Director of Hyperscalers and Emerging AI – High-Performance AI and Compute

Key Responsibilities  Segment Strategy & Growth  • Own the global strategy and growth plan for the Hyperscalers and Emerging AI segment, including market priorities, target customers, design-win objectives, and revenue growth.  • Identify emerging technologies, applications, customers, and market segments that can expand Renesas’ addressable market and strengthen its competitive position.  • Develop a deep understanding of market dynamics, customer architectures, competitive activity, technology roadmaps, and design windows to anticipate opportunities and threats.  • Translate market insights into actionable recommendations for product, portfolio, and investment priorities.  Customer & Business Development  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with key technical, business, and procurement stakeholders at leading cloud service providers and emerging AI customers.  • Lead strategic customer engagements to understand architectures, requirements, technology roadmaps, and future power-management needs.  • Orchestrate global Sales and FAE teams in product promotion, opportunity development, and design-win execution.  • Drive opportunities from early customer engagement through design win, qualification, and ultimately revenue.  • Clearly articulate Renesas’ differentiated value proposition to customers and ensure consistent, high-impact positioning across the organization.  Product & Portfolio Leadership  • Partner closely with Product Managers to translate customer and market requirements into compelling product requirements and differentiated product roadmaps.  • Identify portfolio gaps and recommend new products, technologies, partnerships, or investments required to capture emerging opportunities.  • Provide competitive and market intelligence to guide product positioning, roadmap priorities, and go-to-market strategy.  • Ensure strong alignment between customer requirements, product strategy, and commercial priorities.  Leadership and Cross-Functional Execution  • Align Product Management, Engineering, Applications, Sales, Marketing, and Operations around the priorities and objectives of the segment.  • Drive disciplined execution and accountability across global, cross-functional teams. Instill sense of urgency and ownership.  • Present segment strategy, market opportunities, competitive dynamics, design-win pipeline, and business outlook to senior leadership.  • Operate effectively across global organizations and cultures, influencing teams beyond direct reporting lines.  Requirements and Qualifications  Education and Experience  • BS in Electrical Engineering or related field (MS or MBA a plus).  • 15+ years in product management, product marketing, or related roles.  • Hands-on experience managing and launching products in data center, server, telecom, networking, or computing markets.  • Understanding of power management applications and products.  • Track record of driving revenue growth and market adoption.  Skills & Attributes  • Strategic thinking with strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.  • Communication that translates complex concepts clearly for technical and executive audiences.  • Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to influence across teams, geographies, and cultures.  Ability to be personable and drive process changes.  • Experience with driving change that resulted in positive outcomes.  Ability to collaborate and be effective in a fast-paced environment.  • Ownership mindset – high energy, self-motivated, and results-oriented.  Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier . With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity