Senior Director - Platform Solutions Product Owner

Synopsys Inc; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys Inc. is seeking an experienced Platform Solutions leader to shape strategy and roadmaps that integrate Synopsys IP, EDA, HAV, software and Ansys technologies into scalable silicon-to-software platform solutions for complex systems.

You will drive market opportunities, translate requirements into platform capabilities, and lead collaboration across engineering, product, sales and partners to accelerate design-wins and customer adoption.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of relevant experience across semiconductors, embedded systems or software-defined systems.
• Demonstrated experience defining and bringing complex technology products to market.
• Strong understanding of system/SoC architecture and hardware/software interaction.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the strategy and roadmap for integrated platform solutions across semiconductor and system opportunities.
• Translate market opportunities into platform capabilities and measurable outcomes.
• Collaborate with multiple product and engineering teams to deliver cohesive customer solutions.
• Balance reusable platform capabilities with partner technologies and customer-specific needs.
• Guide engineering leadership to align requirements and investments.
• Support design-wins and customer engagements with strategic customers.
• Develop partnerships with technology partners and industry communities.
• Contribute to go-to-market strategy, business cases and investments.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional

Semiconductors

Embedded systems

Software platforms

Go-to-market

Customer-facing

Partnerships

Architecture

Executive communication

Education

BS or MS in CS/EE or equivalent

Tools

FPGA prototyping

Simulation

Emulation

Virtual platforms

HAV

Job description

We Are

At Synopsys, we drive the innovations that shape the way we live and connect. Our technology is central to the Era of Pervasive Intelligence, from self-driving cars to learning machines. We lead in silicon design, verification, IP and system solutions, empowering our customers to create the technologies of tomorrow. Within Synopsys, we are developing platform solutions that bring together technologies and capabilities from across our portfolio to address increasingly complex semiconductor and software-defined system challenges. Our mission is to define, productize and scale integrated Multi-Die ecosystem platform solutions that bring together Synopsys IP, EDA, hardware-assisted verification (HAV), software, infrastructure and Ansys technologies into validated silicon-to-software solutions for heterogeneous and chiplet-based systems.

We Are

At Synopsys, we drive the innovations that shape the way we live and connect. Our technology is central to the Era of Pervasive Intelligence, from self-driving cars to learning machines. We lead in silicon design, verification, IP and system solutions, empowering our customers to create the technologies of tomorrow. Within Synopsys, we are developing platform solutions that bring together technologies and capabilities from across our portfolio to address increasingly complex semiconductor and software-defined system challenges. Our mission is to define, productize and scale integrated Multi-Die ecosystem platform solutions that bring together Synopsys IP, EDA, hardware-assisted verification (HAV), software, infrastructure and Ansys technologies into validated silicon-to-software solutions for heterogeneous and chiplet-based systems.

You Are

You are an experienced technology and product leader who can operate at the intersection of market strategy, customer requirements, technology innovation and engineering execution. You have deep experience in semiconductor, embedded or software-defined systems and understand how hardware, software, development platforms and industry technologies need to come together to solve complex customer problems. You are comfortable operating across organizational boundaries and influencing product, engineering, sales, business and partner organizations without necessarily having direct authority over them. You can move easily between strategic discussions with executives and customers and detailed technical discussions with architects and engineering teams. You understand how to convert market opportunities and customer problems into product strategy, requirements, priorities and executable roadmaps. You are comfortable working in an environment where new technologies, markets and business models are still evolving, and you enjoy creating structure and direction where the path is not yet fully defined.

What You'll Be Doing

• Define and drive the strategy and roadmap for integrated platform solutions addressing strategic semiconductor and system-level opportunities.
• Identify market opportunities and customer requirements and translate them into platform capabilities, priorities and measurable product outcomes.
• Work across multiple Synopsys product and engineering organizations to bring together complementary technologies into coherent customer solutions.
• Define the appropriate balance between reusable platform capabilities, partner technologies and customer-specific requirements.
• Work closely with engineering leadership to align product requirements, technical priorities and development investments.
• Drive customer evaluation and adoption strategies, working directly with strategic customers to understand architecture requirements, establish proof points and support design-win activities.
• Develop relationships with technology partners and broader industry communities where complementary technologies or capabilities are needed.
• Contribute to go-to-market strategy, positioning, business cases and investment decisions for new platform opportunities.
• Represent Platform Solutions with customers, partners and senior internal stakeholders and communicate product strategy, priorities, dependencies and business outcomes.
• Help establish scalable and repeatable platform approaches that can be applied across multiple customers and markets.

The Impact You Will Have

• Help transform Synopsys' broad technology portfolio into integrated solutions that customers can evaluate and adopt more efficiently.
• Help customers address increasingly complex hardware and software integration challenges earlier in their development lifecycle.
• Create stronger connections between market requirements, customer architectures and Synopsys technology investments.
• Help establish repeatable platform approaches that increase technology reuse, accelerate customer adoption and create new opportunities across multiple Synopsys businesses.
• Contribute directly to strategic customer engagements and design wins while helping establish the foundation for longer term platform growth.

What You'll Need

• 20+ years of relevant experience across semiconductors, embedded systems, software-defined systems, technology platforms, product management or related technology businesses, including significant leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience defining, developing or bringing complex technology products and platforms to market involving multiple hardware and software capabilities.
• Strong technical understanding of system and SoC architecture, hardware/software interaction, architecture, verification, validation and semiconductor product-development methodologies.
• Experience with software-enabled platforms including firmware, middleware, operating systems, application frameworks, developer environments or related software technologies.
• Understanding of early development and validation environments such as virtual platforms, simulation, emulation, FPGA prototyping or related approaches.
• Demonstrated experience translating customer and market requirements into product strategies, roadmaps, investment priorities and measurable business outcomes.
• Experience working across complex, independently managed engineering, product and business organizations and influencing decisions in a highly matrixed environment.
• Experience establishing technology partnerships, industry collaborations or broader technology communities.
• Significant customer-facing experience and the ability to engage effectively with both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Understanding of go-to-market strategy, business development and the commercial considerations involved in bringing new technology solutions to market.
• Experience leading sizeable cross-functional or distributed organizations and managing significant business or investment responsibilities is highly desirable.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or another relevant technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Who You Are

• A strategic systems thinker who connects customer needs, market opportunity, technology strategy and execution.
• Technically credible, while thinking beyond individual technologies or products to understand the complete customer problem.
• Customer focused, with the judgment to distinguish strategic, reusable product requirements from one-off requests.
• Comfortable making decisions and trade-offs involving investment, scope, schedule, technology and customer value.
• A clear communicator with engineers, product leaders, customers, partners and senior executives.
• Able to build alignment across organizations and create momentum around complex initiatives.
• A leader who combines strategic thinking with the ability to execute and deliver measurable business results.

The Team You'll Be A Part Of

You will be part of a multidisciplinary Multi-Die Ecosystem Platform Solutions organization working across product management, engineering, software, verification, infrastructure and customer-facing teams. The organization works horizontally across Synopsys technologies to identify opportunities where integrated solutions can provide greater customer value than individual products alone. You will serve as a senior product leader for these platform solutions, working closely with existing product organizations while preserving their ownership of their individual technologies and roadmaps.