Director, Product Management – Storage Ecosystem

📋 Description

• Lead the qualification and technical support for Cornelis networking products in collaboration with global storage providers.

• Ensure that the design wins for Cornelis NIC and Switch are never hindered by the storage requirements of end customers.

• Partner directly with storage vendors to validate our products and achieve listing as a compatible network provider.

• Create compelling product value propositions that emphasize the performance advantages of integrating Cornelis networking with specific storage solutions.

• Build and sustain strong technical relationships with targeted storage providers to facilitate the validation and qualification of Cornelis NICs and switches.

• Oversee the entire process to achieve official product qualification.

• Initiate Go-To-Market strategies with storage partners, which include co-selling initiatives, integrated sales materials, and collaborative marketing efforts.

• Work closely with Sales and Business Development teams to secure OEM design wins and ensure a robust pipeline of opportunities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum); Master’s degree (preferred) in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

• Over 5 years of direct product management experience in high-performance networking hardware, particularly NICs and/or Ethernet/InfiniBand switches, delivering products to production data center settings.

• More than 5 years of experience supporting networking hardware with an in-depth understanding of networking interconnects such as InfiniBand, RoCE, Omni-Path, and Ethernet.

• At least 5 years of experience collaborating with storage providers and OEMs/ODMs to achieve design wins.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted tools or workflows to enhance product management tasks including requirements gathering, competitive analysis, content development, roadmap monitoring, and executive communication.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity, cash, and incentives.

• Health and retirement benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Disability and life insurance.

• Dependent care flexible spending account.

• Accidental injury insurance.

• Pet insurance.

• Generous paid holidays.

• 401(k) with company match.

• Open Time Off (OTO) for regular full-time exempt employees.

• Sick time.

• Bonding leave.

• Pregnancy disability leave.