Technical Ecosystem Program Specialist – 2210

No Relocation Assistance Provided. 

KIOXIA America, Inc. is the U.S.-based subsidiary of KIOXIA Corporation, a leading worldwide supplier of flash memory and solid state drives (SSDs). From the invention of flash memory to today’s breakthrough BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory technology, KIOXIA continues to pioneer innovative memory, SSD and software solutions that enrich people's lives and expand society's horizons. The company's innovative BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory technology is shaping the future of storage in high-density applications, including advanced smartphones, PCs, SSDs, automotive, and data centers.

KIOXIA America Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Technical Ecosystem Project Specialist to develop and grow our SSD business in the SSD ecosystem development segment. This individual directly reports to the Director of SSD Ecosystem Development and requires a unique blend of strategic negotiation, technical, and marketing skills. Not only will you coordinate internally with many cross-functional teams to reach critical business decisions on ecosystem and technical support strategy, but you will work with world-class ecosystem leaders directly in the industry. The ecosystem scope includes hardware companies such as CPUs, PCIe related peripherals, etc. and software companies such as Operating Systems, Storage Drivers, Virtualization Software, Software-Defined Storage (SDS) and so on. 

Our ideal candidate will leverage their technical background to drive and manage ecosystem strategy at both a tactical and strategic level while working closely with customers, sales, product managers, technical marketing, business ops, and other cross-functional teams. This is a complex job that requires exceptional attention to detail, multi-tasking capabilities, and the ability to follow through on initiatives with many internal teams, from the roadmap alignment, SSD sample planning, SSD validations, and to plan/execute joint marketing activities. This position provides an excellent opportunity to participate in growing the SSD ecosystem industry including NVMe, SDS, and other new emerging markets such as AI/ML, block-chain and autonomous driving.

• Become a key PoC for ecosystems responsible for fostering new partnerships and maintaining current ones with the world’s leading technology companies
• Collaborate with partners and internal teams to enhance and maintain our ecosystem strategy by:
  • Driving key ecosystem activities at industry and customer shows
  • Keeping KIOXIA in sync with partners by managing product roadmap exchanges
  • Maintaining sampling plans to ensure SSD AVL/Interop compatibility
  • Effectively working with key KIOXIA global and local stakeholders including product planning, sales, and technical support
  • Becoming situationally fluent to support technical or commercial areas between KIOXIA and our ecosystem partners

• 5+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s, or 3+ years of experience with a Master’s degree, in managing cross-functional technical programs, account management in high-tech industry.
• Proven expertise in driving cross-functional programs required, involving hardware, firmware, and system level integration preferred.
• Experience in building and managing relationships with ecosystem partners (OEM’s, hyperscalers), aligning technical roadmaps and joint enablement strategies.
• Proficient in excel for data analysis, building models, dashboards, benchmarking to evaluate ecosystem technologies, identify optimization, KPI’s, and opportunities, ensuring alignment with ecosystem partner requirements and engagements.
• Strong command of business-level written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts clearly, adapt messaging to varied audiences, and influence stakeholders effectively.
• Proven experience in project management methodologies, best practices, and the ability to lead complex cross-functional initiates to successful completion.
• Understanding of enterprise/data center/client system architectures preferred.
• Understanding of SSD and flash memory technologies preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate preferred.
• Understanding of roadmaps and able to provide thorough technical analysis of ecosystem partners’ data
• Understanding of PCIe interop testing preferred
• Understanding of Re-timer and SoC/Flash controller technologies preferred

Req#2210; #LI-CB1

The expected salary for this position is $121,710.00 - $200,820.00.

At KIOXIA, we value the following:

• Investment in you
  • Offering opportunities for career growth and personal development training
• Open-minded management
  • Empowering employees by listening and responding to ideas, issues, and approaches
• Flexible work-life balance
  • Offering a generous PTO allotment, holiday shutdown, and flexible work options
• Diversity of cultures, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences of all our team members
  • Through our diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, our focus is to strengthen our company culture to create more inclusion and belonging for all
• Benefits for our team members
  • Excellent medical and non-medical benefits, 401(k) matching, pet insurance

KIOXIA America, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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