Director of Product Marketing

Avicena  is a privately held company developing microLED based ultra-low power high bandwidth interconnects for chip-to-chip communications.  This technology will revolutionize High-Performance (HPC) and Cloud computing, as well as other industries where low power interconnects are critical like camera sensors, autonomous vehicles, and aerospace. Avicena is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with a development center in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company was founded in 2019 by leading technologists from the optical netw orking  industry with a track record of delivering breakthrough products.  ( www.avicena.tech )       About the role: As Director of Product Marketing, you will be responsible for leading a cross functional team to set the strategic direction and define the product roadmap for Avicena’s innovative ultra-low power and high bandwidth microLED based interconnects for chip-to-chip communications. Responsibilities: Define the Product/Technology roadmap. Identify new market opportunities and drive plans to exploit them.  Assess competitive solutions and customer development plans to drive a compelling product roadmap with clear value proposition at leading customers.  Establish strong customer relationships and drive design wins.  Own product forecasting for effective planning and management of the business.  Define and develop product collateral, competitive analysis, product roll out, and field training.  Identify investments required to drive sustainable business growth and profitability. Qualifications: You have a proven track record of launching, growing and managing successful product lines in the semiconductor industry, and you have led strategic design wins at Tier 1 customers. You possess a unique blend of marketing, business and technical expertise, you thrive in the fast-paced environment of the high-tech start-up world and enjoy working in a high-power team. Specific requirements are: Bachelor’s degree in EE, CS, physics or business. Master’s degree and/or MBA preferred 10+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience Excellent written and oral communication skills Product life cycle and portfolio management experience Proven ability in building strong customer and partner relationships Experience in building and leading strong teams Demonstrated ability to work effectively with engineering organizations Thorough understanding of semiconductor design cycles and product trade-offs Understanding datacenter, AI/ML architectures and the critical underlying semiconductor building blocks