Director of Product Line Management

NewPhotonics is disrupting data center processing with novel photonic engines that solve power and performance challenges. We are looking for a Director of Product Line Management to join our dynamic team and play a key role in shaping the technological landscape of our organization. The successful candidate for this position should have a track record of strength and aptitude relevant to the following areas:

Key responsibilities

• Understand market system requirements and translate them into a detailed definition (MRD/PRD), product line family/SKU strategy, and commercial market positioning for the company's programmable silicon photonics-based offerings.
• Manage the go-to-market strategy for products, lead customers, and product lifecycle management through the development process to and through the production phases.
• Be extremely hands-on in writing and reviewing product collateral and documentation. 
• Serve as the voice of the customer when Interacting with all R&D disciplines, testing, and engineering teams to lead new product implementation within the company.
• Develop differentiating and high-value outbound marketing and technical product marketing collateral, articulating key advantages and value propositions.
• Develop demonstration vehicles (demos) articulating the differentiating value of our solutions.
• Develop pricing guidelines, margin analysis, and forecasts to establish competitiveness and profitability in support of financial goals and revenue planning.
• Collaborate with sales and business development to support win key customers.
• Represent NewPhotonics at key industry events as a corporate leader and subject matter expert. Brief top industry press analysts and investors on product strategies, competitive advantages, and industry trends.
• Cultivate key partnerships with primary ecosystem suppliers of adjacent components and solutions, including lasers, TIAs, drivers, and microcontrollers.

Requirements

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optics, or a related field (MBA is a plus).
• 10 years of relevant work experience in product management, product marketing, applications engineering roles, with experience driving semiconductor products to volume production.
• MUST have detailed market and technical knowledge of the semiconductor industry with an end-to-end understanding of all aspects of semiconductor chip marketing.
• Experience in optical communications, silicon photonics, or pluggable transceiver product management. OSFP, QSFP-DD, or related optical module architectures a strong advantage.
• Understanding of transceiver design tradeoffs: link budgets, power, thermal, signal integrity and manufacturing flows for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) a strong advantage.
• Solid understanding of communication systems, data center operations, and telecom networks vendor space, especially as it relates to silicon photonics and/or related optical technologies.
• Experience in leading product positioning and technical marketing discussions with worldwide networking and optical module OEMs and Tier 1 companies to translate future project requirements into product definitions.
• Experience driving products through the full development cycle, from business case/definition through development, design-in, production, and EOL cycles.
• Experience building and owning budgets, forecasts, and providing strategic insights based on key performance metrics.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple competing priorities, and satisfaction in being accountable for accomplishing results quickly and accurately.
• Electrical Engineering background or related engineering field, especially with a focus on silicon photonics or optical communications. Strong background in electro-optical devices & systems engineering is an advantage.
• Strong communication, influencing, and cross-functional collaboration skills; able to create clarity and drive focus in complex and dynamic contexts.

Requires up to 20% travel

This position reports to the VP of products

NewPhotonics is a full-time work policy