Compute Technology Marketing Sr. Director

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$249K/yr – $339K/yrSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own market strategy and competitive storytelling for compute platforms, turning workload insights, roadmap implications, and partner intel into differentiated positioning for silicon products.

  • Market intelligence guides roadmap-informed narratives that differentiate our next-gen hardware.
  • Collaborate with hardware architects, OS/IP partners, and sales to translate complex technology into customer value.

Job Description

Own market strategy and competitive storytelling for compute platforms.

  • Drive workload analysis programs (e.g., for Agentic AI) to support silicon product planning, articulating their impact and implications for system architecture from a market and competitive perspective. This involves understanding how future roadmap features or system capabilities, particularly those enabled by next-gen hardware (e.g., advanced power management, on-device LLMs running on xPU, new I/O features), can be leveraged for market advantage.
  • Lead market intelligence and competitive strategy for our compute platforms, focusing on workload-driven differentiators and emerging industry trends
  • Lead Competitive Benchmarking Program Management partnering with internal and external engineering labs to directly support product marketing and sales teams in positioning our offerings against competitors.
  • Develop and maintain an "always-live" tech and IP marketing deck, serving as a comprehensive and up-to-date resource for internal and external communication of our technical value proposition and intellectual property
  • Proactively monitor the competitive landscape, including roadmaps, detailed technology comparisons, and cost analyses, to identify market opportunities and potential threats.
  • Collaborate closely with internal hardware architects, SoC software teams, and product teams to translate complex technical capabilities into compelling, market-facing narratives.
  • Interact with external partners (OS vendors, IP partners, OEMs) to gather market insights, understand use-case requirements, and influence our technology strategic priorities.
  • Serve as the product level authority on competitive technology and market trends within the compute platform space.
  • BS / MS / or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 15+ years of experience in product marketing, technical product management, competitive intelligence, or technology strategy roles within the client/compute platform industry (e.g., Intel, AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, Nvidia).
  • Strong ability to engage in technical discussions with experts on areas such as memory subsystems, interconnects, I/O subsystems (PCIe, USB, display/graphics interfaces), and power/thermal constraints, and to understand their market implications.
  • Demonstrated experience in defining market requirements and communicating technical value propositions for complex compute systems [conversation history, 3].
  • Capability to guide teams on competitive analysis, market sizing, and technology trend identification
  • Excellent cross-functional communication and presentation skills to influence senior executive teams, internal stakeholders, and external partners on technology direction and strategy.
  • Openness and patience to work with geographically dispersed teams with diverse backgrounds.
  • Based in San Jose, with a willingness to support up to 25% international travel.
  • Previous experience at a CPU or compute platform company (e.g., AMD, Intel, Apple, Arm, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, etc.) in a senior product marketing, competitive intelligence, or technical product management role.
  • Experience working with multiple OS ecosystems (e.g., Windows + Linux + ChromeOS) from a market positioning perspective.
  • Experience mentoring or leading technology marketing or competitive intelligence teams
  • This is a high-visibility, high-impact role working at the intersection of technology, market strategy, and business growth on bleeding-edge platforms.
  • You’ll influence product roadmaps and strategic direction by providing deep market and competitive insights, identifying key technology differentiators that resonate with customer.
  • MediaTek provides a variety of benefits including comprehensive health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays, Sick Leave, Vacation time, Parental leave, 401K and more.

MediaTek

3.8 Glassdoor

MediaTek Incorporated (TWSE: 2454) is a global fabless semiconductor company that enables nearly 2 billion connected devices a year. We are a market leader in developing innovative systems-on-chip (SoC) for mobile, home entertainment, connectivity and IoT products. Our dedication to innovation has positioned us as a driving market force in several key technology areas, including highly power-efficient mobile technologies, automotive solutions and a broad range of advanced multimedia products such as smartphones, tablets, digital televisions, 5G, Voice Assistant Devices (VAD) and wearables. MediaTek empowers and inspires people to expand their horizons and achieve their goals through smart technology, more easily and efficiently than ever before. We work with the brands you love to make great technology accessible to everyone, and it drives everything we do. Visit www.mediatek.com for more information.ALERT: MediaTek, along with other companies, have been the victim of unscrupulous individuals fraudulently purporting to be recruiters by fabricating job descriptions and extending spurious offers of employment in an effort to obtain sensitive personal information. We are currently working with authorities to investigate all wrong doings. If you believe you have been a victim, please contact careers.usa@mediatek.com.Any interested candidates for worldwide positions at MediaTek are asked to apply only through mediatek.com, or via the applicable posting directly on LinkedIn.

Founded in 1997
Taiwan
14K employees (558 in marketing)
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Traffic Signals

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1.3M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.8%
Direct
58.3%
Referral
6.6%
Social
1%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~14.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
268 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
24 years
Median Tenure
9 years
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