Renesas Electronics America

Senior Staff Product Marketing Specialist

Renesas Electronics America • $138K — $165K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in electrical/computer engineering or related field; MBA is a plus.
  • 8+ years of experience in semiconductor or embedded systems.
  • 5+ years in product management or product line management.
  • Experience in strategic marketing, business development, or related roles.
  • Knowledge of microcontroller architectures (ARM Cortex, RISC-V, etc.) and software ecosystems.
  • Understanding of semiconductor cost structures and supply chain dynamics.

Responsibilities

  • Develop product investment strategy for revenue growth and market trends.
  • Define product roadmap for short and long-term planning.
  • Translate customer requirements into actionable product specs.
  • Support engineering on architecture trade-offs and planning.
  • Build business cases for new product investments.
  • Drive cross-functional execution on product milestones and lifecycle transitions.
  • Establish relationships with key customers for product alignment.

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package including health and wellness programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Flexible working arrangements and remote work options.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Product Marketing S is responsible for strategy, execution, business performance, and ownership of a defined subset of the Entry Line 32-bit MCU product portfolio, including hardware and software platforms. Reporting to the Product Line Manager (PLM), this role supports product and roadmap definition by translating market needs, customer feedback, and competitive benchmarking into clear product and portfolio strategy. The role partners with and influences cross-functional teams across engineering, regional marketing, sales, FAEs, and operations to drive execution and business growth. It also contributes to benchmarking, pricing strategy, product collateral, promotion, and lifecycle management for products within the Entry Line portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Job functions would include (but not limited to):
  • Product investment and roadmap strategy
  • Develop a high-ROI product investment strategy for fast revenue growth aligned with market trends and target segments
  • Define a strong product roadmap for short-term and long-term based on product family approach
  • Product definition and planning - Working with Product Managers & System Architects
  • Translating customer requirements into requirements.
  • Support architecture trade-offs with engineering
  • Build business cases for new product investments and derivative feature expansions
  • Ensure product alignment with product line strategy
  • Cross-functional execution
  • Partner with engineering on product execution milestones
  • Partner with operations on supply planning, cost reduction initiatives, and lifecycle transitions
  • Partner with marketing with 'go-to-market' strategy execution and product launch collateral
  • Enable sales and FAEs with competitive analysis, training and promotional collateral
  • Customer engagement
  • Establish deep relationships with key customers
  • Align with customers on product roadmap, product definitions, and design-win support
  • Track competition products and benchmark performance to update investment roadmap
  • Collaborate with Regional Marketing, Sales, and FAEs to drive design-ins, design-wins, and revenue growth targets
  • Lifecycle management
  • Drive PCNs and EOL planning in close collaboration with operations
  • Drive cost reduction initiatives (wafer/package/assembly cost reduction, test time reduction, multi-sourcing, die shrinks, etc)


Qualifications
  • Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field. MBA is a plus.
  • 8+ years of experience in semiconductor, embedded systems, or related industries.
  • 5+ years in product management or product line management.
  • Experience in product management, Strategic Marketing, Technical Marketing, Business development, Applications, Supply chain management, Cost management, or related roles.
  • Understanding of microcontroller or microprocessor or connectivity applications in consumer, industrial, automotive and data center or communications infrastructure applications and systems.
  • Understanding of:
  • Microcontroller architectures (ARM Cortex, RISC-V, etc)
  • Embedded software ecosystems
  • Semiconductor cost structures, wafer economics, and supply chain dynamics

Key Competencies
  • Strong business acumen.
  • Strategic thinking with data-driven decision making.
  • Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
  • Customer-centric orientation.
  • High energy, self-motivation and go-getter attitude.
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills. Ability to present complex concepts in a clear, concise and effective way.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Ability to work effectively with teams located in multiple locations and time zones around the world.
  • Ability to collaborate and be effective in a fast-paced environment.
  • Track record of successfully launching products, generating design-wins and ultimately driving revenue growth.


Additional Information

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.

Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?

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About Renesas Electronics America

Renesas Electronics America is a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a broad range of analog and power devices, with operations spanning research, development, design and manufacturing for a wide range of applications.
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