Deputy Director, Product Platforms

GlobalFoundries

. Define and own the multi-year platform vision, product strategy, roadmap, business plan, and investment priorities for the 12nm compute portfolio .

Posted 10/16/2026full-timeRichardson • Texas • United StatesLead💰 $171,000 - $296,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product management and platform leadership within the semiconductor and embedded computing domains, with a strong focus on driving product strategy, ecosystem development, and successful market launches. Proven ability to build and maintain strategic relationships with customers and partners while delivering measurable business outcomes.

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Product ManagementPlatform LeadershipSemiconductor ExperienceCustomer Relationship ManagementExecutive Communication

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Hard Skills

32-Bit Compute Products64-Bit Compute ProductsSoC HardwareSoC SoftwareProduct Revenue GrowthDesign-Win CreationMarket ModelsProduct P&LsPricing FrameworksForecasting

Soft Skills

LeadershipInfluenceSound JudgmentHigh OwnershipClear Communication

Tools & Technologies

LinuxFPGA PrototypingSDKsDriversEvaluation BoardsMiddlewareEDA ToolsToolchainsVirtual PlatformsCustom Silicon

Industry Keywords

Embedded ComputingProcessorSoCPlatformChipletsHigh-Speed InterfacesAI/ML AccelerationFunctional SafetyCybersecurityLifecycle Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityLinuxNode.jsRTOS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and own the multi-year platform vision, product strategy, roadmap, business plan, and investment priorities for the 12nm compute portfolio
Maintain architecture and IP-reuse strategy across supported process nodes
Translate market trends and customer use cases into hardware, software, package, power, and reference-system requirements
Create platform families and derivative strategies using configuration, customer IP integration, chiplets, companion devices, and custom derivatives
Own product requirements, specifications, competitive positioning, pricing, business cases, lifecycle plans, and go/no-go recommendations
Lead cross-functional execution across architecture, silicon design, verification, physical design, DFT, package, test, validation, software, applications, operations, quality, finance, sales, and marketing
Drive launches from concept and approval through development, enablement, sampling, production release, customer ramp, and post-launch optimization
Build whole-product plans including virtual platforms, FPGA prototypes, evaluation systems, SDKs, Linux / RTOS enablement, drivers, toolchains, reference designs, documentation, training, and field collateral
Develop and manage processor, IP, EDA, OS, middleware, toolchain, design services, board, distributor, and application-domain partner ecosystems
Establish executive relationships with strategic customers and partners; lead discovery, roadmap alignment, product definition, commercial framing, design-win strategy, and escalations
Partner with sales and field teams to build pipelines, segment target accounts, improve win rates, and convert engagements into design wins and production revenue
Own KPIs covering roadmap execution, launch readiness, design wins, pipeline, ecosystem readiness, adoption, gross margin, forecast accuracy, revenue growth, and ROI
Assess competition, technology shifts, market inflections, and build/buy/partner choices; adjust roadmaps
Communicate platform narratives to executives, customers, partners, field teams, and engineering organizations
Perform activities safely and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a closely related technical field
8+ years of semiconductor, embedded-computing, processor, SoC, platform, or closely related product experience
5+ years in product management, platform leadership, product marketing, applications, systems, or comparable customer-facing technical leadership
Strong background in 32-bit or 64-bit compute products
Understanding of SoC hardware and software across both domains
Proven successful semiconductor or embedded-platform launches through customer adoption and production ramp
Demonstrated product revenue growth, design-win creation, portfolio expansion, or turnaround results supported by concrete business metrics
Experience creating or scaling software, tools, IP, and partner ecosystems
Strong customer and partner relationships
Ability to build market models, product P&Ls, pricing and margin frameworks, investment cases, forecast ranges, and launch plans
Leadership and influence across matrixed organizations
Clear executive communication, sound judgment, high ownership, and ability to move between strategy, detail, and customer execution
Preferred: experience with RISC-V, Arm, MIPS, or comparable processor architectures; multicore SoCs; MMUs and virtualization; coherent fabrics; cache / DDR subsystems; PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, or other high-speed interfaces
Preferred: Linux-class software enablement, boot flow, firmware, drivers, SDKs, virtual platforms, FPGA prototyping, evaluation boards, and developer tooling
Preferred: AI / ML acceleration, vector processing, edge inference, networking offload, functional safety, cybersecurity, HSM / root of trust, or long-lifecycle industrial and automotive products
Preferred: process-node, foundry, package, test, yield, cost, supply, and lifecycle tradeoffs
Preferred: configurable platforms, custom silicon, customer IP integration, or platform reuse
Preferred: geographically distributed team leadership

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal opportunity workplace
Reasonable accommodation during the employment process