Senior Product Marketing Manager – PCIe and CXL Controller IP

Job Title

Senior Product Marketing Manager – PCIe and CXL Controller IP

Role Summary

Lead product strategy, roadmap, customer engagement, and go-to-market for Cadence PCIe and CXL Controller IP. Work cross-functionally with engineering, SerDes marketing, sales, application engineering, and ecosystem partners to drive product adoption.

Responsible for defining product requirements, competitive positioning, sales and technical collateral, and supporting design-win activities across AI/HPC, data center, storage, networking, automotive, and advanced SoC/chiplet applications.

Experience Level

Senior — 8+ years of relevant experience in semiconductor IP, SoC, hardware design/verification, systems engineering, product management, product marketing, or related roles.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Own roadmap input, market requirements, and product definition for PCIe and CXL Controller IP based on customer needs, market trends, competitive analysis, and standards evolution.
• Define and execute competitive marketing strategies in collaboration with SerDes marketing, engineering, sales, and application teams.
• Engage with lead customers and ecosystem partners to gather system-level requirements and translate them into product direction.
• Create value propositions, product briefs, presentations, white papers, web content, and sales enablement materials that communicate technical and business value.
• Collaborate with engineering on controller feature priorities, configurability, integration, validation readiness, and compliance considerations.
• Support sales and field teams in design-win activities, RFIs/RFPs, and technical positioning against competitors.
• Track standards and ecosystem developments (PCI-SIG, CXL Consortium, NVMe, AMBA/Arm interconnects) and assess their impact on product strategy.
• Represent the product at customer meetings, industry events, webinars, and conferences.
• Synthesize customer and market data into clear recommendations for senior management and cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience:

• 8+ years of experience in semiconductor IP, SoC, hardware design/verification, systems engineering, product management, product marketing, applications engineering, or closely related technical roles.
• Strong working knowledge of PCI Express and/or CXL, including controller architecture, protocol features, SoC integration, performance, power, debug, compliance, and ecosystem requirements.
• Proven ability to understand complex hardware and software solutions and communicate their value to technical and business audiences.
• Experience working directly with customers, sales, engineering, or field application teams in a semiconductor or IP business environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; ability to produce clear technical collateral and influence stakeholders.

Nice-to-have / preferred:

• Hands-on design, architecture, verification, application engineering, or product-management experience with PCIe, CXL, NVMe, Ethernet, SerDes, or related high-speed interface IP.
• Familiarity with PCIe Gen5/Gen6/Gen7, CXL 2.0/3.x/4.0 and advanced protocol and subsystem concepts (PIPE, TDISP, FLIT mode, ordering rules, RAS, low-power features).
• Experience integrating PCIe/CXL IP in SoCs, chiplets, packages, boards, or data-center platforms across controller, PHY/SerDes, firmware, software, and system validation.
• Participation in or familiarity with industry standards bodies such as PCI-SIG, CXL Consortium, NVMe, or related ecosystem initiatives.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field is stated as a minimum requirement. Preferred qualifications mention an MBA or a MS in a technical field.

About the Company

Company: Cadence Design Systems

Headquarters: San Jose, California, USA

Cadence Design Systems is a global electronic design automation company that provides software, hardware, and intellectual property for designing advanced semiconductor chips. With over 25 years in the industry, Cadence is known for its innovative technology solutions and has been recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. The company is dedicated to solving complex technical challenges in order to enable customers to create revolutionary products and experiences.