Director, Product Management - Networking CPU Platforms
$198,200 - $297,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 25 September 2026 by the employer.
Define the product strategy and roadmap for networking-optimized CPU platforms.
About the role
This role defines, productizes, and commercializes CPU platforms optimized for networking infrastructure and adjacent markets.
What you'll do
- Own product strategy and roadmap for networking-optimized CPU platforms, including performance tiers, SKU strategy, and lifecycle planning.
- Define the complete product, including silicon features, platform software expectations, security/boot, reference designs, and ecosystem enablement.
- Serve as the executive "voice of the customer" across hyperscalers, OEMs, and network appliance vendors, translating system-level requirements into product definitions.
- Drive architecture framing and trade-off decisions in partnership with silicon and platform architects.
- Own the business case, including TAM/SAM framing, pricing strategy, revenue forecasts, and margin targets.
- Lead cross-functional execution across silicon design, platform software, validation, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and business development.
- Define and execute go-to-market strategy, including positioning, launch readiness, customer sampling, and design-in capture.
- Influence multi-year investment decisions and portfolio trade-offs, including reuse vs. derivative vs. new silicon strategies.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field.
- 8+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
Nice to have
- 10 years of Product Management or related work experience.
- 3 years of working in a large matrixed organization.
- 2 years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
- 2 years of negotiating 3rd party business agreements.
Skills: product strategy, roadmap, business case, go-to-market, networking CPU platforms
This role has been open 15 days — well below the 39-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
37
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Median days open
39 d
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Median salary
$228k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (37 roles · 16 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 9 | 37 |
| Median days open | 39 d | 39 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $228k |
Skills observed across this category: product strategy, roadmap, business case, go-to-market, networking CPU platforms
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 9 open roles · median 39 d
- AMD · 8 open roles · median 25 d
- GlobalFoundries · 4 open roles · median 26 d
- Intel Corporation · 2 open roles · median 32 d
- NVIDIA · 2 open roles · median 112 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 2 open roles · median 73 d
How we counted: 37 open Product Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 16 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.