Manager, DRAM Product Planning

Please Note: To provide the best candidate experience amidst our high application volumes, each candidate is limited to 10 applications across all open jobs within a 6-month period. Advancing the World’s Technology Together Our technology solutions power the tools you use every day--including smartphones, electric vehicles, hyperscale data centers, IoT devices, and so much more. Here, you’ll have an opportunity to be part of a global leader whose innovative designs are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and powering the future. We believe innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We’re dedicated to empowering people to be their true selves. Together, we’re building a better tomorrow for our employees, customers, partners, and communities. What You'll Do Samsung Semiconductor is seeking a highly motivated, strategic DRAM Product Planning Manager to drive customer adoption and secure Samsung’s position as the lead supplier for DRAM-based memory solutions across a diverse range of applications. In this role, you will act as the vital bridge between top-tier customers and our internal engineering and business teams, managing the entire lifecycle from initial design-in to final qualification. Location: Daily onsite presence at our San Jose headquarters in alignment with our Flexible Work policy plus an average of Reports To: Staff Engineer – R&D Product Development Technical Engagement & Engineering Collaboration • Drive Lead Supplier Status: Lead deep technical engagements with customer engineering teams to position Samsung's DRAM solutions as the primary choice for next-generation platforms. • Hands-on Problem Solving: Facilitate collaborative engineering debugging and troubleshooting to resolve complex technical hurdles during evaluation, qualification, and mass production. • Application-Specific Optimization: Analyze diverse customer system architectures to proactively propose optimized, cutting-edge memory solutions. Co-Development Process Innovation • Align Product Roadmaps: Establish and govern a structured co-development framework that syncs the customer’s hardware roadmaps with Samsung’s memory technology pipeline. • Define Joint Specifications: Collaborate closely with customer architects to co-define product specifications, interfaces, and feature sets that yield mutual competitive advantages. • Feedback Loop Management: Channel critical customer architectural insights back to internal R&D and product planning teams to influence the next generation of memory products. Business Model Development & Monetization Strategy • Value-Value Business Modeling: Design and implement innovative business models that move beyond commodity selling, focusing on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) reduction and value-added memory features. • Market-Specific Strategies: Formulate customized commercial and supply structures tailored to the unique dynamics of diverse application segments (e.g., Automotive, Server, Mobile, AI/HPC). • Strategic Partnerships: Convert technical leadership into long-term commercial value, securing multi-year agreements and deep-rooted strategic alliances. End-to-End Project Management • Cross-Functional Orchestration: Serve as the central program manager aligning multiple internal stakeholders—including Sales, Marketing, R&D, and Quality Assurance—with the customer’s milestones. • Milestone Execution: Manage the entire execution pipeline from design-in, validation, and qualification (Qual) through to seamless mass production transition. • Risk & Timeline Management: Proactively identify project risks, execute mitigation strategies, and guarantee time-to-market delivery according to aggressive customer schedules. What You Bring • Bachelor’s degree in El