Senior Director, Product Portfolio Management (San Diego)

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pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary

The Senior Director, Product Portfolio Management, reporting to the V.P. of Marketing and Sales, will oversee and drive the management of our RF External product portfolio, pricing strategy and new product initiative approval process. This role requires deep knowledge of the semiconductor industry, an ability to work across multiple departments including executive, marketing, sales, program management and operations and have a business-driven mindset to ensure profitability of our product lines and alignment with the company’s strategic goals.

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

1. Define and manage the RF External corporate product portfolio and manage the associated Product Marketing Managers.
2. Responsible for the successful definition of the product line consisting of hitting individual PPM ROI goals, ensuring alignment with the company’s strategic goals.
3. Serve as the product portfolio owner, providing regular updates on portfolio growth, ROI, and market success with executives and stakeholders.
4. Drive RF External Product Roadmaps and align with technical, packaging and operational roadmaps.
5. Under direction of the V.P. of Marketing and Sales, manage pricing strategy across the product portfolio, channel partners, competitive landscape and markets jointly with Product Marketing, Distribution Manager, and Sales to ensure a consistent and educated approach to pricing and discounts.
6. Under direction of the V.P. of Marketing and Sales, manage our new product initiative process, prioritizing new product development kickoffs and with Program Management the associated resources.
7. Collaborate with product teams and stakeholders across multiple projects and departments.
8. Identify and manage risks across the portfolio, ensuring the overall success and balance of products that may include innovation, maintenance, and growth initiatives.
9. Make strategic decisions with executive management about which products to pursue, defer, or cancel based on their impact on the portfolio’s goals.
10. Monitor and report portfolio performance, considering financial metrics, ROI, and strategic alignment as part of business reviews. Work with Product Marketing Managers to correct product lines not meeting expected KPI’s.
11. Drives resource allocation (budget, teams, time) across various products within the portfolio to optimize returns.
12. Establish and manage centralized COGS policy across the portfolio and channels. Coordinates with cost accounting, operations, and engineering to estimate the most accurate cost of products for use in assessing ROI.
13. Access market trends, customer needs, and competitor offers to make portfolio decisions.

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

1. 10 years of experience in leadership roles in product management, portfolio management, or a similar role in the semiconductor industry.
2. Strong technical background with knowledge of semiconductor products, trends, and technologies.
3. Proven track record of managing product portfolios, driving product innovation, and leading cross-functional teams.
4. Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
5. Experience with P&L management and financial analysis.
6. Strategic thinking and decision-making.
7. Strong leadership and project management skills.
8. Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
9. Customer-focused with the ability to translate market needs into product strategies.
10. Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (Master’s or MBA preferred).

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

USD 219,547.95 - 301,878.43 per year

pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including “protected veterans” under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

Note: The Peregrine Semiconductor name, Peregrine Semiconductor logo and UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP and DuNE are trademarks of pSemi Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. pSemi products are protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: