Strategic Planner

Solidigm•Rancho Cordova, CA

About The Position

This is an exciting opportunity to join Solidigm; a multibillion-dollar leader in the SSD market, which is one of the fastest growing segments in the tech industry. As a Strategic Planner, you will work on one of the most advanced 3DNAND and SSD technology portfolios in the world. Solidigm possesses many industry-leading SSD technologies including the highest density datacenter SSDs and NAND, which are being deployed rapidly in both traditional and AI-focused datacenters. As a Strategic Planner, you will be part of a world-class team with a goal to grow to #1 in the datacenter & enterprise markets. The Strategic Planner is a leader who defines the requirements for datacenter and enterprise SSD products and their associated intellectual property. This person will own driving the initial phases of the POP (Product Opportunity Proposal) process, which includes defining the products requirements, identifying the value proposition, competitive positioning, fit in the product portfolio, and ensuring a positive financial ROI. Strategic planners also define and prioritize the IP roadmap, create new strategies, conduct analysis to optimize the datacenter SSD roadmap, and influence how NVM solutions are deployed in our customers server and storage platforms. This person will be comfortable working with a large team of peers, architects, program managers, customer teams and others, driving the definition of the future SSDs. They must be able to integrate commercial, business, competitive, a broad set of technical, and engineering elements into a coherent plan, and prepare the recommendations for senior leadership decision making. This role may also require creating new strategies and enabling plans to prepare the market for advanced technologies which drive an innovation or competitive advantage for the company.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management/Marketing, or Computer Science (or equivalent)
15+ years experience in the computer / high tech field
10+ years in a role that interfaces with customers, including requirements gathering
Strong Program Management skills, attention to detail, and organization to coordinate a variety of stakeholders
Ability to leverage technical expertise and insights in a team environment and exhibit strong customer orientation
Demonstrated written, verbal, and presentation skills required in the development of technical documents and presentations to customers
Leadership capability, strong interpersonal communications, and ability to task manage with demonstrated ability to deliver team results

Nice To Haves

MBA
5+ years of experience in a technical engineering role
2+ years managing technology or product roadmaps
2+ years working with SSDs and/or HDDs; experience with SSD and/or architecture
Experience with datacenter and enterprise servers and storage systems
Experience with NVMe, SAS / SATA, Fiber Channel, RAID controllers, HBAs, Expanders, JBODs
Understanding of security, including security specifications (e.g. CNSA, Caliptra, etc.)

Responsibilities

Own driving the initial phases of the POP (Product Opportunity Proposal) process, which includes defining the products requirements, identifying the value proposition, competitive positioning, fit in the product portfolio, and ensuring a positive financial ROI.
Define and prioritize the IP roadmap.
Create new strategies.
Conduct analysis to optimize the datacenter SSD roadmap.
Influence how NVM solutions are deployed in our customers server and storage platforms.
Integrate commercial, business, competitive, a broad set of technical, and engineering elements into a coherent plan.
Prepare recommendations for senior leadership decision making.
Create new strategies and enabling plans to prepare the market for advanced technologies which drive an innovation or competitive advantage for the company.