Marketing Director

Celero Communications, Inc. • Irvine, CA

10d • $230,000 - $275,000

About The Position

Celero is seeking an entrepreneurial, commercially-driven Marketing Director to build and lead the global go-to-market strategy for our next-generation Digital Signal Processor (DSP) product line. As an early-stage leader in our high-growth startup, you will have a massive impact on our trajectory. You will bridge advanced chip design with global market adoption, turning our technical architecture into compelling commercial solutions. Reporting directly to the VP of Marketing, this role requires a strategic thinker who is equally comfortable rolling up their sleeves to draft technical whitepapers, launch global campaigns, and secure anchor customer design wins.

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 the 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. Self-starter who can execute with limited infrastructure.
• Experience managing product launches or customer engagements globally
• Masterful ability to synthesize complex networking architectural concepts into clear, high-density business solutions. Ability to work independently with minimal direction while collaborating across engineering, executive leadership, sales and operations

Nice To Haves

• Semiconductor marketing
• Optical networking
• Coherent DSP technologies
• High-speed interconnects
• Optical modules
• Hyperscale cloud infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Execute Celero's overall marketing strategy to support corporate growth, product adoption, and brand awareness.
• Define the multi-year vision, business cases, and product roadmap based on market data and ROI.
• Develop pricing strategies, margin targets, value propositions, and go-to-market (GTM) plans.
• Translate complex DSP architecture into high-impact value propositions for engineering executives and architects. Translate Hyperscaler networking requirements into DSP performance specifications and feature set.
• Continuously analyze customer needs, market trends, and competitor offerings to identify product gaps and opportunities for differentiation.
• Partner closely with executive leadership and sales to identify, pitch, and secure critical early-stage design wins with Hyperscalers and module makers.
• Act as the strategic filter for R&D. Gather customer/end user/ecosystem feedback and competitive intelligence to shape our silicon development and future roadmap.
• Drive marketing initiatives around our DSP (reference clock, DRV/TIA, MZM, tester, etc.) to enable competitive commercial modular solutions.
• Partner closely with engineering, design, supply chain, and sales teams to ensure products are built to spec and delivered on time.
• Own the full marketing stack from high-level positioning to execution. Work with internal team to create sales toolkits, product briefs, application notes, and competitor teardowns from scratch.

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape the future of AI infrastructure
• Opportunity to build one of the industry's next great semiconductor companies
• Work alongside pioneers who have developed some of the world's most influential networking and optical technologies
• Opportunity to build a marketing organization from the ground up
• Make a lasting impact on the company's growth

What This Job Offers

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