Sr. Principal Product Manager – Software and Digital Platforms

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) stands as a worldwide semiconductor leader, combining analog, digital, AI, and software technologies to drive innovative solutions that address challenges across automation, robotics, healthcare, energy, and more. With fiscal year 2025 revenues exceeding $11 billion, the company empowers innovation at the Intelligent Edge.

Role Overview

The Senior Principal Product Manager for Software and Digital Platforms acts as a key individual contributor responsible for defining product direction, translating market and business needs into actionable product requirements, and aligning cross-functional teams including engineering and program management. This position bridges vertical market teams with software, digital, and AI development units.

Core Responsibilities

• Collaborate with marketing, engineering, and customers to convert business demands into clear product requirements focusing on "what" to build and the reasons behind it.
• Establish product scope, identify use cases, prioritize features, and validate technical requirements with engineering teams for software and digital platform solutions.
• Work hand-in-hand with software, embedded, system, and hardware engineers to refine needs, address compromises, and ensure solutions are scalable and reusable across markets.
• Contribute to developing and prioritizing product roadmaps balancing customer needs, strategic objectives, technical feasibility, and resource availability.
• Prepare business cases and assist in scoping projects including development effort, costs, lifecycle impacts, and potential for platform reuse.
• Manage the entire product lifecycle from concept through launch, support, and retirement ensuring readiness and adoption plans.
• Engage with customers and internal stakeholders to gather feedback, evaluate suitability, and guide product evolution based on application demands and competition.
• Collaborate with program management and development teams during planning and execution cycles, offering priority guidance and visibility into risks and dependencies.
• Shape platform strategies to standardize components, improve developer experience, and advance reusability across embedded software and digital assets.
• Work alongside business unit applications, marketing, and enablement teams to ensure product positioning, documentation, and collateral clearly articulate value and technical capabilities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate with business unit application teams to incorporate customer experience and product readiness into planning stages.
• Understand architectural decisions and validation requirements with embedded software and systems teams to ensure informed product choices.
• Support market launch readiness by aligning documentation, evaluation tools, and customer materials with roadmap and release goals.
• Drive resolution and prioritization of issues among development, applications, and support groups throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or related technical discipline; advanced degrees or MBA advantageous.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in product management, systems engineering, applications engineering or similar roles with embedded systems exposure.
• Proven track record in managing or defining products featuring embedded software, firmware, or software-enabled hardware platforms.
• Practical knowledge of embedded software development processes, software lifecycle, and interactions between firmware, drivers, middleware, hardware, and end-user applications.
• Capability to translate customer and market needs into precise product requirements and lead diverse teams towards execution alignment.
• Strong aptitude for technical and business judgment, prioritizing features, balancing tradeoffs, and contributing to business case formulation.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills with influence across teams without direct authority.
• In-depth understanding of competitive landscape, customer workflows, and evolving software platform trends in embedded and digital domains.

Additional Information

Some positions may require export licensing approval from U.S. government agencies, subjecting applicants (other than U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and protected individuals) to export controls review.

Analog Devices promotes equal opportunity employment fostering inclusivity across all legally protected categories.

Travel Requirement: Approximately 25% travel expected.

Shift Type: First shift/days.

Compensation: New hires can expect salaries between $184,030 and $266,485, with actual wages dependent on location, experience, education, and other factors. The role offers a discretionary performance-based bonus and comprehensive benefits including medical, vision, dental, 401k, paid time off, and more.