Staff Data Center Systems Product Manager

Support Revolution; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Supermicro is seeking an Staff Data Center Systems Product Manager in San Jose to define and deliver next-generation datacenter solutions that combine GPU platforms, networking, storage, and cooling technologies. You will lead across hardware, software, and operations, aligning customer needs with engineering innovation for GenAI and HPC workloads.

The role demands deep knowledge of AI cloud software ecosystems and performance optimization, with strong leadership, market research, and executive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer/Electrical Engineering.
• 12+ years of experience in product management, solutions architecture, or technical marketing.
• Strong background in datacenter infrastructure (servers, networking, storage), AI platforms, or cloud-native environments.
• Demonstrated experience driving complex projects in cross-functional, matrixed organizations.
• Excellent presentation skills, with proficiency in PowerPoint and storytelling for executive and technical audiences.
• Ability to perform market research, competitive analysis, and customer engagement activities.
• High-level understanding of product lifecycle—from concept to launch.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy for Modern Datacenters: Work with Datacenter Building Blocks to define solutions and contribute to a product roadmap for cutting-edge datacenter solutions.
• Cross-Functional Project Leadership: Lead planning and execution across hardware engineering, software, operations, and marketing.
• Thermal & Power Innovation Support: Collaborate on designs to build datacenter solutions optimized for DLC and air cooling, evaluate energy efficiency.
• Monitoring, Analytics & Optimization: Partner with software and BIOS/BMC teams to enable predictive maintenance and workload-aware optimization.
• Gen-AI and Data Workflow Enablement: Identify trends in infrastructure for GenAI, training, inference, and data pipelines.
• Customer-Centric Market Research: Conduct research with hyperscalers and enterprise customers to inform feature prioritization.
• Presentation & Enablement: Create executive presentations and sales tools to articulate the value of the AI cloud infrastructure portfolio.

Skills

Datacenter infra

AI platforms

Cross-functional leadership

Executive storytelling

Market research

Product lifecycle

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or CE

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

Jira

Aha!

Kubernetes

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Staff Data Center Systems Product Manager

Location: San Jose, California, United States

About Supermicro:

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.

Job Summary:

As an Staff Data Center Systems Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in defining and delivering next-generation full-stack (hardware + software) datacenter solutions that combine Supermicro’s cutting-edge GPU platforms, high-speed networking, scalable storage, and advanced cooling technologies. You will help shape the future of AI infrastructure—supporting GenAI, high-performance computing, and massive data pipelines—by aligning customer needs with Supermicro’s engineering innovation and operational capabilities.

This role requires deep knowledge of the AI cloud software ecosystem—both public and on-premise—as well as the hardware that powers it. Success demands a blend of product leadership, market research, project coordination, and executive-level communication. You will lead through influence to develop and drive to market tightly integrated solutions built on platforms such as NVIDIA HGX, AMD Instinct, NVMe-over-Fabrics, Supermicro DLC/air cooling, and AI-aware telemetry and monitoring systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Product Strategy for Modern Datacenters: Work with Supermicro’s Datacenter Building Blocks to define specific solutions and contribute to a DCBBS product roadmap for cutting-edge datacenter solutions that integrate GPU-accelerated computing, high-speed networking, and scalable storage. Stay ahead of industry trends in AI infrastructure, liquid cooling, and next-gen data pipelines.
• Cross-Functional Project Leadership: Lead the planning and execution of multi-disciplinary initiatives across hardware engineering, software teams, operations, and marketing. Coordinate development of tightly integrated solutions involving GPUs (e.g., NVIDIA HGX, AMD MI300X, Intel Gaudi), SmartNICs, NVMe storage, and AI-ready platforms.
• Thermal & Power Innovation Support: Collaborate with Supermicro product teams and utilize their cutting-edge designs to build complete datacenter solutions optimized for both direct liquid cooling (DLC) and high-efficiency air cooling. Support TCO and energy-efficiency evaluations in customer datacenter environments.
• Monitoring, Analytics & Optimization: Partner with Supermicro Supercloud software and BIOS/BMC teams to ensure DCBBS solutions take advantage of the latest Supermicro monitoring and analytics capabilities, enabling predictive maintenance, performance tuning, and workload-aware optimization for AI and HPC use cases.
• Gen-AI and Data Workflow Enablement: Work closely with AI/ML architects to identify the latest trends in infrastructure requirements for GenAI training, inference, and massive data processing workloads. Understand the myriad of Supermicro products and features that can optimize large language models, data lakes, and AI pipelines.
• Customer-Centric Market Research: Conduct research with hyperscalers, enterprise customers, and channel partners to understand evolving requirements around AI data centers. Use insights to influence feature prioritization, packaging, and differentiation.
• Presentation & Enablement: Develop executive-level presentations, customer-facing collateral, and sales tools that clearly articulate the value of Supermicro’s DCBBS AI cloud infrastructure portfolio. Represent the product roadmap in internal and external briefings.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer/Electrical Engineering
• 12+ years of experience in product management, solutions architecture, or technical marketing
• Strong background in datacenter infrastructure (servers, networking, storage), AI platforms, or cloud-native environments
• Demonstrated experience driving complex projects in cross-functional, matrixed organizations
• Excellent presentation skills, with proficiency in PowerPoint and storytelling for executive and technical audiences
• Ability to perform market research, competitive analysis, and customer engagement activities
• High-level understanding of product lifecycle—from concept to launch

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Supermicro hardware, NVIDIA-based AI infrastructure, Kubernetes, or cloud orchestration
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and product management tools (e.g., Jira, Aha!)
• Prior experience in enterprise IT, datacenter design, or cloud infrastructure product development
• MBA or advanced degree in technical or business field

Salary Range

$200,000 - $230,000

The salary offered will depend on several factors, including your location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as participation in bonus and equity award programs.

EEO Statement

Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Supermicro to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.