Director of Product Marketing
MaxLinear, Inc.
Full-time
On-site
Irvine
Responsibilities
MaxLinear is seeking a Director of Product Marketing to lead one or more of our broadband product lines (based on your experience), including Fiber, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), and/or Wi-Fi platforms. This role is pivotal in driving roadmap definition, lifecycle management, and go-to-market success by partnering with Engineering, Operations, Sales/Business Development, and Support to deliver differentiated solutions for Tier-1 operators and OEMs. In this role, you will focus on the following:
Product Strategy & Roadmap
Define and maintain a multi-year roadmap for assigned platforms and Chips, including SoCs, reference designs, and software stacks
Author and update Marketing Requirements Documents (MRDs) and secure approvals and kick-off programs
Align roadmap with operator requirements, standards evolution, and competitive positioning
Develop strategic relationships with partners delivering complementary products to enable full platform solutions
Execution & Release Management
Own release readiness across hardware boards, platform software, and collateral
Drive planning with Program Management: unify feature backlog, resolve cross-train conflicts, and ensure feature breakdown with R&D
Go-to-Market & Pricing
Define positioning, messaging, and pricing strategy for the platform
Develop Collateral, Golden Decks, and competitive analysis
Support customer presentations, proposals, and trade-show schedules
Customer Programs & Design Wins
Partner with Business Development and Sales to qualify opportunities, manage RFx responses, and convert pipeline into design wins
Oversee lifecycle from design-win through production ramp, coordinating with CPM/AE and Operations
Forecasting & Lifecycle- Work with Operations lifecycle notices (PCN/PDN) and ensure timely communication with Marcom and Supply Chain
Cross-Functional Leadership
Collaborate with Engineering and Program Management for debug priorities and feature closure
Work with Operations and Finance on production ramp plans, cost models, and yield targets
Provide regular updates to executive management on roadmap and product changes
Regular travel for customer meetings, standards events, and trade shows
Qualifications
Deep understanding of Tier-1 operator requirements and one or more of the broadband technologies: Fiber, Wi-Fi, FWA
Proven experience in product management or product marketing for communications / networking platforms
Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
Engineering Experience highly preferred
BS in Electrical Engineering or related + 12 years of experience or MS / MBA + 10 years of experience
Compensation and Benefits
MaxLinear has a Total Compensation philosophy which includes base salary and annual discretionary bonus eligibility and many positions also include stock-based compensation.
MaxLinear expects to offer a starting base salary within the range of: $162,000 to $227,240 Annually
We offer competitive benefits designed to support employee health, welfare, and retirement and some highlights are: health care benefits, 401k savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and paid time off.
The actual starting base salary will be determined by the match to certain role-related criteria such as educational degree(s) or equivalent, relevant work experience, skillset needed for the role, and geographic location; this is not an all-inclusive list as some roles may require unique skills or experience.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on race, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
Company Overview
MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.
We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.
MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.
Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.
We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.
MaxLinear is seeking a Director of Product Marketing to lead one or more of our broadband product lines (based on your experience), including Fiber, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), and/or Wi-Fi platforms. This role is pivotal in driving roadmap definition, lifecycle management, and go-to-market success by partnering with Engineering, Operations, Sales/Business Development, and Support to deliver differentiated solutions for Tier-1 operators and OEMs. In this role, you will focus on the following:
Product Strategy & Roadmap
Define and maintain a multi-year roadmap for assigned platforms and Chips, including SoCs, reference designs, and software stacks
Author and update Marketing Requirements Documents (MRDs) and secure approvals and kick-off programs
Align roadmap with operator requirements, standards evolution, and competitive positioning
Develop strategic relationships with partners delivering complementary products to enable full platform solutions
Execution & Release Management
Own release readiness across hardware boards, platform software, and collateral
Drive planning with Program Management: unify feature backlog, resolve cross-train conflicts, and ensure feature breakdown with R&D
Go-to-Market & Pricing
Define positioning, messaging, and pricing strategy for the platform
Develop Collateral, Golden Decks, and competitive analysis
Support customer presentations, proposals, and trade-show schedules
Customer Programs & Design Wins
Partner with Business Development and Sales to qualify opportunities, manage RFx responses, and convert pipeline into design wins
Oversee lifecycle from design-win through production ramp, coordinating with CPM/AE and Operations
Forecasting & Lifecycle- Work with Operations lifecycle notices (PCN/PDN) and ensure timely communication with Marcom and Supply Chain
Cross-Functional Leadership
Collaborate with Engineering and Program Management for debug priorities and feature closure
Work with Operations and Finance on production ramp plans, cost models, and yield targets
Provide regular updates to executive management on roadmap and product changes
Regular travel for customer meetings, standards events, and trade shows
Qualifications
Deep understanding of Tier-1 operator requirements and one or more of the broadband technologies: Fiber, Wi-Fi, FWA
Proven experience in product management or product marketing for communications / networking platforms
Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
Engineering Experience highly preferred
BS in Electrical Engineering or related + 12 years of experience or MS / MBA + 10 years of experience
Compensation and Benefits
MaxLinear has a Total Compensation philosophy which includes base salary and annual discretionary bonus eligibility and many positions also include stock-based compensation.
MaxLinear expects to offer a starting base salary within the range of: $162,000 to $227,240 Annually
We offer competitive benefits designed to support employee health, welfare, and retirement and some highlights are: health care benefits, 401k savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and paid time off.
The actual starting base salary will be determined by the match to certain role-related criteria such as educational degree(s) or equivalent, relevant work experience, skillset needed for the role, and geographic location; this is not an all-inclusive list as some roles may require unique skills or experience.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on race, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
Company Overview
MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.
We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.
MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.
Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.
We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.