Director of Marketing, Memory Controllers

Rambus • San Jose, CA

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, is seeking to hire an exceptional Director of Product Marketing, Memory Controller IP to join our Silicon IP Marketing team in San Jose, CA. In this role, you will be working with some of the brightest inventors and engineers in the world developing products that make data faster and safer. As a Director of Product Marketing, Memory Controller IP, you’ll play a pivotal role in owning outbound marketing and go-to-market (GTM) strategy for Memory Controller product lines, including HBM, LPDDR, and others. This leader translates deep technical capabilities into clear value propositions, positioning, and sales-ready assets, drives product launches, and enables Sales/FAE teams to win design-ins. The role partners tightly with Product Management and Engineering throughout the lifecycle, including being a highly valued voice in product roadmaps. In this full-time role, you’ll report directly to our VP of Marketing, SIP. Our Product Marketing group is dedicated to increasing the visibility, competitiveness and overall revenue of our Silicon IP products, and your contributions will be instrumental in growing mindshare of our Memory Controller IP products within our customer base. Rambus offers a flexible work environment, embracing a hybrid approach for most office-based roles. Employees are encouraged to spend an average of at least three days per week onsite, allowing for two days of remote work.

Requirements

• 5+ years in product marketing, technical marketing, product management, applications engineering, or related roles in semiconductors and/or IP, 10+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry
• Demonstrated success owning GTM strategy, launch execution, and sales enablement for complex technical products
• Strong competitive analysis skills and ability to translate technical differentiation into clear customer value
• Excellent executive communication skills (writing, presentations, customer-facing storytelling)
• Bachelor’s degree in EE/CE/CS or equivalent technical discipline (advanced degree a plus)

Nice To Haves

• Experience marketing memory controller IP or other SoC building blocks
• Experience building content programs across blogs, white papers, webinars, demos, and website strategy
• Prior leadership experience managing PMM teams and influencing matrixed stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Own and execute outbound marketing for memory controller semiconductor IP products, including GTM strategy & launch planning, customer-facing collateral, thought leadership content, webinars & virtual events, press releases / product announcements, technical conferences & industry events, and videos & demos.
• Equip Sales and FAEs to communicate value propositions crisply and win competitive battles by building sales training materials and creating/maintaining battle cards and competitive counter-positioning tools.
• Own ongoing competitive analysis and market insight for assigned IP domains by driving market and competitive analysis and developing differentiated positioning.
• Work closely with Product Managers prior to release of new products to ensure the market story is compelling and validated by co-creating and validating value propositions, positioning, and messaging, developing product announcements, launch narratives, and customer-ready selling materials before release, and highly influencing product roadmaps.

Benefits

• competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus, equity, matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, comprehensive medical and dental benefits, time-off program, and gym membership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director