Luminary Micro’s Stellaris real-time multi-tasking MCUs are setting new standards high-performance, extensible networking. Featuring ARM’s revolutionary Cortex-M3 MCU core, Stellaris MCUs tackle the toughest computational challenges in networking with headroom to spare for support of application processing, communications and human-interface tasks. With the only ARM MCUs integrating on-chip 10/100 Ethernet MAC+PHY, Stellaris MCUs are positioned to become the solution of choice for new networked designs.

Luminary Micro is seeking an experienced marketing professional to drive the company’s emergence as the industry leader in MCU-based networked applications. This executive will drive overall business success through definition and implementation of effective market, application, and product strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand, define, and communicate the value proposition of our products.
• Develop and nurture key customer relationships.
• Provide strategic and tactical guidance to the sales and FAE teams.
• Ensure proper training on forthcoming products and technologies.
• Identify the value drivers of emerging opportunities and identify the technology required to bring them to fruition.
• Participate in cross-functional teams that develop products silicon, software and systems products for target markets and applications.
• Identify, define and quantify customer/market requirements and opportunities for new products and contribute to product definition/business planning with a cross-functional business team.
• Define market and product strategies to increase market penetration.
• Develop and manage relationships with key third-party partners.
• Understand competitive threats and lead competitive evaluations to drive overall market and competitive strategy.
• Set new product pricing, forecasts and revenue projections.
• Champion business development of products including product launch, market communications, field support and customer development.

Essential qualifications (must have):

• Bachelors degree in engineering; EE preferred. Advanced degree desirable, MBA a plus.
• 10 or more years of demonstrated success in marketing of networked semiconductors
• Proven ability in business-to-business technology marketing, semiconductor product development and launch in the networking/internetworking/communications markets
• Solid industry experience, familiarity with networking product development processes and product qualification in the target markets
• Knowledge of power, analog or digital circuits applied in products deployed in networking applications
• Proven track record of new business development, revenue/profit growth
• Strong leadership and business management skills
• Sound business finance knowledge
• Ability to build and lead a team as the business grows
• Authorized to work in the U.S. and able to travel internationally.

Advantageous qualifications:

• Experience with a semiconductor start-up
• Experience with embedded microprocessors, microcontrollers or programmable system-on-chip (SoC) products

The company is located in Austin, Texas although there is flexibility in the location of this leader. Significant domestic and international travel may be expected.

Compensation:

Competitive base compensation with highly attractive equity options. Performance incentives in cash and equity. All qualified inquiries will be answered.

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*- Higher grade commensurate with experience