Principal Ecosystem Partner Manager - San Jose, California, United States
$160,000 - $200,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 8 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role drives joint business growth, product adoption, and ecosystem innovation with leading CPU platform providers, ODMs, OEMs, and system integrators. The role leads solutions and partner marketing for Astera Labs' rack-scale solutions built on its Intelligent Connectivity Platform, which integrates CXL, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe, and UALink semiconductor-based technologies.
What you'll do
- Own strategic relationships with key CPU platform partners (x86 and Arm), ODMs, OEMs, and system integrators, including monthly executive syncs, quarterly roadmap exchanges, and joint business planning.
- Drive technology roadmap alignment to place Astera Labs products in partner reference designs and emerging server and AI platforms.
- Coordinate interoperability and joint validation programs with partners and Astera Labs engineering, from early silicon through production.
- Lead solutions and partner marketing for rack-scale solution kits with ODM and OEM partners, including solution briefs, joint go-to-market plans, launch content, and partner programs.
- Negotiate and close partner agreements, such as supplier, qualified vendor, and co-marketing agreements.
- Act as the Voice of the Partner, gathering partner and customer insights and competitive intelligence to influence product direction, platform strategy, and go-to-market execution.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in product-focused, customer- or partner-facing roles within the semiconductor or data center infrastructure industry.
- Understanding of PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, and/or UALink technologies and server/CPU platform architectures in AI and cloud infrastructure.
- Established network across CPU, server platform, ODM, OEM, and system integrator ecosystems.
- Previous experience in Ecosystem Partnerships, Solutions or Partner Marketing, Business Development, Product Marketing, Product Management, or similar roles.
- Experience running multi-workstream partner programs, including joint interoperability, reference designs, and executive syncs.
Nice to have
- MBA preferred.
Skills: ecosystem partnerships, AI infrastructure, CXL, Ethernet, PCIe
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 37-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
36
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Median days open
37 d
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Median salary
$236k
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| Metric | Astera Labs | All employers we track in this specialty (36 roles · 15 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 36 |
| Median days open | 0 d | 37 d (−37 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: ecosystem partnerships, AI infrastructure, CXL, Ethernet, PCIe
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 37 d
- AMD · 8 open roles · median 23 d
- GlobalFoundries · 4 open roles · median 24 d
- Intel Corporation · 2 open roles · median 30 d
- NVIDIA · 2 open roles · median 110 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 2 open roles · median 71 d
How we counted: 36 open Product Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 15 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 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.