Manager, Product Marketing

Renesas Electronics•Plano, TX

15h•Remote

About The Position

The Customer & Execution Manager for MCU Products is responsible for leading customer-facing product programs from opportunity engagement through production launch and lifecycle support. This role combines strategic customer program management with strong cross-functional project execution to ensure successful delivery of microcontroller (MCU) products for automotive, industrial, and embedded markets. The ideal candidate has experience managing semiconductor product programs, coordinating global engineering teams, driving execution against aggressive timelines, and serving as the primary escalation point for customer and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
8+ years of experience in semiconductor, embedded systems, automotive electronics, or related industries.
5+ years of experience in technical program management, customer program management, or project execution roles.
Experience managing complex MCU or SoC product development programs.
Strong understanding of embedded systems, software development lifecycles, and semiconductor product development.
Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional global teams and customer relationships.
Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
Proficiency with project management tools and methodologies.

Nice To Haves

Customer-centric leadership
Program execution excellence
Technical depth in embedded systems and MCU products
Risk management and problem solving
Executive communication and stakeholder alignment
Cross-functional collaboration
Strategic planning and operational execution

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary program interface for strategic MCU customers and ecosystem partners.
Drive customer engagement from design-in through production ramp and sustaining phases.
Translate customer requirements into executable cross-functional plans.
Manage customer expectations, schedules, deliverables, risks, and escalations.
Lead regular program reviews with customers and executive stakeholders.
Coordinate customer samples, qualification activities, change requests, and issue resolution.
Support business development teams during RFQ, design-win, and commercialization activities.
Own end-to-end execution of MCU product programs across silicon, software, systems, validation, manufacturing, and quality teams.
Build and maintain integrated program schedules with clear milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
Drive execution readiness for silicon bring-up, software releases, validation, qualification, and production launch.
Track program KPIs including schedule, cost, quality, risk, and resource utilization.
Identify execution risks proactively and lead mitigation and recovery plans.
Coordinate global cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, product marketing, applications, quality, and supply chain.
Ensure alignment between customer commitments and internal execution capabilities.