Director of Product Marketing – Coherent DSP & Optical Networking

Celero Communications • Irvine, CA

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About The Position

Celero Communications is seeking an entrepreneurial, commercially driven Marketing Director to build and lead the global go-to-market strategy for its next-generation Digital Signal Processor (DSP) product line. The role will connect advanced chip design with market adoption, translating technical architecture into compelling commercial solutions and helping shape the company’s growth as an early-stage startup.

Reporting directly to the VP of Marketing, the Director will guide product strategy, commercialization, positioning, market intelligence, and customer engagement. The role combines strategic planning with hands-on execution, including developing technical and sales materials, launching global campaigns, and pursuing early customer design wins. The position works across engineering, design, supply chain, sales, executive leadership, and the broader optical networking ecosystem.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Communications, or a related technical field.
• 15+ years of experience in product marketing, technical marketing, or business development specifically within coherent DSP and optical networking.
• Deep understanding of DSP architectures, signal processing algorithms, and optical module ecosystems.
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment and execute with limited infrastructure.
• Ability to synthesize complex networking architecture concepts into clear, high-density business solutions.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction while collaborating across engineering, executive leadership, sales, and operations.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to handle strategic planning and day-to-day marketing execution.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in semiconductor marketing.
• Experience in optical networking.
• Experience with coherent DSP technologies.
• Experience with high-speed interconnects.
• Experience with optical modules.
• Experience with hyperscale cloud infrastructure.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and interest in building a marketing organization from the ground up.
• Passion for innovation and emerging AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Execute Celero’s marketing strategy to support corporate growth, product adoption, and brand awareness.
• Define the multi-year product vision, business cases, and roadmap using market data and return on investment.
• Develop pricing strategies, margin targets, value propositions, and go-to-market plans.
• Translate DSP architecture into value propositions for engineering executives and architects, and translate hyperscaler networking requirements into DSP performance specifications and features.
• Analyze customer needs, market trends, and competitor offerings to identify product gaps and opportunities for differentiation.
• Partner with executive leadership and sales to identify, pitch, and secure early-stage design wins with hyperscalers and module makers.
• Collect customer, end-user, ecosystem, and competitive feedback to inform R&D, silicon development, and future product roadmaps.
• Lead ecosystem marketing initiatives around the DSP, including reference clocks, DRV/TIA, MZM, and testers, to enable competitive modular solutions.
• Work with engineering, design, supply chain, and sales to ensure products are built to specification and delivered on time.
• Own marketing from positioning through execution, creating sales toolkits, product briefs, application notes, and competitor teardowns.
• Manage global product launches or customer engagements.

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape the future of AI infrastructure.
• Work alongside industry pioneers in networking and optical technologies.
• Opportunity to build a marketing organization from the ground up and make an impact on company growth.

What This Job Offers

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