IP Sales Director

Posted:
9/3/2024, 2:38:45 PM

Location(s):
California, United States ⋅ San Jose, California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Sales & Account Management

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Job responsibilities will include building and managing a healthy sales pipeline focused on driving revenue, adoption, and market penetration. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record and background that enables them to lead a sales effort that will include teaming with Cadence SW tools Sales Representatives, Application Engineers, Partners and engagements customers’ R&D and development accounts. The successful candidate will also possess a technical background that enables them to drive an engagement and interact at the Customers’ management, as well as a technical understanding that enables them to easily interact with developers, technical architects, and engineers. He/she should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions, and work cross-organizationally to build consensus.

Responsibilities
 

  • Drive revenue and market share for Cadence IP portfolio
  • Meet or exceed quarterly and annual revenue targets.
  • Develop and execute against a sales plan.
  • Maintain a robust sales pipeline.
  • Work with customers/partners to extend reach & drive adoption of Cadence IP solutions.
  • Manage contract negotiations along with the core sales organization.
  • Develop long-term strategic relationships expand use of Cadence solution across all customer business units and respective roadmaps.
  • Ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Expect moderate travel.

Basic Qualifications
 

  • 5-7+ years of technology related sales or business development experience.
  • BA/BS degree or equivalent experience required.
  • Design or Applications background on memory and SerDes PHYs
  • Technical understanding of Interface IPs such as GDDR6, DDR, SerDes, LPDDR and HBM
  • Good understanding of hyperscalers (Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc.) and their strategy.
  • Good understanding of OEMs (Cisco, Juniper and others) and their strategy, ASICs/ASIC vendors and Foundries
  • Understanding of systems/applications in the AI/ML, Wireless (4G/5G), Wired (Enterprise, OTN, Core, Edge, Access.), Storage, Data Center and Consumer space
  • 5+ years direct field experience working with enterprise accounts.
  • 3+ years working domain experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, or related technologies

Preferred Qualifications
 

  • A technical background in engineering, semiconductor design, VLSI design a plus. 
  • Proven track record of success driving adoption of disruptive technologies within high-tech industry accounts.

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Cadence Design Systems

Website: https://www.cadence.com/

Headquarter Location: San Jose, California, United States

Employee Count: 5001-10000

Year Founded: 1988

IPO Status: Public

Industries: Aerospace ⋅ Electronic Design Automation (EDA) ⋅ Hardware ⋅ Mobile ⋅ Semiconductor ⋅ Software