Director / Sr. Director of Product Management – Data Center Silicon Infrastructure

Company Description

MAKE YOUR MARK. SECURE THE AI REVOLUTION.

About Axiado

Axiado builds hardware-rooted, AI-driven security and management silicon to make data centers more secure, efficient, and reliable. Its Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) anchors an Intelligent Hardware Management Fabric that monitors and protects every component in the rack from below the OS.

Job Description

Position Overview

At Axiado , we are redefining security, platform management, and energy efficiency for AI and cloud data centers. As Director of Product Management , you will own the multi-year roadmap and commercial strategy for our Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) SoCs, Platform Intelligence Controllers (PIC) , and DC-SCM modules—driving flagship products from initial definition to silicon bring-up.

You will lead a lean team of Technical Product Managers while personally authoring core specs, building TCO models, and leading technical architecture deep-dives with hyperscalers and Tier-1 OEMs/ODMs.

Key Responsibilities

- Product Definition: Author flagship PRDs and MRDs, translating customer workloads into granular hardware, firmware, and on-chip AI specifications.
- Portfolio & TCO Strategy: Own the multi-generational TCU/PIC roadmap, pricing, and P&L. Build bottom-up TCO and power-savings models proving rack-level ROI.
- Team Leadership: Mentor and scale a lean team of PMs, setting the bar for technical rigor through active spec reviews and direct execution.
- Hyperscaler & Ecosystem Design-Wins: Lead technical and commercial engagements with CSPs, Tier-1 OEMs/ODMs, and silicon partners (Arm, NVIDIA, x86) to secure design-wins and shape OCP standards.
- Cross-Functional Co-Design: Partner daily with Silicon, Firmware, and AI Engineering on Performance-Power-Area (PPA), Dynamic Voltage & Frequency Scaling (DVFS), Hardware Root of Trust (RoT), and out-of-band telemetry.
- End-to-End Execution: Drive silicon from concept through tape-out, post-silicon bring-up, customer sampling, and production ramp alongside FAE, Marketing, and Operations.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

- Education: BS in EE, CE, CS, or related technical field; MS, PhD, or MBA preferred.
- Experience: 10–12+ years in semiconductor product management, silicon architecture, or systems engineering, including 3+ years leading and mentoring PMs .
- Proven Silicon Track Record: Driven at least two complex SoCs or ASICs from initial PRD through tape-out and volume production.
- Domain Mastery: 5+ years of deep expertise in data center hardware—specifically BMCs, Hardware Root of Trust (RoT), DC-SCM modules, SmartNICs/DPUs, or network switches .
- Technical Fluency: Comfortable whiteboarding with principal architects; strong command of server management, out-of-band telemetry, OCP specs, and low-level interfaces ( PCIe, eSPI, MCTP, LTPI ).
- Commercial & Executive Agility: Proven ability to win hyperscale and Tier-1 designs while pivoting effortlessly from datasheet reviews to executive pitches.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with AI-driven hardware telemetry, dynamic power/thermal management (DVFS), or predictive threat detection.
- Experience with post-silicon bring-up, evaluation boards, and OpenBMC stacks.
- Existing network across cloud architects and Tier-1 server ODMs.

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits

$200,000–$250,000 base salary plus equity, bonus, and benefits.

Axiado is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.