Lead Product Manager, AI Storage Solutions

Lead Product Manager, AI Storage Solutions

• Full-time
• Salary Range:
  
  -
• Job Type (exemption status):
  Exempt position - Please see related compensation & benefits details below
• Business Function:
  Technical Product Management

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry‑leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Product Leadership Own the multi‑year product roadmap, aligning with technology inflection points such as AI Storage Solutions, and emerging AI Storage Solutions architectures. Translate market dynamics, customer signals, and competitive insights into product requirements (MRD/PRD).
• Customer & Market Engagement Lead deep technical engagements with hyperscalers and chip makers (e.g., NVIDIA, AMD), turning customer performance, latency, and capacity needs into engineering deliverables. Position product solutions for AI inference, KV‑cache, and memory‑centric architectures informed by industry trends, inference context memory, KV‑tiering.
• Business & Financial Ownership Build business cases including TAM/SAM/SOM models, pricing strategies, investment requirements, and ROI modeling. Guide lifecycle execution from concept → development → through cross‑functional program reviews (Stage Gate).
• Execution & Cross‑Functional Leadership Partner closely with ASIC, firmware, NAND, system, and quality teams to drive technical readiness and performance targets. Manage supplier relationships and work with supply chain to ensure cost, yield, and delivery success. Coordinate internal alignment with engineering, reliability, operations, and exec staff.
• Competitive Intelligence Maintain a robust understanding of the semiconductor memory landscape—AI Storage Solutions competition, NAND‑AI Storage Solutions, emerging AI architectures, and customer platform roadmaps.

Technical Expertise

• 3D stacking / TSV
• Memory–accelerator integration (AI/ML GPU pipelines)
• Memory subsystem architecture and performance analysis
• AI Storage Solutions, NAND‑based high‑bandwidth architectures

REQUIRED
:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. MBA preferred.
• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in product management, AI Storage Solutions, and AI Architectures for datacenters or on‑device.
• Strong desire to take ownership of the full product lifecycle.
• Proven track record of managing and launching successful emerging technology products.
• Deep understanding of flash memory technology and AI Storage Solutions, 3D stacking, TSV architectures, NAND‑based high bandwidth architectures.
• Any knowledge of AI software stack will be a added advantage.

Preferred
:

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate market trends into actionable product strategies.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with experience leading cross‑functional teams.
• Experience presenting to senior level audiences.
• This is an Individual contributor (IC) role. Any people management skills will be an added advantage.

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