Director, Product Management Silicon Photonics

Since announcing the worlds first on-chip silicon photonics laser nearly a decade ago, our team continues to lead the industry with cutting-edge technology and efficient, scalable high-volume manufacturing. Our dedication to advanced development ensures that Intel Silicon Photonics continues to drive future bandwidth growth in data center networks and AI infrastructure, with higher density, better power efficiency, and faster speeds. In the future we will deploy co-packaged silicon photonics optical I/O chiplets to enable higher performance, larger-scale and more power efficient AI systems. The Director of Product Management will join the leadership of the Photonics group and contribute to our mission to transform and lead optical connectivity for datacenters and AI systems. The group works with a broad customer base, as well as Intel internal system platform teams. In this role, the successful candidate will assume product management responsibility for both our main product lines: Chipsets for Datacenter Networking, and optical I/O chiplets for co-packaging.
product development project kick-off and business case, including product cost targets
manages priority calls and trade-offs, derivative products, and product changes through End-of-Life
Build strong customer relationships with key customers commercial and technical teams; understand customer requirements and value drivers
Lead and support Business Development and design-win efforts
Revenue and demand forecasting for financial and operational planning, including ramp and eol planning
Market and competitive analysis
The ideal candidate should exhibit excellent oral and written communication skills, and experience presenting to customer technical and commercial teams and executives, as well as conferences and other industry events.
The successful candidate has a proven track record as Product Line Manager
Demonstrated leadership and ability to rally cross-functional project teams
Solid business acumen and customer-first mindset
Understanding of data center networking market
Familiarity with applicable standards and MSAs for optical networking
experience presenting to customer technical and commercial teams and executives
Experience leading a team of Product Managers
MS degree in Photonics or related field
Minimum -10 years experience in optical components or networking
Experienced Hire Shift:
Shift 1 (United States of America) Primary Location:
US, California, Santa Clara Additional Locations:
The Data Center & Artificial Intelligence Group (DCAI) is at the heart of Intels transformation from a PC company to a company that runs the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing devices. The data center is the underpinning for every data-driven service, from artificial intelligence to 5G to high-performance computing, and DCG delivers the products and technologiesspanning software, processors, storage, I/O, and networking solutionsthat fuel cloud, communications, enterprise, and government data centers around the world. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. This role will require an on-site presence. *