Sr. Director Product Marketing, Custom Compute & Storage

Overview

Sr. Director Product Marketing, Custom Compute & Storage

An industry leader in custom silicon solutions for accelerated infrastructure. We partner with customers to execute complex custom solutions with flexible engagement models using the most advanced technologies and IP. We focus on solving the most difficult design problems in the data center, wired and wireless communications, and other infrastructure applications. 

You will be responsible for leading a cross functional team to set the business strategy, define technology roadmaps, create customer specific solutions, and win new business. We are looking for someone who has close working relationships with our key customers and can understand the challenges our customers face, and propose products that can solve those problems. You will be responsible for taking the proposed concepts and converting them into full solutions while helping to articulate the solution value proposition and define long term roadmaps.

• Lead product business planning activities including: market/technology trends, market sizing (TAM, SAM, SOM), key customers to win, competitive analysis, revenue, product positioning and pricing.
• Gain in-depth understanding of customer applications and competitor solutions to define product roadmap and ensure products are compelling and differentiated.
• Drive the opportunity funnel and design wins with sales which meet annual and exceed long-term revenue goals.
• Establish influential senior management relationships at key accounts and partners.
• Deep experience and relationships working w/one or more hyperscaler
• Expert in one or more of the datacenter sub-markets (AI, Processors, CXL, VCU, Connectivity, etc)
• Ability to lead cross functional teams to develop complex business and technical proposals & present to senior leadership
• Business management experience (roadmap, MRD, revenue forecast, pricing, contracts, etc.)
• Own development of comprehensive customer facing tools including customer presentations, white papers, solutions briefs and competitive positioning.

Requirements:

• B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or related) required, MSEE and/or MBA preferred.
• 15+ years of relevant semiconductor experience with solid understanding of semiconductor compute (CPU, GPU, FPGA) technologies and dynamics.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills to all levels of the corporation, as well as partners and customers, with emphasis on persuasion and influence.
• Can-do self-starter with strong cross-functional leadership skills.
• Strong product management experience including defining products, developing MRDs, and driving design and package engineering analysis.
• Must have experience in a customer-facing role. The candidate must have the necessary communications skills and experience to be able to interface effectively and manage product expectations at customer.
• Experience in compute market and Product Marketing, Business Analysis. Experience with AI devices and AI system designs is a strong plus.
• Comprehensive background in semiconductor design necessary to evaluate product tradeoffs for performance, manufacturing cost, power and total development cost. Familiarity with key system elements of AI, CPU, GPU, FPGA and compute products in order to evaluate product tradeoffs.
• Strong work ethic, extreme ownership, and adaptability to rapidly changing environments.