Head of Software Product Strategy for Datacenter Compute

SiFive, Inc.

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

SiFive, Inc. seeks a technically strong Sr Director of Software Product Management to define and drive software products and developer experiences that enable customers to deploy our semiconductor IP for the datacenter compute portfolio.

This role translates hyperscalers, chip designers, and software developers' needs into a coherent software strategy, working with product, architecture, engineering, applications, sales, and partners to drive easy evaluation, integration, and production

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (Master's/MBA preferred).
10+ years in product management, strategy, or technical leadership; 5+ years in senior leadership.
Experience owning software products for semiconductors, embedded systems, or datacenter infra.
Knowledge of software development for embedded/system-level platforms (firmware, BSPs, drivers, OS enablement).
Proven track record shipping developer-facing products (SDKs, APIs, tools) and growing adoption.
Experience leading product teams and cross-functional collaboration.
Understanding silicon development lifecycles (pre-silicon enablement, tape-out, ramp).
Strong written and verbal communication; ability to present to execs and customers.

Responsibilities

Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for software products supporting our semiconductor IP for datacenter compute.
Define requirements for SDKs, toolchains, compilers, debuggers, simulators, firmware, BSPs, drivers, and developer tools.
Understand customer workflows: IP evaluation, SoC integration, software porting, bring-up, validation, and production deployment.
Engage with customers, partners, and developers to identify pain points and prioritize improvements.
Translate customer needs into clear product requirements, user stories, release plans, and acceptance criteria.
Partner with software, hardware, architecture, apps, and QA teams to deliver integrated HW-SW capabilities.
Own software release planning and coordinate dependencies across silicon milestones and reference platforms.
Define developer experience goals: docs, examples, APIs, install flows, support processes, time-to-first-success.
Establish product metrics: adoption, active users, build success, resolution time, release predictability, satisfaction.
Collaborate with open-source, OS projects, toolchains, cloud providers, and ecosystem partners.
Develop product positioning, differentiation, messaging, demos, enablement materials, and launch plans.
Support strategic engagements, design wins, evaluations, and production programs.
Communicate roadmap decisions, trade-offs, risks, and priorities to execs and stakeholders.