, not first-line * Run the Quarterly Alignment Meetings and Business Review cadence with action tracking and lookback discipline ## Related Videos - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [What Developers Get Wrong About Application Quality](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/233-what-developers-get-wrong-about-application-quality) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [DevOps for AI: running LLMs in production with Kubernetes and KubeFlow](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1222-devops-for-ai-running-llms-in-production-with-kubernetes-and-kubeflow) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and more: A comparison of modern API styles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100247-rest-graphql-grpc-and-more-a-comparison-of-modern-api-styles) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Stephan Gillich - Bringing AI Everywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/489-stephan-gillich-bringing-ai-everywhere) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [MLOps – What’s the deal behind it?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/125-mlops-what-s-the-deal-behind-it)