Principal Technical Product Manager

Job Title

Principal Technical Product Manager

Role Summary

Lead technical product management for Micron's Data Center SSD product lines, acting as the primary technical liaison to hyperscale and OEM customers and coordinating across engineering, sales, and operations to deliver product requirements, qualification, and volume ramp.

The role covers customer engagement, technical strategy, standards advocacy, and cross-functional program leadership.

Experience Level

Senior — Principal-level role. Specific years of experience are not stated in the posting.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include customer engagement, product strategy, and cross-functional program execution:

• Serve as primary technical contact for strategic hyperscale and OEM customers for Data Center SSD roadmap and architecture.
• Translate customer specifications, RFIs/RFQs, and platform constraints into product requirements (MRDs) and engineering actions.
• Represent Micron in industry standards and ecosystem forums to influence specifications.
• Coordinate qualification samples, schedules, and escalation paths to support customer EVT/DVT/PVT timelines.
• Align ASIC, firmware, and systems engineering teams on customer-driven priorities and technical tradeoffs.
• Partner with sales and segment leadership on account strategy, forecasts, and commercial positioning.
• Communicate program status, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Coordinate with NPI, Business Operations, and TCM/FAE teams to synchronize commitments and supply plans.
• Mentor other product managers and technical program managers to scale customer-engagement practices.
• Own product requirements and technical strategy from concept through qualification and volume ramp, and pursue cross-program innovation.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred qualifications inferred from the role description:

• Must-have: Experience managing Data Center SSD products or equivalent storage product lines and engaging directly with hyperscaler or OEM customer engineering teams.
• Must-have: Technical knowledge across NAND, controller/ASIC, firmware, and system-level interfaces to drive tradeoff decisions.
• Must-have: Program management experience coordinating qualification schedules and cross-functional teams to meet customer timelines.
• Must-have: Strong technical communication skills for executive and customer-facing briefings.
• Nice-to-have: Experience participating in industry standards or ecosystem forums (PCIe-SIG, OCP, JEDEC).
• Nice-to-have: Experience with invention disclosures, architecture-level innovation, and mentoring product managers.
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity leveraging AI tools to improve workflow efficiency.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Micron Technology

Headquarters: Boise, Idaho, USA

Micron Technology is a global leader in memory and storage solutions, dedicated to transforming how the world uses information. The company offers a diverse portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory products under the Micron and Crucial brands. With a commitment to customer focus and technological innovation, Micron drives advancements in artificial intelligence, 5G, and other data-centric applications, empowering users to learn, communicate, and progress.