About this role
KIOXIA Americas, Inc. is seeking a Director of Data Center SSD Product Management to lead strategy, product lifecycle execution, and business growth for next-generation enterprise and hyperscale SSD solutions. This leader will define product vision, drive cross-functional execution, and work directly with customers, partners, and internal teams to deliver differentiated storage products for modern data center workloads including AI, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale enterprise storage.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in SSD/NAND technologies with strong commercial leadership, capable of translating market trends and customer needs into winning product strategies and revenue growth.
*This position may have the opportunity for job rotation*
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
Lead and mentor a high-performing team of product managers.Build strong partnerships across engineering, marketing, sales, operations, and support organizations to ensure successful product delivery.Provide product positioning, competitive intelligence, and technical content for marketing collateral and sales enablement.Champion the voice of the customer internally, ensuring product development aligns with real market needs.Drive alignment across global teams and foster a collaborative, execution-focused culture.Exceptional communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skillsAbility to influence internal teams and external C-suite stakeholdersProduct Strategy & Lifecycle Management
Serve as the product leader and subject matter expert for KIOXIA’s data center SSD portfolio.Define and execute product strategy, roadmap, and long-term technical vision for next-generation SSD solutions.Own the full product lifecycle from concept and requirements through development, launch, and end-of-life.Develop and maintain Landing zones and Market Requirements Documents (MRDs) that translate customer and market needs into product specifications.Analyze market trends, competitive offerings, and emerging workloads to define differentiated product features and positioning.Ensure product architectures align with evolving technologies including NVMe, PCIe, AI infrastructure, and hyperscale storage architectures.Strategic Customer Engagement
Cultivate strong relationships with strategic enterprise, hyperscale, and data center customers.Work closely with Biz dev, sales, and field engineering to support complex sales cycles and major design wins.Oversee pre-sales technical support activities, including RFIs, RFQs, technical evaluations, and specification gap analysis.Act as a senior escalation point for key customer engagements, ensuring successful deployment and customer satisfaction.Develop account-specific strategies to grow wallet share and expand technology adoption.Market Development & Business Growth
Develop and execute a comprehensive go-to-market strategy for the SSD product portfolio.Identify and drive new market opportunities, expanding presence across hyperscale, cloud, and data center segments.Lead strategic engagements with hyperscalers and data center customers to identify growth opportunities and product requirements.Build and manage a robust pipeline of new business opportunities, translating market intelligence into actionable capture strategies.Personally participate in strategic customer pursuits and executive briefings, leveraging deep product expertise to build credibility with senior decision-makers.Represent KIOXIA as a thought leader at industry conferences, customer events, and analyst engagements. Education
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or related field requiredMBA or advanced technical degree preferredExperience
10+ years of experience in storage, SSD, NAND flash, or related data center infrastructure technologies5+ years of product management or business leadership experience within enterprise storage, servers, or data center hardware marketsProven track record of successfully launching and scaling enterprise technology productsTechnical Expertise
Strong understanding of SSD architectures, NAND technologies, and storage system designFamiliarity with NVMe infrastructure and server/storage ecosystemsExperience with cloud infrastructure, hyperscale data centers, NAS/SAN/object storage systemsAbility to translate complex technical trends into clear product strategies and differentiated featuresAdditional
Ability to manage multiple strategic initiatives simultaneouslyWillingness to travel approximately 25% (domestic and international) Req#2244; #LI-CB1;
The expected salary for this position is $194,270.00 - $323,780.00.
At KIOXIA, we value the following:
Investment in youOffering opportunities for career growth and personal development trainingOpen-minded managementEmpowering employees by listening and responding to ideas, issues, and approachesFlexible work-life balanceOffering a generous PTO allotment, holiday shutdown, and flexible work optionsDiversity of cultures, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences of all our team membersThrough our diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, our focus is to strengthen our company culture to create more inclusion and belonging for allBenefits for our team membersExcellent medical and non-medical benefits, 401(k) matching, pet insuranceKIOXIA America, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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