Senior Director, Physical AI - GTM (China Market)

Austin, TX (Hybrid)

$309K/yr – $418K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the China GTM for robotics and autonomy, turning complex buying groups into design wins and long term revenue through ecosystem, partnerships, and platform differentiation.

  • Growth & GTM Ownership: shape priority segments, target accounts, and reference architectures for robotics, AMRs, drones, and AVs.
  • Strategic Deals & Ecosystem: lead early engagements to design wins, align with hardware, software, AI buyers, and partner ecosystems (ISVs, ODMs, SI).
  • Product-to-GTM Translation: convert customer requirements into roadmap direction and create scalable GTM assets and playbooks.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the China GTM strategy for robotics & autonomy with a focus on driving wins and long-term revenue
  • Refine priority segments (e.g., industrial robotics, humanoids, AMRs, AVs, drones)
  • Identify and prioritize target accounts and design-in opportunities while positioning our platform for success among competitors
  • Lead strategic deals from early engagement through design win and production
  • Navigate sophisticated buying groups: hardware, software, AI, and executive sponsors
  • Support customers through discovery, evaluation, benchmarking, and integration
  • Build the local developer and partner ecosystem through partnership with product and engineering to ensure strong roadmap, SDK, tooling, and AI framework support
  • Build partnerships with robotics software stacks (ROS, simulation platforms, autonomy stacks)
  • Enable system integrators, ODMs, and reference design partners
  • Bridge gaps between product, engineering, and go-to-market teams
  • Translate customer requirements (performance, power, latency, safety) into product direction
  • Influence roadmap based on real-world workloads (perception, planning, control)
  • Help define reference architectures and use-case-specific optimizations
  • Develop scalable GTM infrastructure that includes technical messaging, benchmarks, and dynamic market positioning
  • Scope reference designs, solution briefs, and vertical-specific playbooks

Requirements

  • 7–15+ years in GTM, business development, or product roles in semiconductors or deep tech
  • Experience working with robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, or edge AI
  • Track record of working with Sales to secure design wins or platform adoption
  • Familiarity with Tier 1s, OEMs, and startup ecosystems
  • Skilled in intricate deal structuring and strategic partnerships
  • Appreciation for developer experience as a GTM lever
  • Proven history of collaboration with partners (ISVs, ODMs, system integrators)

Preferred

  • Experience at a semiconductor company or selling silicon platforms
  • Background in AI/ML workloads on edge devices
  • Exposure to functional safety (ISO 26262) or robotics safety standards
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