Technical Marketing Manager Details

Technical Marketing Manager

SiFive Inc - Austin, TX

Employment Type : Full-Time

About SiFive
As the pioneers who introduced RISC-V to the world, SiFive is transforming the future of compute by bringing the limitless potential of RISC-V to the highest performance and most data-intensive applications in the world. SiFive's unrivaled compute platforms have enabled leading technology companies around the world to innovate, optimize, and deliver the most advanced solutions of tomorrow across every market segment of chip design, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, automotive, datacenter, mobile, and consumer. With SiFive, the future of RISC-V has no limits.
Responsibilities:
In this role, you will create both internal and customer-facing marketing material to evangelize SiFive software products and tools using media such as blogs, conference papers, meetups, trade shows, technical talks, short videos, and webinars to enhance our product awareness and market fit. You will work closely with our ecosystem partners, engineering, product management and sales teams to communicate our technical merits and value proposition to both technical and non technical audiences. The role will be filled by somebody with a tremendous amount of energy, passion, and vision for making complex technology easy to understand and adopt. The successful candidate will be self motivated, needing minimal guidance and direction to:

• Create compelling marketing material clearly articulating product differentiation and our value proposition.
• Be a product and technology expert, bridging between engineering and sales in this highly technical role.
• Create compelling technical content that showcases both our software products and ecosystem partnership solutions in the context of SiFive RISC-V CPU product lines.
• Work closely with product and field teams to drive marketing campaigns that contribute to business development, lead generation and go-to-market activities.
• Train customer facing field and sales teams with the latest and greatest capabilities and features of our software products and tools as part of new product introductions.
• Evangelize SiFive software and hardware solutions at industry and partner events.

Hard Requirements:

• 8+ years of work experience in semiconductor, software or technology companies.
• Ability to prioritize responsibilities and communicate clearly across all levels of the organization.
• Excellent time management skills with an ability to multitask across software technologies such as AI/ML software stacks, bare-metal RTOS, compilers, Linux operating systems and performance libraries.
• Expert communication and storytelling skills with the ability to clearly articulate product details through the creation of compelling marketing materials.
• An understanding of microprocessor architecture and basic microarchitecture concepts.
• Previous experience in a technical customer facing role such as FAE/AE, Product Marketing, Product Management, Technical Lead or similar Engineering Management role.
• A university degree or equivalent in science, mathematics, engineering or related disciplines.

Soft Requirements:

• Ability to balance marketing hype and technical credibility to drive awareness and excitement for SiFive products and solutions.
• Have been recognized within your industry for creating and presenting high-quality technical content such as industry presentations, website content, blogs, application notes, product briefs or the like.
• Familiarity with the open source RISC-V architecture.
• Hands-on experience and expertise in one or more computing technologies such as AI/ML, DSP, homogeneous/heterogeneous coherent multicore systems, security, SoC fabric/interconnect or vector processing.

SiFive is proud to be an equal employment opportunity workplace. We offer a competitive compensation package that includes flexible paid time off; flexible work environment; health, vision and dental benefits; 401(k) plan; employee stock option program, and much more.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

If you yearn to be challenged and wish to work in an environment where the boundaries of your creativity and skills will be tested, then SiFive is the place for you!

Notice to Staffing Agencies / External Recruiters:
Thank you for your interest in SiFive Inc. Please note that SiFive does not accept unsolicited resumes from external agencies unless contracted to fill a specific position. Agencies are hereby specifically directed NOT to contact SiFive employees directly in an attempt to present candidates – all applications must go through SiFive's internal recruiting team. Any third-party resume forwarded by agencies/external recruiters to a SiFive mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to SiFive employees, or to SiFive's resume database will be considered property of SiFive Inc and treated as a direct application. This exchange does not constitute an agreement between SiFive and the agency/external recruiter. SiFive reserves the right to contact the candidate directly. Employment agencies/external recruiters will receive no compensation from SiFive or its companies.

Job Type: Full-time