Senior PMM — PCIe/CXL Controller IP

Cadence; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence is seeking a Senior Product Marketing Manager for PCIe and CXL Controller IP to own product marketing, roadmap, and go-to-market strategies. You will collaborate with engineering, SerDes, sales, and ecosystem partners to translate market needs into differentiated messaging and offerings.

The role requires deep technical fluency in PCIe/CXL, strong communication skills, and a track record of cross-functional leadership driving customer adoption across data center, AI, and SoC contexts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in semiconductor IP, SoC, hardware design, verification, systems engineering, product management, product marketing, or a closely related technical role.
• Strong working knowledge of PCI Express and/or CXL technologies, including controller architecture, protocol features, SoC integration, performance, power, debug, compliance, and ecosystem requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly understand complex hardware and software solutions and communicate their value to both technical and business audiences.
• Experience working directly with customers, sales teams, engineering teams, or field application teams in a semiconductor or IP business environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to create clear technical collateral and influence cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own roadmap input, market requirements, and product definition for PCIe and CXL Controller IP based on customer needs, market trends, competitive analysis, standards evolution, market segmentation, and SWOT analysis.
• Define and execute competitive marketing strategies for the PCIe and CXL Controller IP portfolio in partnership with SerDes marketing, engineering, sales, program management, and application engineering.
• Engage with lead customers and ecosystem partners to understand system-level requirements, including AI / HPC infrastructure, data center accelerators, storage, networking, automotive, and advanced SoC / chiplet use cases.
• Translate complex technical requirements into actionable product requirements, value propositions, competitive positioning, product briefs, presentations, white papers, web content, and sales enablement tools.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on controller portfolio planning, including protocol feature priorities, configurability, integration requirements, compliance considerations, validation readiness, and collateral needs.
• Support design-win activities by helping sales and field teams position Cadence IP against competitive alternatives, respond to RFIs/RFPs, and articulate differentiation at both technical and executive levels.
• Track industry standards and ecosystem developments, including PCI-SIG, CXL Consortium, NVMe, AMBA / Arm interconnects, and related SoC / platform interface trends.

Skills

PCIe / CXL expertise

Product marketing

Roadmap definition

Customer engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Job description

Cadence is seeking a Senior Product Marketing Manager for PCIe and CXL Controller IP to own product marketing, roadmap, and go-to-market strategies. You will collaborate with engineering, SerDes, sales, and ecosystem partners to translate market needs into differentiated messaging and offerings.

The role requires deep technical fluency in PCIe/CXL, strong communication skills, and a track record of cross-functional leadership driving customer adoption across data center, AI, and SoC contexts.