Sr. Product Marketing Manager

Cadence Design Systems•San Jose, CA

4d•$154,000 - $286,000

About The Position

Cadence is seeking a Senior Product Marketing Manager to drive market success for its PCIe and CXL Controller IP portfolio. The role owns product marketing and product-management activities for PCIe and CXL Controller IP and related subsystem opportunities. It combines technical knowledge of PCI Express, CXL, and SoC integration with business judgment to translate market requirements, customer roadmaps, competitive dynamics, and standards evolution into differentiated product direction and customer-facing messaging. The manager will define requirements, shape roadmaps, build competitive positioning, develop sales and technical marketing collateral, and partner across functions to advance customer adoption in high-performance computing, AI infrastructure, data center, automotive, and advanced SoC and chiplet applications. The role works closely with engineering, SerDes marketing, sales, program management, application engineering, customers, and ecosystem partners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
At least 8 years of experience in semiconductor IP, SoC, hardware design, verification, systems engineering, product management, product marketing, applications engineering, or a closely related technical role.
Strong working knowledge of PCI Express and/or CXL, including controller architecture, protocol features, SoC integration, performance, power, debug, compliance, and ecosystem requirements.
Ability to quickly understand complex hardware and software solutions and communicate their value to technical and business audiences.
Experience working directly with customers, sales teams, engineering teams, or field application teams in a semiconductor or IP business environment.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to create clear technical collateral and influence cross-functional stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

MBA or MS in a technical field with strong business aptitude.
Hands-on design, architecture, verification, application engineering, or product-management experience with PCIe, CXL, NVMe, Ethernet, SerDes, or related high-speed interface IP.
Familiarity with PCIe Gen5/Gen6/Gen7, CXL 2.0/3.x/4.0, PIPE, IDE, TDISP, FLIT mode, ordering rules, RAS, low-power features, compliance flows, and subsystem-level integration considerations.
Understanding of AMBA standards and related SoC fabrics or interfaces, such as AXI, CHI, CXS, LTI/DTI, SMMU, and GIC-related integration considerations.
Experience with PCIe/CXL IP integration in SoCs, chiplets, packages, boards, or data-center platforms, including interactions among controller, PHY/SerDes, firmware, software, and system validation.
Participation in or close familiarity with industry standards bodies such as PCI-SIG, CXL Consortium, NVMe, OCP, or related ecosystem initiatives.
Ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and drive alignment across geographically distributed teams.
Prior customer-facing experience presenting to architects, engineering leaders, executives, sales teams, and partner organizations.

Responsibilities

Own roadmap input, market requirements, and product definition for PCIe and CXL Controller IP, informed by customer needs, market trends, competitive analysis, standards evolution, market segmentation, and SWOT analysis.
Define and execute competitive marketing strategies for the PCIe and CXL Controller IP portfolio in partnership with SerDes marketing, engineering, sales, program management, and application engineering.
Engage lead customers and ecosystem partners to understand system-level requirements across AI/HPC infrastructure, data center accelerators, storage, networking, automotive, and advanced SoC/chiplet use cases.
Translate technical requirements into actionable product requirements, value propositions, competitive positioning, product briefs, presentations, white papers, web content, and sales enablement tools.
Collaborate with engineering on controller portfolio planning, including protocol feature priorities, configurability, integration requirements, compliance considerations, validation readiness, and collateral needs.
Support design-win activities by helping sales and field teams position Cadence IP against competitors, respond to RFIs/RFPs, and communicate differentiation to technical and executive audiences.
Track standards and ecosystem developments, including PCI-SIG, CXL Consortium, NVMe, AMBA/Arm interconnects, and related SoC/platform interface trends.
Represent and promote Cadence PCIe and CXL Controller IP at customer meetings, industry events, webinars, conferences, and appropriate digital channels.
Synthesize customer, market, and competitive data into recommendations for senior management and cross-functional stakeholders.
Identify creative solutions to product, positioning, and customer-engagement challenges while demonstrating ownership, urgency, and cross-functional collaboration.