Job Purpose
- The Regional Product Marketing (RPM) is responsible for the go-to-market strategy, execution and growth (the "how") within South Korea, lifecycle management, and commercial success of EP MCU/MPU/Connectivity portfolio. Translate complex technical specifications (like DMIPS, Flash memory, Wireless performance and peripheral sets, application requirements) into value propositions that resonate with customers.
- Adapting the global strategy and pivot it to fit local market dynamics, ensuring that the EP & C portfolio meets revenue and design-win targets in the specific geography through a deep customer-centric approach. Collaborate with Sales and other stakeholders to identify high-value "white space" and partner with Distribution and Design Houses to build a robust support ecosystem. Ultimately, acting as the "Voice of the Region" ensuring that local requirements and competitive shifts directly influence the future products’ roadmap
Principal Accountabilities:
- Demand Creation & Design-Wins
- Targeting: Identify the high potential customer
- Promotion: Execute regional seminars, tech days, partner scouting, enablement and trade shows.
- Funnel Management: Track the "Design-In" to "Design-Win" pipeline to ensure future revenue is secure.
- Opportunity: Uncover opportunity and support to close and win
- Distribution Management: Work with distributor to support Key account and “long tail” customers.
- Customers: Establish deep relationships with key customers and align on product roadmap and D-in/win support
- Price Positioning: Adjust local pricing to stay competitive against local players or customer share, in synch with company ambition.
- Key customer initiatives
- Account Profile: Working with sales (Customer Roadmap, Competition landscape, SKU map, SAM, key target opportunities/sockets, SWOT, customer org)
- Engagement strategy and customer relationship
- Roadmap impact and alignment
- Account strategy
- Action plan
- long term tracking
- Go-To-Market (GTM)
- Collateral customization: Adapt high-impact pitch decks, product positioning, articles.
- Sales Enablement: In collaboration with FAE/AE Train sales teams and Partners on new products, fighting guide and tech trend to leverage.
- Ecosystem Development/nurturing: Ensure the MCU/MPU/CONNECTIVITY has the right "extras" by training the partners, “preparing” evaluation boards, IDE support, and software libraries.
- Local 3rd party: Strong local engagement and partner identification.
- Strategy & Roadmap
- Market Analysis through Customer lens: Identify emerging trends in IoT, Industrial Automation, Consumer Electronics,...
- Competitive Intelligence: Keep tabs on competitors to ensure pricing and performance remain superior.
- Voice of the Region (VOR)
- Feedback Loop: Collect specific regional requirements. It’s your job to convince the global team to put it on the roadmap.
- Competitor Scouting: Monitor what competitors are doing locally
Key Performance Measures:
- Product line revenue, margin, and growth of the Korea market.
- Number of design-ins and design-wins in Korea
- Korea market strategy and execution.
- Definition of unique selling propositions (USPs) and clear differentiators against competitors.
- Achievement of team goals and individual development milestones.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Strong business acumen with P&L ownership mindset.
- Strategic thinking with data-driven decision making.
- Customer-centric orientation.
- High energy, self-motivation and go-getter attitude.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills. Ability to present complex concepts in a clear, concise and effective way.
- Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ability to work effectively with teams located in multiple locations, time zones.
- Ability to collaborate and be effective in a fast-paced environment.
- Track record of successfully launching products, generating design-wins and ultimately driving revenue growth.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical fields. Master’s degree or MBA is a plus.
- 10+ years of experience in semiconductor, embedded systems, or related industries.
- 5+ years in product marketing or product line management.
- Experience in P&L management, Strategic Marketing, Technical Marketing, Business development, Applications, Supply chain management, Cost management, or related roles.
- Understanding of microcontroller or microprocessor or connectivity applications in consumer, industrial, automotive and data center or communications infrastructure applications and systems.
- Understanding of:
- Microcontroller architectures (ARM Cortex, RISC-V, etc)
- Connectivity Technology (WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC)
- Embedded software ecosystems
- Semiconductor cost structures, wafer economics, and supply chain dynamics
Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world‑leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.
At Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work, grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.
We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field
- 10+ years of experience in semiconductor, embedded systems, or related industries
- 5+ years of experience in product marketing or product line management
- Experience with P&L management, strategic marketing, technical marketing, business development, applications, supply chain management, cost management, or related roles
- Understanding of microcontroller, microprocessor, or connectivity applications in consumer, industrial, automotive, data center, or communications infrastructure markets
- Understanding of microcontroller architectures, including ARM Cortex and RISC-V
- Understanding of connectivity technologies, including WiFi, Bluetooth, and NFC
- Understanding of embedded software ecosystems
- Understanding of semiconductor cost structures, wafer economics, and supply chain dynamics
- Master's degree or MBA
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