Manager, AI Business Strategist

SK hynix America•San Jose, CA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

This role will support the new SK AI initiative (SK Group level) established to identify and create new business opportunities in the rapidly evolving AI data center market. SK AI seeks to leverage the broad range of capabilities and products and the collective scale of SK Group portfolio companies to address the top critical challenges in AI infrastructure. We are seeking an experienced, strategic, and results-driven candidate for our AI Infrastructure Solutions team. As a vital member of the team, this individual will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the future direction of SK AI’s data center strategy and new business creation efforts. In this challenging and highly visible role, this individual will support strategic decision-making by leading projects related to market analysis, emerging technology trends, and the identification of business opportunities as it relates to the pursuit of establishing new and strengthening existing business endeavors. This role requires extensive experience in the technology/AI/semiconductor industry, along with strong project management, communication, and interpersonal skills to work with multiple internal stakeholders on highly visible and time-sensitive projects.

Requirements

Authorized to work in the US
Bachelor's degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)
Deep understanding in AI application and workload along with basic knowledge in AI infra
Minimum of 8 years of business experience within the SW/AI technology or related functions
Ability to thrive in an ambiguous, start-up like environment where an entrepreneurial mindset, persistent execution, and ability to form relationships will drive your success.
Effective communication (written & verbal) and influencing skills
Fluent(Native) in English

Nice To Haves

Working experience in an industry related to the AI SW development and operation, with general knowledge of the data center industry (both business & technical perspectives)
Fluent in Korean
In-depth knowledge of the AI ecosystem, including hardware, software, and emerging market and technology trends.

Responsibilities

Drive the collection and synthesis of market intelligence to provide strategic insights into the AI inferencing market, AI applications/services, and their workload characteristics in different vertical domains
Deep dive into big AI players as well as enterprise companies and AI startups in the market that provide AI applications/services, focusing on their software/service/infra to develop insight reports for executive leadership
Research and identify innovative technologies and potential partners within the AI application/infra ecosystem
Contribute to SK AI DC design and infrastructure strategy development based on different AI workload analysis
Define and shape long-term business plans for the SK AI DC initiative, leveraging the collective scale of SK Group companies and external partners to address future data center needs