We are looking to hire a highly motivated, experienced, Senior Director to head the National Platform - Multi User Wafer Fab (MUWF).
Competencies
- Experienced in semiconductor, manufacturing fab ramp-up, management of semiconductor production fab
- At least 10-15 years of executive-level operational experience
- Strong initiative, self-driven, high creativity to develop and retain customers and industry partners.
- Ability to work as a team with various departments and stakeholders to achieve goals including providing guidance to encourage maximum performance and dedication.
Responsibilities:
- To be the face of the organization, responsible for giving the proper strategic direction and implementing a high-quality vision.
- To oversee all operations, functions, and activities of the MUWF as a national cleanroom facility.
- To ensure on-time, on-budget startup of the facility
- To liase with JTC and its appointed contractors and A*STAR support groups, and ensure good decisions are made
- To provide monthly and key milestone updates to A*STAR management and stakeholders on outfitting MUWF progress
- To develop the MUWF to meet its goals, increase partnership opportunities, accelerate translational research and drive economic outcomes
- To develop and implement strategies that help to achieve the facility’s mission and objectives
- To promote and facilitate the use of the facility for knowledge management, so as to accelerate research (aka “Central Kitchen”)
- To develop tailor-made processes to meet the requirements of R&D, industry partners and low-volume high-mix prototyping
- To manage effectively the operations and administrative affairs of the facility
- To make key decisions for operational activities and set strategic goals
- To oversee the facility’s financial and operational performance
- To implement sustainable 24/7 operations
- To ensure the facility is able to support the hosted research performers to do R&D, prototyping and (selectively) small volume production
- To assess and implement solutions for automating the facility
- To enable an appropriate level of data dashboards for our customers
- To be responsible for the selection of fab suppliers
- To be responsible for tool purchases, installation, qualification
- To create an environment conducive to intellectual and research growth
- To build and support a community of researchers to increase research opportunities
- To establish cross contamination avoidance rules
- To market and promote MUWF
- To market and promote MUWF to appropriate local and overseas companies, and attract them to take up space and collaborate with public sector research performers
- To manage space allocation to the hosted research performers from the public and private sector, including considerations of tenancy mix to reap synergies
- Manage stakeholders expectations and ensure partner satisfaction – grow and retain existing accounts by presenting new solutions and services to partners – farm existing partnerships.
- To secure funding for MUWF2