Vice President of Product Management and Application Engineering

The Vice President of Product Management and Application Engineering will lead an all-star team that drives rapid business growth and provides best in class  design-in, solution management and support for Astera Labs’ portfolio of connectivity products for all major hyperscalers and AI platform providers. The ideal candidate has experience developing hardware/SoC products for high-speed communication protocols like PCIe, CXL, and/or Ethernet, and has demonstrated the ability to effectively manage the full scale of business and technical customer engagements. You will have cradle-to-grave responsibility for all product lines, including product vision, definition, launch, revenue generation, roadmap planning, and design-in & solution support. You will also be in the position to drive top customer issue resolution and effectively communicate status and direction both internally and externally. This is a highly visible role reporting to the Chief Business Officer and will partner closely with senior leaders across the organization. 

Basic Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering; MBA preferred. 
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience working in product management, product marketing, or business development as well as experience managing product applications teams 
• Demonstrated ability to drive large scale business deals and negotiations while building rock-solid relationships with tier-1 hyperscalers
• Experience with silicon, hardware or module product delivery for high-speed connectivity applications 
• Thorough market knowledge of AI server platforms, cloud, compute, memory, storage, and data center infrastructure segments 
• Deep technical knowledge of the following high-speed interfaces: PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, high speed memory, and NVMe 
• Direct experience articulating and building consensus around roadmap strategy, product tradeoffs, and product definition  
• Process-oriented focus (adhere and support product development processes with Program Management team) 
• Demonstrated ability to grow product revenue for semiconductor-based products (including ICs, modules and boards) 
• Proven track record of technically supporting and driving issue resolution cloud service providers, data center OEMs/ODMs, and CPU/GPU/memory vendors 
• Partnered with industry ecosystem and standards organizations such as CXL Consortium, PCI-SIG, etc. 

Must be willing to work full-time in our Santa Clara office in-person 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Define product visions for both short-term and long-term strategies and roadmap including definition and prioritization of features that are aligned with customer requirements and business goals. 
• Complete market TAM/SAM analysis and use data-driven product and execution strategies to deliver revenue. 
• Drive strategic engagements with partners and be able to influence key decision makers to align on vision through excellent written and verbal communication of product value proposition. 
• Execute on product development by working with program management and engineers to implement the GTM and business plan 
• Lead and build cross functional relationships across engineering, sales, and other key stakeholders 
• Prioritization and enablement of technical solutions for customer issues: Driving and directing internal engineering teams and driving communication to customers.  
• Be the lead voice driving direction for triaging complex customer reported issues which require taking into account multiple layers of conditions; for instance, silicon, firmware, hardware board design, and system environment. 
• Promote the development of best-in-class product documentation, application notes, and similar tutorials for both internal and external clint groups.