Data Center SSD Product Strategy Lead

KIOXIA America, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Vor Ort; USD 194.000 - 324.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

KIOXIA America, Inc. seeks a Director of Data Center SSD Product Management to lead strategy, lifecycle execution, and business growth for enterprise and hyperscale SSD solutions.

This role defines vision, drives cross-functional execution, and collaborates with customers, partners, and internal teams to deliver storage products for AI, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale data centers. The ideal candidate combines deep SSD/NAND technical expertise with strong commercial leadership, translates

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or related field.
• MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.
• 10+ years of storage, SSD, NAND flash, or related data center infrastructure technologies.
• 5+ years of product management or business leadership experience within enterprise storage, servers, or data center hardware markets.
• Proven track record of successfully launching and scaling enterprise technology products.
• Strong understanding of SSD architectures, NAND technologies, and storage system design.
• Familiarity with NVMe infrastructure and server/storage ecosystems.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, hyperscale data centers, NAS/SAN/object storage systems.
• Ability to translate complex technical trends into clear product strategies and differentiated features.
• Willingness to travel approximately 25% (domestic and international).

Aufgaben

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of product managers.
• Build strong partnerships across engineering, marketing, sales, operations, and support organizations to ensure successful product delivery.
• Provide product positioning, competitive intelligence, and technical content for marketing collateral and sales enablement.
• Champion the voice of the customer internally, ensuring product development aligns with real market needs.
• Drive alignment across global teams and foster a collaborative, execution-focused culture.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills
• Ability to influence internal teams and external C-suite stakeholders
• Define and execute product strategy, roadmap, and long-term technical vision for next-generation SSD solutions.
• Own the full product lifecycle from concept and requirements through development, launch, and end-of-life.
• Develop and maintain Landing zones and MRDs translating customer and market needs into specifications.
• Analyze market trends, competitive offerings, and emerging workloads to define differentiated product features.
• Ensure product architectures align with evolving technologies including NVMe, PCIe, AI infrastructure, and hyperscale storage architectures.
• Cultivate relationships with strategic enterprise, hyperscale, and data center customers.
• Work with Biz dev, sales, and field engineering to support complex sales cycles and major design wins.
• Oversee pre-sales activities, RFIs/RFQs, evaluations, and spec gap analyses.
• Represent KIOXIA as a thought leader at industry events and analyst engagements.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Customer engagement

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or related field

MBA preferred

Jobbeschreibung

KIOXIA America, Inc. seeks a Director of Data Center SSD Product Management to lead strategy, lifecycle execution, and business growth for enterprise and hyperscale SSD solutions.

This role defines vision, drives cross-functional execution, and collaborates with customers, partners, and internal teams to deliver storage products for AI, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale data centers. The ideal candidate combines deep SSD/NAND technical expertise with strong commercial leadership, translates