Director, Field Service

At ASM, our success with strategic customers is built on exceptional service leadership.
As Director, Field Service for the Samsung Account, you will play a defining role in shaping and leading ASM’s service partnership with one of the world’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturers.

This is a high-impact, executive-facing leadership role where you will own end-to-end field service delivery for Samsung across Korea and the United States, ensuring operational excellence, trusted partnerships, and long-term business success. Reporting directly to the Samsung Account General Manager, you will lead a large, highly skilled organization of approximately 100 service professionals, operating in a fast-paced, mission-critical fab environment.

• →Lead the global Field Service strategy for ASM’s Samsung Account, aligning service execution with customer roadmaps and ASM’s long-term business objectives
• →Inspire, develop, and manage a ~100-person Field Service and Service Operations organization, fostering a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement
• →Act as the senior service leader and escalation owner for Samsung, ensuring rapid resolution of critical issues and consistent delivery of world-class service
• →Build and sustain trusted, executive-level relationships with key Samsung stakeholders across engineering, operations, and leadership teams
• →Drive service performance excellence, including equipment uptime, service quality, workforce effectiveness, and customer satisfaction
• →Partner closely with Account Management, Business Units, Engineering, and Global Service organizations to solve complex technical and operational challenges
• →Anticipate customer investment cycles and proactively align service capacity, capabilities, and organizational readiness
• →Champion talent development, succession planning, and leadership pipeline growth within the Samsung-dedicated service organization

• 20+ years of experience in the semiconductor equipment or related capital equipment industry
• Proven experience directly supporting or managing the Samsung Account in a customer-facing leadership role
• Strong background with ALD equipment (Thermal ALD, PEALD, or equivalent technologies); experience with ASM or comparable equipment suppliers is welcome
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale field service or technical organizations, ideally across multiple sites and regions
• Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and hands-on operational levels in demanding, high-expectation customer environments
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with senior customer and internal stakeholders on a global scale

• Direct experience supporting Samsung Foundry, Memory businesses
• Master’s degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical discipline; MBA or equivalent business leadership education preferred
• Proven experience leading service or operations for top‑tier global semiconductor customers
• Deep understanding of fab operations, customer escalation management, and long‑term service partnership models
• Strong track record of success in matrixed, global organizations with complex stakeholder environments

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