Cloud Technical Business Development / Cloud Product Marketing Director

Cadence Open · verified Sep 23, 2026

San Jose Full-time Director Product Marketing

At a glance

Leadership Product Marketing role at Cadence. San Jose · full-time · $161,000–$299,000 base.

SalaryStated by Cadence

$161,000 – $299,000

Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.

This role, from CadenceOur estimate for the market: $230,000–$295,000Median $250,000

In line with the market median of $250,000 for lead product marketing roles in San Jose.

Worked out from 5 postings that stated pay, median $250,000. Last updated Sep 16, 2026.

RoleProduct Marketing

SeniorityDirector

LocationSan Jose

EmploymentFull-time

Base pay$161,000–$299,000

PostedSep 22, 2026 · 2d ago

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

Build North American cloud demand by supporting customers and creating an opportunity pipeline with field, sales, IT, and R&D teams
Lead technical pre-sales discussions for cloud opportunities and advance customer engagements
Shape future EDA cloud capabilities through product direction, roadmaps, and commercial models
Promote AI-enabled EDA workflows using hands-on chip design flow experience and GenAI tools
Move cloud products from definition through market launch and customer delivery

What you bring

Bring at least ten years in technical sales, pre-sales, application engineering, or technical product management across Systems, PLM, or EDA
Understand computational mechanics, the EDA ecosystem, SaaS, and cloud services for mechanical and electronic design
Have a decade or more creating launches for new technologies and SaaS platforms, while managing cloud projects operationally
Influence executives, customers, peers, partners, sales, engineering, and IT toward marketplace results
Show end-to-end cloud product delivery and the ability to turn customer needs into roadmaps and growth plans

Who this fits

This role suits a senior technical and commercial operator who can move between customers, product work, sales, engineering, IT, and R&D in a startup-like setting. You’ll be based in San Jose and focus on North America. Experience with AI-powered customer engagement and AI-enhanced cloud products is an advantage, as are PCB, multiphysics, and end-to-end mechanical and electronic design workflows.

From the employer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality.

Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health.

Job Overview:

Cadence’s Cloud Business Development team is hiring for a Technical Business Development / Cloud Pre-sales / Product Marketing Director focused on North America region. This exciting role requires a passionate go-getter and doer who can work collaboratively with multiple cross-functional teams from product definition to go-to-market execution within a start-up like environment. The role is based in San Jose. The primary responsibilities of this role include:

Developing Cadence Cloud business by supporting customer engagements through strong technical acumen and by developing a pipeline of opportunities for cloud by working collaboratively with local field, sales, IT and R&D teams
Driving pre-sales/technical sales engagements for all cloud opportunities
Guiding the development of next generation cloud capabilities for EDA workflows with strong product management skills
Driving cloud-based products, roadmaps and business models
Evangelization of AI-driven EDA tools by leveraging hands-on experience building EDA flows for chip design
Leveraging GenAI tools such as Co-pilot and other tools, improve customer interactions and technical pre-sales support

Minimum Qualifications:

10+ years of experience in technical sales/pre-sales/application engineering/technical product management in Systems/PLM/EDA domains
Strong knowledge of computational mechanics tools in the EDA and/or PLM domains
Strong understanding of the EDA ecosystem
10+ years of experience in developing and executing Go-to-market plans for new technologies and disruptive SaaS platform products
10+ years of experience in program/product management, and operationalization of new cloud-based projects
Strong technical and business knowledge of SaaS technologies, cloud computing and cloud services in mechanical and electronic design segments
Experience developing business models for cloud computing in the engineering domain
Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to successfully influence customers and peers at an executive level
Strong experience working with key decision makers and customers, ecosystem partners, sales, engineering and IT to drive success in the marketplace
Proven track record of driving the end-to-end development of Cloud based products and delivering to customers

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

Understanding of tools & flows for PCB design, Multiphysics modeling and simulation, end-to-end mechanical and electronic design industry processes
MBA (Masters in Business Administration) will be a plus
Experience working with High-Tech industry customers from start-ups to enterprise
Ability to work effectively with diverse teams of internal and external partners and customers
Ability to synthesize unstructured data and present recommendations successfully to senior management
Ability to translate customer and industry requirements and trends into product roadmaps, solutions, and business growth
Experience with AI-driven customer engagement tools: Hands-on experience leveraging AI-powered customer engagement solutions (such as generative AI chatbots, conversational AI agents, or AI-driven customer support platforms) to improve customer interactions and technical pre-sales support. Familiarity with using AI to deliver hyper-personalized, proactive customer experiences is a strong plus.
Expertise in AI-enhanced cloud solutions: Experience working with cloud platforms or products that integrate AI/ML capabilities (e.g. cloud services enhanced by generative AI or analytics). Candidates with a track record of deploying or promoting AI-enhanced cloud solutions – for instance, utilizing generative AI features in SaaS or cloud offerings to achieve superior performance or efficiency – will have an advantage

The annual salary range for California is $161,000 to $299,000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.