Director of Strategic Marketing

MaxLinear is seeking a Director of Strategic Marketing focused on High Speed Interconnect (HSI) to join our growing team. You will be responsible for product and strategic planning, product definition, product positioning, NPI product line management, competitive analysis, competitive positioning, marketing communications, standards, public relations, and tactical marketing. In this role, you will focus on the following:

• Work with key partners, customers, and end users to drive adoption of MaxLinear solutions for their current generation deployments
• Work with end users, customers, technology partners, and standards bodies to define the right requirements for next generation roadmap products and put in place partnerships to ensure adoption
• Create detailed market / business and product plans
• Drive product lifecycles and manage from inception to commercialization (feature roadmaps, product roadmaps, pricing)
• Prepare Marketing Requirements Documents (MRDs), Technical Requirements Documents (TRDs), Competition and Return-on-Investment (ROI) analysis for all new and updated product releases
• Product positioning of our current products in new and existing market segments; driving efforts for design wins and forecast revenue associated with all new design activities
• Develop and implement communication plans for customers, sales, investors, to create value and address competitive positions
• Research and analyze market opportunities, trends, and competitive pressures to create, develop, and execute appropriate product management strategies and roadmap
• Provide training and sales tools for the direct sales team and channel partners
• Lead cross-functional meetings to track, manage, and communicate overall product line efforts
• Contribute to annual corporate planning
• Travel as necessary

• Strong understanding of datacenter networks, both at a system and component level
• Ability to understand customer needs and pain points and translate those into products with appropriate tradeoffs
• Skilled at matching customer needs to company core competency to create differentiated products
• Excellent ability to listen and ‘sell’ product concepts and technologies internally and externally with a passion for technology
• Track-record of success leading aggressive, results-driven product management and product planning strategies and initiatives. This should include experience developing product roadmaps and extensive experience taking product from inception to commercialization, delivering on-time and the financial results targeted.
• Past success influencing opinions and actions of key stakeholders within their organization, customer, and partners
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including market research and data gathering, ability to think / conceptualize independently and creatively, strength in building and analyzing complex financial models, and excellent business judgment and ability to synthesize, analyze and extract implications
• Excellent communications skills, both oral and written, including experience creating and making highly effective presentations to senior management
• Strong organizational, project management, and execution skills and a demonstrated ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment and work effectively at all levels of an organization
• High-performance orientation, commitment to continuous improvement, excellent follow-through and with strategic capability but also willing to roll up your sleeves
• BS in Electrical Engineering or related + 11 years of experience, or MS + 9 years of experience, or Ph.D. + 6 years of experience