Principal Product Line Manager

Micron•Folsom, CA

1d•$171,000 - $337,000

About The Position

Micron Technology is seeking a Product Line Manager to lead the direction of its data center SSD portfolio. The role uses customer and market feedback to set priorities, determine investment direction, and coordinate with teams across Micron to bring products to market. It also owns the business plan for the product segment, including business cases and long-term forecasts. The position leads product work from concept through launch, develops go-to-market plans, and tracks progress against the business plan. It involves direct engagement with customers and partners to understand data center storage needs and bring feedback into product decisions, as well as improving team processes, including identifying opportunities for AI-driven workflows.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Business.
At least 7 years of product management experience, including 3 years in the data storage or SSD industry.
Understanding of SSD technology, data center infrastructure, and market trends.
Direct experience in one or more storage areas, such as hard drives, NAND, ASICs, DRAM, interfaces, protocols, features, standards, hardware, firmware, software, or validation.
Experience using analysis to make product decisions.
Experience communicating with customers and colleagues.
Experience leading cross-functional teams.
Experience supporting product success and team development.

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent.
Familiarity with data center SSD workloads such as LLM training and inference, cloud, or cloud storage.
Familiarity with workloads such as software-defined storage, capacity and caching tiers, block or object stores, SQL or NoSQL databases, analytics, content delivery, journaling, or booting.

Responsibilities

Set the product roadmap by researching customer needs, market trends, and competitors, then defining product priorities and guiding decisions throughout development.
Lead product work from concept through launch with engineering, sales, marketing, and other teams.
Build the go-to-market plan and track progress against the business plan.
Own the product segment business plan, including business cases and long-term forecasts.
Work directly with customers and partners to understand data center storage needs and incorporate feedback into product decisions.
Improve team workflows, including identifying where AI-driven workflows can save time.