Product Director - Developer Ecosystems & Boards

About SiFive

As the pioneers who introduced RISC-V to the world, SiFive is transforming the future of compute by bringing the limitless potential of RISC-V to the highest performance and most data-intensive applications in the world. SiFive’s unrivaled compute platforms are continuing to enable leading technology companies around the world to innovate, optimize and deliver the most advanced solutions of tomorrow across every market segment of chip design, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, automotive, data center, mobile, and consumer. With SiFive, the future of RISC-V has no limits.

At SiFive, we are always excited to connect with talented individuals, who are just as passionate about driving innovation and changing the world as we are.  

Our constant innovation and ongoing success is down to our amazing teams of incredibly talented people, who collaborate and support each other to come up with truly groundbreaking ideas and solutions.  Solutions that will have a huge impact on people's lives; making the world a better place, one processor at a time. 

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To learn more about SiFive’s phenomenal success and to see why we have won the GSA’s prestigious Most Respected Private Company Award (for the fourth time!), check out our website and Glassdoor pages.

Job Description:

 

SiFive is looking for a director-level product marketing manager who is passionate about defining products to meet customers needs.  This person will own the SiFive development boards program and lead our software ecosystem engagement activities.  The role requires someone who understands the needs of individual software developers and who also is outward facing and can engage with partner organizations to drive mutual success

The open standard model of RISC-V is fundamentally changing the way the industry is thinking about CPUs and compute.  As the leading provider of IP based on RISC-V, SiFive is one of the key players driving this change working with many leading companies across the semiconductor industry. As a member of the product team at SiFive you will become the face of SiFive products externally and internally making this a highly visible & impactful role.

Responsibilities:

• Cradle to grave product management for SiFive’s development boards, working with suppliers, distributors and internal teams to deliver an optimized solution to software developers

• Lead marketing activities to promote the developer boards to developers and the wider risc-v ecosystem

• Define & lead ecosystem strategy, identifying key partnerships that SiFive needs in order to succeed in each market

• Manage partner relationships with key ecosystem partners, driving activities that lead to mutual success. 

• Create compelling go-to-market and sales collateral demonstrating the value of Software ecosystem as part of SiFive’s offering.

Requirements:

• 10+ years in technology industry 

• 7+ years in customer facing role such as Product Management and Marketing, Segment Marketing, Business Development, Field Applications engineering

• Excellent understanding of the needs of software developers - from individuals to large corporate teams

• Understanding of the complete software stack required in different markets - Consumer, Infrastructure, Automotive - in order to identify key partnerships required.

• Public speaking in front of a diverse audience ranging from 5 – 100+ people and a mix of technical and business audience. Ability to crisply articulate and communicate highly complex concepts and arguments. 

• Balanced marketing & technical credibility - able to understand technology and then articulate its value to customers.

• Ability to work in a fast-moving, diverse work environment

Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of Arm and/or RISC-V architectures

• Fluent in semiconductor SoC architectures for consumer (wearable, mobile, TV etc..) and/or infrastructure segments (server, networking, storage etc..)  

• Previous experience in IP licensing business, especially in processors & surrounding IP

Compensation Range:

 

$181,050-$244,950

Additional Information:

This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in

United States of America

Any offer of employment for this position is also contingent on the Company verifying that you are a authorized for access to export-controlled technology under applicable export control laws or, if you are not already authorized, our ability to successfully obtain any necessary export license(s) or other approvals.

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