Senior Product Manager – Server CPU

Intel Corporation

Senior Product Manager for Intel Xeon platforms driving product lifecycle from definition to launch. Collaborating cross-functionally to ensure product success in a highly matrixed environment.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeHillsboro • California, Oregon, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $188,330 - $265,870 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own a Xeon product through its full lifecycle: product definition, planning, development, production, launch, and end‑of‑life
Serve as the central point of coordination across design, architecture, process technology, manufacturing, test, quality, and marketing
Maintain lifecycle accountability, including upgrades, feature changes, and product sustaining decisions
Apply competitive intelligence, customer insights, and workload analysis to influence product priorities within the broader Xeon portfolio framework
Assess emerging technologies and provide informed recommendations for future product investments
Translate customer and ecosystem feedback into actionable inputs for roadmap and feature decisions
Analyze the competitive landscape and define product positioning that clearly communicates customer value
Develop performance leadership narratives grounded in real workload KPIs
Own workload and KPI readiness gates, driving execution across validation, debug, and performance optimization teams
Represent product readiness, risks, and mitigation plans in executive and cross‑organizational reviews
Support global product launches in partnership with marketing, communications, PR, and sales enablement teams
Align engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and business stakeholders on priorities, tradeoffs, and definitions of success
Drive convergence across validation, debug, and performance teams to ensure outcomes reflect real customer requirements

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's in Electrical /Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or STEM related field with 7+ year of experience
7+ years of experience in semiconductor product management, technical marketing, or product architecture
7+ years of experience owning end‑to‑end hardware or platform products, including launch and lifecycle
Demonstrated depth operating at the system or platform level
Proven track record owning product decisions under ambiguity — including setting success criteria, driving tradeoffs, and carrying consequences
Demonstrated ability to lead senior engineering stakeholders without direct authority
Ability to articulate a coherent product narrative that connects architecture intent, workload performance, competitive positioning, and customer value
MBA or equivalent experience translating technical tradeoffs into business, portfolio, and market implications
Direct experience with server or datacenter platform business involving CPU, memory, and I/O
Demonstrated exposure to hyperscale, CSP, or OEM/ODM customers or ecosystems
Hands‑on involvement with workload‑based performance or benchmarking frameworks (e.g., MLPerf, SPEC, TPC, or equivalent internal systems)

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive pay
stock bonuses
health
retirement
vacation

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Hard Skills & Tools

product managementtechnical marketingproduct architecturehardware product lifecycleworkload performancebenchmarking frameworkscompetitive analysisKPI analysissystem level operationsfeature prioritization

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcoordinationdecision makingstrategic thinkinginfluencingcollaborationproblem solvingnarrative articulationstakeholder alignment

Certifications

Bachelor's in Electrical EngineeringBachelor's in Computer EngineeringBachelor's in Computer ScienceMBA