Lightmatter is leading the revolution in AI data center infrastructure, enabling the next giant leaps in human progress. The company invented the world’s first 3D-stacked photonics engine, Passage™, capable of connecting thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light in extreme-scale data centers for the most advanced AI and HPC workloads.
Lightmatter raised $400 million in its Series D round, reaching a valuation of $4.4 billion. We will continue to accelerate the development of data center photonics and grow every department at Lightmatter!
If you're passionate about tackling complex challenges, making an impact, and being an expert in your craft, join our team of brilliant scientists, engineers, and accomplished industry leaders.
Lightmatter is (re)inventing the future of computing with light!
We are seeking an experienced and technically proficient Sr. Staff Product Marketing Manager to lead the external narrative, content creation, and sales enablement for our flagship photonic interconnect products and solutions.
In this critical role, you will be the key driver in ensuring Lightmatter’s sales, marketing, and channel partners are fully equipped to articulate the value of our photonic interconnect platforms. You will serve as the expert on our competitive landscape and key market trends, translating technical breakthroughs into compelling, externally-facing content.
Responsibilities:Market & Competitive Intelligence
- Lead research and analysis on the competitive landscape for photonic and high-speed interconnects, including competing technologies, standards, and co-packaged optics (CPO) roadmaps.
- Monitor and analyze key market trends in AI/ML hardware, hyperscale data center requirements, and advanced silicon packaging to inform marketing strategies.
- Synthesize competitive and market data into actionable insights for the wider Product and Executive teams.
- Drive external product content creation, including slideware, collateral, web copy, press releases and blog posts that clearly communicate the value of the Lightmatter’s product portfolio.
- Develop and manage technical marketing materials, such as white papers, performance benchmarks, and architectural deep dives that resonate with data center architects and engineers.
- Define requirements for and support the creation of product demonstrations and presentation materials.
- Develop comprehensive sales enablement materials including detailed and compelling product presentations and training programs that empower the sales team to articulate the technical and business value (TCO, ROI) of Passage interconnects and Guide lasers for AI/HPC infrastructure.
- Create and maintain a library of customer-facing presentations, FAQs, and competitive battle cards.
- Support strategic design-win engagements by providing high-impact, persuasive technical marketing materials.
- Serve as an external subject matter expert on Passage and the future of low-latency, high-bandwidth interconnects, supporting speaking opportunities and media engagements.
- Support influencer education around analyst and ecosystem initiatives, including the development of content for industry events and conferences (e.g., keynotes, technical sessions, panels).
- A technical degree (BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field).
- 5+ years of progressive experience in Product Marketing for highly technical B2B products.
- Direct, in-depth experience marketing complex hardware solutions such as AI/HPC silicon, co-packaged optics (CPO), high-speed networking, or photonic/optical interconnects.
- Proven ability to define technical marketing content requirements and produce high-quality, persuasive materials for both technical and executive audiences.
- Strong background in competitive analysis and synthesizing complex market data into clear strategies.
- Familiarity with the technical and business challenges faced by hyperscale cloud customers and Tier 1 semiconductor vendors.
- Previous experience defining requirements for product demos and managing the content creation lifecycle with internal teams and external agencies.
We offer competitive compensation. The base salary range for this role determined based on location, experience, educational background, and market data.
- Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Savings Matching Program
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Paid Family Leave
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Commuter Benefits
- Flexible, hybrid workplace model
- Equity grants (applicable to full-time employees)
Benefits eligibility may vary depending on your employment status and location. Lightmatter recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
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What We Do
Lightmatter is a startup photonics company that has pioneered a new paradigm in processor chip architecture that uses photons instead of electrons. Now the leader in the photonic AI compute “space race,” this new class of high performance semiconductors is the foundation of Lightmatter’s mission to enable the growth of computing, reduce harmful emissions associated with this growth, and democratize computing for all.
Lightmatter's technology accelerates critical operations in deep neural networks, using an array of programmable photonic elements fabricated alongside transistors in conventional computer chip fabrication processes. Our close-knit team of engineers has created an integrated photonics chip and ultra-high performance interconnect that is faster, more efficient, and cooler than anything else on earth (or anything ever experienced before) to power the next giant leaps in human progress.
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