Product Marketing Director
About the Role
Renesas' Performance Core Power (PCP) Business Group is scaling its Custom AI Power product line to serve the compute infrastructure of major AI platform providers. We are hiring a Business Unit Leader to take full ownership of the business for either AWS or NVIDIA, acting as the general manager accountable for strategy, product roadmap, portfolio decisions, and P&L health.
Responsibilities
- Business & Strategy Leadership:
- Serve as the single point of accountability for the AWS or NVIDIA business within Custom AI Power.
- Build and maintain a multi-generation product roadmap aligned with the customer's roadmaps.
- Make portfolio management decisions, prioritizing investments across opportunities.
- Own the business case and investment justification for new product/program starts.
- Set and defend priorities within centralized resources to meet BU execution needs.
- Customer & Executive Engagement:
- Act as the primary business-level relationship owner with the customer's teams.
- Represent the customer's voice internally and Renesas' capabilities externally.
- Lead pricing, forecasting, commercial, and manufacturing strategy discussions.
- Cross-Functional & Team Leadership:
- Directly lead Product Management, Customer Program Management, and Product Marketing resources.
- Partner with Module Design Engineering, Customer AEs, Manufacturing, and Execution teams.
- Personally own end-to-end execution of a key product from NPI through volume ramp for the first ~12 months.
- Build organizational capability through hiring, development, and delegation as the business scales.
Qualifications
- 10+ years in power management/semiconductor industry with expertise in power delivery technologies.
- Prior experience running a business or product line end-to-end, including strategy, roadmap, and financial management.
- Track record of engaging with large, sophisticated customers (hyperscalers, cloud infrastructure, or AI/compute silicon providers preferred).
- Experience leading cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority over all functions.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving business environment, building processes from the ground up.
Skills
- Strong technical fluency in power management to build credibility with customer and internal teams.
- General-manager mindset: adept at roadmap reviews, pricing negotiations, and engineering design reviews.
- High degree of self-direction and hands-on execution capability.
- Excellent executive communication and cross-cultural collaboration skills.
Education
BS in Electrical Engineering or related field required; MS or MBA a plus.
Additional Information
Renesas is a global semiconductor solution provider with over 21,000 employees in more than 30 countries, focusing on Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT. Our culture, TAGIE (Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, Entrepreneurial), drives collaboration and innovation. We offer a competitive benefits package and are committed to diversity and inclusion.