Chief Product Officer — Packaging And Test Network

The mandate

The investment committee has withheld further expansion pending clarity on a broad portfolio lacking clear product accountability within a institutionally backed fabless, foundry or semiconductor-systems enterprise. The immediate arena is the packaging and test network during a yield and ramp challenge. For mandate 547, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Chief Product Officer operating perimeter covers approximately ₩8,600 billion in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, with activity spanning several packaging and test network customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Chief Product Officer Semiconductor remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,000 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Chief Product Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the packaging and test network. The Chief Product Officer Semiconductor seat must resolve a yield and ramp challenge, while preserving the underlying strengths of the packaging and test network. For mandate 547, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Chief Product Officer’s first year on the packaging and test network is expected to end with portfolio coherence, product economics and customer adoption. In mandate 547, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

The Chief Product Officer — Packaging And Test Network requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after a yield and ramp challenge created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the packaging and test network. Interim coverage protects essential decisions, but split ownership cannot continue through the next operating gate. The board intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 4–6 weeks while preserving confidential, evidence-led diligence.

What you will own

• Set the Chief Product Officer value-creation thesis for the packaging and test network, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₩8,600 billion in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Chief Product Officer Semiconductor organisation of about 1,000 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the packaging and test network economics and execution constraints created by a yield and ramp challenge, with Chief Product Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Chief Product Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the packaging and test network; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have owned portfolio economics, roadmap choices and adoption across a multi-product customer base in mandate 547.
• Build the Chief Product Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the packaging and test network, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Semiconductor organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the packaging and test network baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to a broad portfolio lacking clear product accountability, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Chief Product Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the packaging and test network, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable packaging and test network trend against portfolio coherence, product economics and customer adoption, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Chief Product Officer’s agreed first-year packaging and test network value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Chief Product Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the packaging and test network’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Chief Product Officer mandate’s highest-priority packaging and test network risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical packaging and test network talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Chief Product Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Chief Product Officer-owned improvement in the packaging and test network operating constraint behind a yield and ramp challenge, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 547: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a Chief Product Officer, SVP Product or Product Business GM in a institutionally backed Semiconductor or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the packaging and test network, your Chief Product Officer track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Chief Product Officer brief.

As a Chief Product Officer candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Semiconductor or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of ₩5,000 billion and led an organisation of at least 700 people.

For mandate 547, the board wants two transitions: a difficult packaging and test network portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a yield and ramp challenge. As the prospective Chief Product Officer for this packaging and test network, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 547 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Chief Product Officer must be based in Seoul; international relocation is supported, but this Semiconductor role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Chief Product Officer, SVP Product or Product Business GM, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Semiconductor governance forum.
• Proven Chief Product Officer ownership of at least ₩5,000 billion and leadership of no fewer than 700 employees in a comparable packaging and test network context.
• One completed Semiconductor or adjacent-sector example of a broad portfolio lacking clear product accountability with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Chief Product Officer-level packaging and test network consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Seoul location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 547.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Chief Product Officer package is ₩580–800 million base + annual incentive and equity, calibrated to the final packaging and test network scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 547 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Chief Product Officer appointment in Seoul, centred on the packaging and test network, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 547.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 547. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 547.