Director, Photonics Product Marketing

Originally posted 10 November 2026 by the employer.

About the role

The Director, Photonics Product Marketing leads market strategy, positioning, and go-to-market execution for the photonics product line within the Wafer product organization. This role defines the market view for silicon photonics and photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technologies while owning pricing strategy for silicon photonics customers.

What you'll do

• Define and own product marketing strategy, market segmentation, competitive positioning, and value propositions for the photonics product line.
• Maintain a competitive landscape view across silicon photonics, optical interconnect, and co-packaged optics suppliers, partnering with Product Management to align market requirements and product roadmap priorities.
• Develop messaging, collateral, launch plans, and pricing strategies for new photonics products, supporting Business Development and Sales across customer engagements and RFPs.
• Engage directly with customers across hyperscale, AI infrastructure, networking, and datacenter markets to capture requirements and validate roadmap direction.
• Represent the photonics roadmap and capabilities at industry conferences, customer briefings, and analyst engagements.
• Establish the photonics product marketing function as an individual contributor initially, with the expectation of hiring and managing one to two direct reports within approximately six months.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Business, or a related field.
• 10 years of experience in product marketing, technical marketing, or product management within the semiconductor or optical/photonics industry.
• Technical understanding of silicon photonics, optical interconnect, or related semiconductor packaging and integration technologies.
• Demonstrated experience building market positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategy for a technical product line.
• Experience engaging directly with technical and executive stakeholders in a marketing or business-facing capacity.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally across engineering, product management, sales, and business development.
• Readiness to transition into a people manager role within the first six months.

Nice to have

• MBA or advanced technical degree.
• Experience specifically in silicon photonics, optical engines, co-packaged optics, or high-speed interconnect markets.
• Experience supporting hyperscale, AI infrastructure, or datacenter networking customers.
• Track record of building a product marketing function or team from an early stage.
• Familiarity with semiconductor foundry, OSAT, or IDM business models and customer engagement patterns.
• Experience presenting at industry conferences or engaging with industry analysts such as Gartner, Yole, or LightCounting.

Skills: silicon photonics, PIC, product marketing, go to market, optical interconnect

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