Sr. Product Marketing Manager

The successful candidate will define requirements, shape roadmaps, build competitive positioning, create high-impact sales and technical marketing collateral, and partner cross-functionally to drive customer adoption and product success across high-performance computing, AI infrastructure, data center, automotive, and advanced SoC / chiplet applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Own roadmap input, market requirements, and product definition for PCIe and CXL Controller IP based on customer needs, market trends, competitive analysis, standards evolution, market segmentation, and SWOT analysis.
• Define and execute competitive marketing strategies for the PCIe and CXL Controller IP portfolio in partnership with SerDes marketing, engineering, sales, program management, and application engineering.
• Engage with lead customers and ecosystem partners to understand system-level requirements, including AI / HPC infrastructure, data center accelerators, storage, networking, automotive, and advanced SoC / chiplet use cases.
• Translate complex technical requirements into actionable product requirements, value propositions, competitive positioning, product briefs, presentations, white papers, web content, and sales enablement tools.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on controller portfolio planning, including protocol feature priorities, configurability, integration requirements, compliance considerations, validation readiness, and collateral needs.
• Support design-win activities by helping sales and field teams position Cadence IP against competitive alternatives, respond to RFIs/RFPs, and articulate differentiation at both technical and executive levels.
• Track industry standards and ecosystem developments, including PCI-SIG, CXL Consortium, NVMe, AMBA / Arm interconnects, and related SoC / platform interface trends.
• Represent and evangelize Cadence PCIe and CXL Controller IP at customer meetings, industry events, webinars, conferences, and on appropriate digital channels.
• Synthesize unstructured customer, market, and competitive data into clear recommendations for senior management and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Identify creative solutions to product, positioning, and customer-engagement challenges while operating with strong ownership, urgency, and cross-functional collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in semiconductor IP, SoC, hardware design, verification, systems engineering, product management, product marketing, applications engineering, or a closely related technical role.
• Strong working knowledge of PCI Express and/or CXL technologies, including controller architecture, protocol features, SoC integration, performance, power, debug, compliance, and ecosystem requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly understand complex hardware and software solutions and communicate their value to both technical and business audiences.
• Experience working directly with customers, sales teams, engineering teams, or field application teams in a semiconductor or IP business environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to create clear technical collateral and influence cross-functional stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or MS in a technical field with strong business aptitude.
• Hands-on design, architecture, verification, application engineering, or product-management experience with PCIe, CXL, NVMe, Ethernet, SerDes, or related high-speed interface IP.
• Familiarity with PCIe Gen5/Gen6/Gen7, CXL 2.0/3.x/4.0, PIPE, IDE, TDISP, FLIT mode, ordering rules, RAS, low-power features, compliance flows, and subsystem-level integration considerations.
• Understanding of AMBA standards and related SoC fabrics or interfaces, such as AXI, CHI, CXS, LTI/DTI, SMMU, and GIC-related integration considerations.
• Experience with PCIe/CXL IP integration in SoCs, chiplets, packages, boards, or data-center platforms, including interactions between controller, PHY/SerDes, firmware, software, and system validation.
• Participation in or close familiarity with industry standards bodies such as PCI-SIG, CXL Consortium, NVMe, OCP, or related ecosystem initiatives.
• Proven ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and drive alignment across geographically distributed teams.
• Prior customer-facing experience presenting to architects, engineering leaders, executives, sales teams, and partner organizations.

Success Profile

• Technically credible: able to engage deeply on PCIe/CXL architecture while communicating business impact clearly.
• Market-driven: connects customer roadmaps, ecosystem changes, and competitive dynamics to actionable product direction.
• Collaborative: effective across engineering, sales, field applications, program management, and executive stakeholders.
• Clear communicator: produces crisp, differentiated messaging and high-quality customer-facing collateral.
• Execution-oriented: moves product strategy, sales enablement, and customer engagement forward with ownership and urgency.

The annual salary range for California is $154,000 to $286,000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.

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