Senior Product Marketing Manager

MaxLinear, Inc.•San Jose, CA

8d•$170,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

MaxLinear is seeking a Senior Product Marketing Manager to join our growing team. In this role, you will focus on maximizing our market share of existing products by working with sales and customers, gaining a keen understanding of future needs of Tier1 customers. You will also create new product definitions and roadmaps that will give us an edge over the competition by collaborating with Systems and Design Engineering. Partner with Applications Engineering and Marcom to generate the tools and documentation needed to maximize the value and impact of our leading-edge Server Power products. Manage product positioning and pricing of current products at new and existing customers and drive efforts for design wins and forecast revenue associated. Train sales, develop tools for the direct sales team and channel partners. Create close relationships with key decision makers at current and future lead customers in the Enterprise market. Develop, implement, and manage plans for product launches including documentation, sales collateral, presentation and positioning to maximize the potential of new products. For all new proposed projects, prepare Marketing Requirements Documents (MRDs), Competition and Return-on-Investment (ROI) analysis, for the basis of executive kick off reviews. Research and analyze market opportunities, trends, and competitive pressures to develop effective product management strategies and roadmap. Participate actively in cross-functional meetings to ensure alignment with needs of marketing and customers. Support preparation of monthly and quarterly forecast for financial and supply management.

Requirements

Previous direct involvement with Enterprise applications, especially servers
Regular travel for customer meetings is required
Extensive knowledge of the silicon chip industry and the competition and knowledge of industry standards, trends and future operator plans
Track-record of success leading aggressive, results-driven product management and product planning strategies and initiatives
Experience developing product roadmaps
Extensive experience taking product from inception to commercialization, delivering on-time and the financial results targeted
Success influencing opinions and actions of key stakeholders within their organization, customers and partners
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including market research and data gathering, ability to think / conceptualize independently and creatively, strength in building and analyzing complex financial models, and excellent business judgment and ability to synthesize, analyze and extract implications
Excellent oral and written communications skills
Experience creating and making highly effective presentations to senior management
Strong organizational, project management, and execution skills and a demonstrated ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment
BS + 8 years of experience, or MS + 6 years of experience, or Ph.D. + 3 years of experience

Responsibilities

Maximize our market share of existing products by working with sales and customers, gaining a keen understanding of future needs of Tier1 customers
Create new product definitions and roadmaps that will give us an edge over the competition by collaborating with Systems and Design Engineering
Partner with Applications Engineering and Marcom to generate the tools and documentation needed to maximize the value and impact of our leading-edge Server Power products
Manage product positioning and pricing of current products at new and existing customers and drive efforts for design wins and forecast revenue associated
Train sales, develop tools for the direct sales team and channel partners
Create close relationships with key decision makers at current and future lead customers in the Enterprise market
Develop, implement, and manage plans for product launches including documentation, sales collateral, presentation and positioning to maximize the potential of new products
For all new proposed projects, prepare Marketing Requirements Documents (MRDs), Competition and Return-on-Investment (ROI) analysis, for the basis of executive kick off reviews
Research and analyze market opportunities, trends, and competitive pressures to develop effective product management strategies and roadmap
Participate actively in cross-functional meetings to ensure alignment with needs of marketing and customers
Support preparation of monthly and quarterly forecast for financial and supply management