Senior Director – Product Management & Demand Creation

Custom MCU Silicon

Job Level: Senior Director (JL11)
Organization: GlobalFoundries – MIPS Custom Silicon

Role Summary

Owns product strategy, demand creation, and commercial outcomes for the Custom MCU silicon platform, including control‑centric SoCs, automotive MCUs, and industrial embedded processors built on MIPS architectures.

Acts as the platform business and product leader, responsible for roadmap definition, go‑to‑market strategy, business development, and applications engineering, enabling expansion into automotive (zonal/domain), industrial control, and IoT markets.

This role is central to scaling GF/MIPS in control‑oriented silicon TAM segments and driving repeatable custom platform adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the MCU platform roadmap, including compute, peripherals, connectivity, and analog integration aligned to customer needs.
• Drive demand creation and market penetration in automotive (zonal controllers, powertrain, body), industrial control, and IoT segments.
• Own product positioning and marketing strategy for MIPS‑based MCU platforms, emphasizing performance, power efficiency, and total cost of ownership.
• Lead applications engineering and solution enablement, including SDKs, reference platforms, and system‑level use cases.
• Build and convert a strong business development pipeline, working closely with key customers and ecosystem partners.
• Partner with Hardware, Software, and Architecture teams to translate control‑system requirements (real‑time performance, functional safety, integration) into scalable silicon platforms.
• Drive platform adoption models, including standardization, reuse, and customization frameworks across multiple customer programs.

Core Competencies

• Product leadership for MCU / control‑centric SoC platforms
• Deep understanding of automotive and industrial embedded systems
• Go‑to‑market and demand creation for platform‑based silicon
• Integration of hardware, software, and applications ecosystems
• Strong commercial and customer engagement capability

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field (MBA or advanced degree preferred).
• 15+ years of semiconductor experience with strong background in MCUs, embedded processors, or SoCs.
• Demonstrated success managing product lines or platforms with revenue ownership or growth impact.
• Experience working across product, marketing, applications, and business development teams.

Expected Salary Range

$214,000.00 - $356,000.00

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.