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Company Overview
Ambiq is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere — powering the AI edge revolution with the world's lowest-power semiconductor solutions.
Built on our proprietary sub- and near-threshold technology our chips deliver multi-fold improvements in energy efficiency without costly process scaling. Since 2010 we've shipped over 300 million units to customers building smarter wearables medical devices IoT products and AI-powered edge applications.
Our cross-functional teams span design research development production marketing sales and operations across Austin Hsinchu Shanghai Shenzhen and Singapore. We move fast tackle hard problems and create space for people to grow through complex meaningful work that shapes the future of technology.
We're looking for self-motivated creative problem-solvers who are eager to push technological limits and make a real impact in energy efficiency.
At Ambiq we live by five values: Innovate. Collaborate. Focus. Learn. Achieve.
If that's you join us — the intelligence everywhere revolution starts here.
This role will be on-site 5 days a week in NW Austin.
The Role
Ambiq is seeking a Head of Product Management & Marketing to own the P&L and business strategy for our edge AI/MCU/SoC portfolio. You will define the multi-year roadmap orchestrate execution across Engineering Sales and Operations and drive revenue growth and profitability by delivering category-defining ultra-low power solutions
What You’ll Do
Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Own portfolio strategy complete product lifecycles and 3–5 year roadmaps across silicon AI tools SDKs and reference solutions
- Define high-impact value propositions positioning and value-based pricing/packaging to maximize profitability
- Build and validate business cases (TAM/SAM/SOM cost margin ROI) and prioritize investments.
Go-to-Market & Launch
- Lead integrated product launches (alpha/beta enablement content PR/analyst and events)
- Partner with Sales and BD on flagship design-win strategy funnel health and channel programs.
- Ensure the creation of powerful sales enablement assets including solution briefs benchmarks competitive battlecards demos/reference designs
Customer & Market Insight
- Act as executive sponsor building C-level relationships with strategic customers to capture future requirements for strategic customers
- Maintain deep competitive analysis and market intelligence to guide roadmap positioning and messaging
People Leadership & Operations
- Own annual planning for portfolio P&L targets pricing strategy and budget
- Drive tight alignment and prioritization across engineering marketing and sales leaders to ensure timely execution of the product roadmap and resolve critical trade-offs
- Hire mentor and develop a high-performing team; establish clear career paths and objectives and foster a culture of innovation accountability and operational excellence
- Institute data-driven product operating rhythms (MRD/PRD reviews launch gates KPI dashboards).
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Translate customer/market needs into crisp requirements for Architecture Silicon Firmware AI tools and Software.
- Partner with Applications/FAE to scale customer support developer experience reference designs and ecosystems.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain/Operations on forecasts and product plans
What Success Looks Like (KPIs)
- Market share growth and AI/software solution attach rate in key ultra-low-power applications
- Ecosystem expansion measured by the number of active partners developers or design-ins for reference solutions
- Gross margin improvement through value-based pricing and mix.
- On-time launches with successful revenue contribution and healthy ROI from new product introductions
- Team Health & Retention: Employee engagement scores and retention of top talent
What You Bring
- 15+ years in Product Management/Product Marketing for semiconductors embedded systems or edge AI; 7+ years managing PM/PMM leaders and ICs.
- Proven ownership of silicon + software portfolios (MCU/SoC/ASIC SDKs toolchains reference designs).
- Demonstrated success taking complex technical products from concept to high-volume production.
- Strong financial acumen (pricing margin P&L) and analytical rigor (market models experiment design).
- Customer-facing credibility with OEM/ODM/Tier-1 partners; excellent executive communication.
- Ability to synthesize architecture trade-offs (power performance area BOM) into marketable value.
- Education: BS in EE/CE/CS (or related) required; MS/MBA preferred.
Nice to Have
- Experience with wearables/hearables consumer health industrial IoT medical and/or vision/audio AI at the edge.
- Ecosystem chops: Zephyr RTOS TensorFlow Lite Micro/TVM compilers/Kernels model optimization/ML perf.
- Familiarity with developer marketing communities and reference app pipelines
Work Model & Travel
- Austin-based hybrid role with regular in-office collaboration
- ~15–25% travel for customers tradeshows and cross-site meetings.
**Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer. We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas (now or in the future) for this role.
Skills Required
- 15+ years in Product Management/Product Marketing for semiconductors embedded systems or edge AI
- 7+ years managing PM/PMM leaders and individual contributors
- Proven ownership of silicon and software portfolios (MCU/SoC/ASIC SDKs toolchains reference designs)
- Demonstrated success taking complex technical products from concept to high-volume production
- Strong financial acumen (pricing margin P&L) and analytical rigor (market models experiment design)
- Customer-facing credibility with OEM/ODM/Tier-1 partners and excellent executive communication
- Ability to synthesize architecture trade-offs (power performance area BOM) into marketable value propositions
- BS in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field
- MS or MBA
- Experience with wearables/hearables consumer health industrial IoT medical or vision/audio AI at the edge
- Familiarity with Zephyr RTOS TensorFlow Lite Micro TVM compilers/kernels model optimization/ML perf
- Familiarity with developer marketing communities and reference app pipelines
- Role is on-site in NW Austin (5 days/week) and requires ~15-25% travel
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States; employer will not sponsor work visas
Ambiq Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Healthcare Strength—Medical dental and vision coverage are part of the core package and the health insurance is portrayed positively across the provided information. This indicates dependable core healthcare support.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—Paid time off and an expanded holiday schedule including a year‑end closure are highlighted. References to PTO accrual and carryover reinforce strong time‑off design.
- Parental & Family Support—Parental leave and family medical leave are explicitly included. This signals structured support for caregiving needs.
Ambiq Insights
What We Do
Ambiq® enables intelligence (AI and beyond) everywhere by delivering the lowest-power semiconductor solutions for battery-powered edge devices. As a pioneer in ultra-low power SoCs Ambiq empowers wearables IoT smart home healthcare and industrial products with always-on energy-efficient intelligence. Backed by our SPOT® technology and global innovation leadership Ambiq is shaping the future of edge AI.
Why Work With Us
Direct influence on silicon architectureSmaller high-impact teamsHardware/software co-design in real timeFaster technical decision cyclesVisible ownership at Staff & Director levelAustin-based collaboration culture
Ambiq Offices
OnSite Workspace
Building silicon and embedded AI systems requires tight collaboration across firmware hardware validation and architecture teams.We believe the hardest engineering problems are solved through direct daily collaboration.
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