Director, Product Management – AI Networking Spectrum X
NVIDIA Corporation · Santa Clara, CA
$272,000–$425,500from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Santa Clara, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A director-level product management role focused on network analytics, telemetry, and orchestration within NVIDIA's datacenter Ethernet business. The position owns the full product lifecycle — from long-range strategy through end-of-life — for large-scale networking platforms, coordinating across engineering, sales, marketing, and regional teams. It suits a deeply technical senior PM with a strong background in data center networking hardware and software.
Principal level · 15+ years · Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (7)
The role is framed as 'Director-level' and explicitly scoped to global product strategy with org-wide technical authority, which maps to Principal on the seniority ladder — the 15+ year overall / 8+ year networking requirement and the breadth of cross-functional ownership support this.
The posting accepts 'equivalent experience' in lieu of a BS/MS in Engineering, so the degree requirement is set to None.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: this is a senior Product Management / Director role with deep technical requirements. 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) is the best fit given the director-level scope, cross-functional leadership, and product lifecycle ownership; however, the JD explicitly frames the role as a senior IC ('director-level scope') rather than a people manager, making 15-1299 a plausible alternative.
Skills such as 'product strategy' and 'data center infrastructure' are listed here as named domain competencies explicitly required in the 'What We Need to See' section; they are retained because the JD gates on them as specific domain knowledge areas, not generic soft skills.
The 'Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd' section maps to preferred/nice-to-have skills: NPUs/DPUs, network analytics, deep learning, and GPU computing are all drawn from that section.
No specific work location is stated beyond NVIDIA's general presence; Santa Clara, CA is used as NVIDIA's headquarters and primary datacenter networking hub. The posting does not indicate remote eligibility.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): network orchestration, product strategy.
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