Senior Director, Data Center Strategy - Milpitas, CA, United States

Originally posted 1 September 2026 by the employer.

About the role

The Senior Director, Data Center Strategy directs MACOM's high-level data center strategy and multi-year roadmap across AI infrastructure, cloud computing, and high-performance computing.

What you'll do

- Drive MACOM's high-level data center strategy and multi-year roadmap across AI infrastructure, cloud computing, networking, server architectures, and high-performance computing. - Develop recommendations regarding market participation, investment priorities, partnerships, acquisitions, and technology differentiation. - Serve as a strategic advisor to Business Unit leaders and executive management on market direction, served addressable market (SAM), growth opportunities, and competitive positioning. - Foster relationships across hyperscale cloud providers, XPU partners, networking OEMs, server OEMs, optical module manufacturers, and ecosystem partners. - Engage with strategic customers to analyze future architecture transitions, technical challenges, and unmet requirements. - Provide continuous market intelligence and strategic insights to MACOM executive leadership and business units regarding competitive activity and evolving technology roadmaps.

What you'll need

- Professional experience leading data center strategy and multi-year roadmap definition. - Demonstrated domain expertise across AI infrastructure, cloud computing, networking, and server architectures. - Experience delivering strategic market analysis, served addressable market (SAM) modeling, and investment recommendations. - Established record of executive and technical engagement with hyperscale cloud providers, XPU partners, or optical module manufacturers.

Skills: strategy, product roadmap, AI infrastructure, cloud computing, market intelligence