Sr. Director, Product & Technology Marketing— Optical & Data Center Systems

Marvell Technology•Santa Clara, CA

1d•$199,090 - $298,200

About The Position

The Sr. Director, Product & Technology Marketing for the Data Center Networking Business Group will own the outbound marketing strategy for Marvell's photonic fabric, co-packaged optics (CPO), optical connectivity, data center switching, and data center interconnect (DCI) portfolio. This is a high-stakes, system-level marketing role — the target audience is not component buyers, but platform decision-makers: system architects at hyperscalers and data center operators who are making infrastructure-level choices about how to scale AI clusters beyond the rack. The marketing challenge is translating silicon-level photonic innovation into a compelling end-to-end narrative about the future of AI-scale connectivity — from millimeters between chips on a co-packaged optics module, to photonic fabric and high-radix switching connecting XPU to XPU within the cluster, to coherent DCI solutions spanning kilometers between data centers.

Requirements

BS degree required; a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline is highly preferred.
MBA or MS in a business or quantitative discipline valued in addition to an engineering foundation.
15+ years of progressive experience in outbound product marketing or technology marketing within the semiconductor, systems, or AI infrastructure industry — candidates with pure product management backgrounds will not be considered.
Deep expertise in AI/data center optical infrastructure — including co-packaged optics (CPO), silicon photonics, data center switching, and coherent DCI — with demonstrated understanding of the hyperscaler and data center operator buyer landscape, platform-level purchasing dynamics, and the competitive and technology trends shaping next-generation AI scale-up connectivity.
Demonstrated track record of leading complex, multi-product outbound marketing programs — from audience strategy and positioning through campaign execution — with measurable business results.
Exceptional ability to synthesize highly technical concepts into external audience narratives, customer value stories, and industry thought leadership that drives awareness and preference.
Proven experience developing and activating marketing content across the full outbound mix: executive presentations, white papers, solution briefs, digital campaigns, event activations, and media/analyst engagement.
Strong cross-functional influence skills — able to collaborate effectively with product management without conflating the two disciplines; clear understanding of where marketing responsibility begins and ends.
Strong executive presence and communication skills — confident presenting to partners, at industry conferences, and in internal leadership settings.
Experience building and leading teams; strong track record recruiting, developing, and retaining top marketing talent.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with or marketing to hyperscalers, cloud service providers, and data center operators making platform-level infrastructure decisions — particularly system architects evaluating optical scale-up architectures.
Deep familiarity with co-packaged optics (CPO) architectures and advanced optical solutions — including photonic integrated circuits (PICs), silicon photonics light engines, and coherent DCI technologies — and the ecosystem dynamics required to bring next-generation optical connectivity to commercial scale.
Track record of building or scaling a product marketing function; prior people management experience a strong plus.
Track record of representing a company at major optical and data center industry forums; experience such as OFC, ECOC, OCP, OIF, and other relevant standards bodies or equivalent strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Own the full outbound marketing strategy for Marvell's Optical & Data Center Systems portfolio — amplifying Marvell's market-leading connectivity position across photonic fabric, CPO, data center switching, and coherent DCI — through differentiated positioning, compelling messaging, and targeted channel activation that drives awareness and preference with hyperscaler and data center operator audiences.
Define and maintain differentiated value propositions and messaging hierarchies for each portfolio segment; ensure consistent, compelling communication of Marvell's competitive advantages to external audiences.
Lead product launch planning and execution, driving cross-functional readiness across sales, PR, analyst relations, digital, and events to maximize market impact at launch.
Develop competitive response playbooks and sales enablement content — including pitch decks, solution briefs, battle cards, and objection-handling guides — that equip customer-facing teams to win.
Partner with product management and engineering teams to deeply understand technology roadmaps; translate product capabilities into external marketing strategies, not internal product plans.
Build and execute a technology marketing strategy that establishes Marvell as the recognized leader in optical-scale AI infrastructure — telling the end-to-end story of AI connectivity from millimeters between chips on a co-packaged optics module, to photonic fabric and high-radix switching connecting XPU to XPU within the cluster, to coherent DCI solutions spanning kilometers between data centers.
Create a pipeline of compelling thought leadership assets including white papers, solution briefs, executive presentations, keynote narratives, and technical blogs that translate silicon-level innovation into customer and industry impact.
Partner with executive and product leadership to develop and sharpen Marvell's technology narrative for major industry forums, analyst briefings, customer events, and investor communications.
Act as a senior voice of the market — tracking industry trends, competitive dynamics, and customer requirements to continuously sharpen Marvell's positioning.
Serve as the primary outbound marketing partner to product line executives and product management teams — translating roadmap inputs into external marketing strategies, audience narratives, and campaign execution.
Collaborate across marketing functions — corporate, digital, events, AR/PR, and content — to ensure portfolio messaging is consistently amplified across all channels and touchpoints.
Establish shared messaging frameworks, launch standards, and audience segmentation playbooks that scale across Marvell's business units and marketing organization.
Represent the marketing function in senior leadership forums, ensuring outbound marketing strategy and investment priorities are informed by market insight and tied to business outcomes.