Senior Product Manager, Custom SoC

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What Youll Do

As a Senior Product Manager for Custom SoCs you will be the strategic lead for bespoke silicon solutions tailored for world-leading datacenter this role you will collaborate with customers to co-define architectures that meet unique workload requirements. You will balance customer-specific needs (Custom IP unique PPA targets) with internal technology capabilities to ensure the delivery of optimized first-time-right silicon.

Location:Daily onsite presence at our San Jose headquarters in alignment with our Flexible Work Policy.

Reports to: Team leader/Head of Custom SoC Solutions Team.

Job ID: 42809

• Customer-Centric Product Definition:Facilitate the technical discovery phase with hyperscalers to define custom SoC specifications. Translate AI/HPC workload requirements into hardware features optimized memory subsystems and specialized accelerators.
• Co-Development Management:Serve as the primary business and technical interface during the co-design process. Manage the scope of Custom vs. Standard IP blocks to maximize performance while mitigating execution risk.
• Business Model & NRE Ownership:Develop and manage the business case for custom projects including NRE (Non-Recurring Engineering) structures development timelines and unit pricing strategies based on volume commitments.
• Customization Roadmap:Identify common trends across custom requests to influence the Foundation IP roadmap ensuring critical building blocks (e.g. high-speed SerDes Chiplet fabrics) are ready for future designs.
• Project Lifecycle Oversight:Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Architecture Design Supply Chain) to ensure custom silicon meets critical milestonesincluding Tape-out First Silicon and Production Rampaligned with the customers deployment schedule.
• Stakeholder Alignment:Negotiate trade-offs between customer-requested features and internal resource availability to ensure projects remain profitable and technically viable.

What You Bring

• Education & Experience:Bachelors degree in Engineering Business or a related field with 10 years of experience or a Masters degree with 8 years of experience.
• Custom Silicon (ASIC) Expertise:7 years in the semiconductor industry with a proven track record in ASIC/Custom SoC product management or technical account management.
• Architectural Depth:Comprehensive understanding of SoC subsystem architecture including ARM/RISC-V cores high-performance fabrics HBM3e/DDR5 controllers and PCIe Gen6/CXL 3.0 interconnects.
• Hyperscale Ecosystem Knowledge:Deep familiarity with how Tier-1 Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) evaluate custom silicon with a focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) specialized AI hardware acceleration and system-level integration.
• Consultative Problem Solving:Ability to act as a technical advisor helping customers navigate trade-offs in power area and manufacturing complexity
• Collaboration & Influence:Experience managing complex business relationships balancing customer requirements with internal engineering capacity and timelines.
• Strategic Ownership:Technical proficiency combined with the business acumen to manage high-value accounts and foster long-term partnership health.
• Youre inclusive adapting your style to the situation and diverse global norms of our people.
• An avid learner you approach challenges with curiosity and resilience seeking data to help build understanding.
• Youre collaborative building relationships humbly offering support and openly welcoming approaches.
• Innovative and creative you proactively explore new ideas and adapt quickly to change.

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