Director, Product Marketing

Job Title

Director, Product Marketing

Role Summary

Lead global product marketing for PMIC solutions targeting Edge AI and Physical AI platforms. Drive portfolio strategy, go-to-market execution, customer engagement, and cross-functional alignment to achieve revenue, margin, and design-win objectives.

Work with Sales, Engineering, Applications, Operations, Finance, and regional teams to translate customer power requirements into product roadmaps and launches.

Experience Level

Senior - requires extensive semiconductor experience (see Requirements for details).

Responsibilities

Primary accountabilities for the role:

• Own global business strategy, multi-year growth plan, revenue outlook, and portfolio priorities for Edge AI PMIC solutions.
• Define market segmentation, target applications, TAM/SAM/SOM, competitive positioning, pricing strategy, and investment recommendations.
• Lead PMIC roadmap definition across AI PCs, robotics, autonomous machines, smart cameras, industrial AI, AR/VR/XR, edge servers, and intelligent networking.
• Translate customer and platform requirements into product specifications, cost targets, launch priorities, and business cases.
• Drive customer engagement with OEMs, ODMs, processor vendors, and ecosystem partners from architecture through design win and production ramp.
• Partner with Sales on account strategy, opportunity qualification, funnel reviews, forecasting, and design-win conversion.
• Collaborate globally with Engineering, Applications, Systems, Operations, Finance, and regional marketing teams.
• Present market trends, competitive intelligence, portfolio performance, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Build and mentor a high-performing product marketing organization as the business scales.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications and experience:

• 15+ years of semiconductor industry experience, including 10+ years in product marketing, product line management, business management, strategic or technical marketing.
• 5+ years with direct responsibility for product portfolio revenue, gross margin, pricing, roadmap, and lifecycle decisions.
• Proven track record taking semiconductor products from market requirements and business case through launch, design wins, qualification, and volume production.
• Experience developing market models, revenue forecasts, product investment proposals, and executive-level portfolio reviews.
• Strong technical knowledge of PMIC architectures, multi-rail power trees, buck/boost/buck-boost conversion, multi-phase regulation, power sequencing, telemetry, protection, and thermal tradeoffs.
• Understanding of CPU/GPU/NPU/AI accelerator, memory, and high-speed interface power requirements and system-level tradeoffs (efficiency, transient response, thermal, reliability, cost).
• Ability to translate technical capabilities into customer value propositions and differentiated product positioning.
• Proven leadership and cross-functional influence; strong executive communication, negotiation, and customer presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel globally approximately 20–30%.

Nice-to-have:

• Direct experience in AI PCs, Edge AI processors, robotics, smart cameras, industrial automation, AR/VR/XR, edge servers, or Physical AI systems.
• Experience defining PMICs or power architectures for high-performance processors, AI accelerators, battery-powered devices, or embedded compute platforms.
• Familiarity with NVIDIA Jetson, Qualcomm, AMD, Intel, MediaTek, Arm-based ecosystems, USB Power Delivery, battery charging/management, and power-path control.
• Experience creating reference designs that combine PMICs with MCUs/MPUs, connectivity, sensing, battery management, and software.
• Existing relationships with AI processor vendors, strategic OEMs/ODMs, or power-architecture decision makers; international leadership experience.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Power Electronics, or a closely related technical field is required. An advanced technical degree or MBA is preferred.

About the Company

Company: Renesas

Headquarters: Hitachinaka, Japan

Renesas is a global leader in embedded semiconductor solutions, providing high-quality products across automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT sectors. With over 22,000 employees in more than 30 countries, the company focuses on scalable solutions that enhance user experience and drive innovation while committed to sustainability and energy efficiency.