Wireline Vertical Marketing Specialist (Routing/Switching, Security)

Altera is the standalone FPGA business whose FPGAs and SoC FPGAs empower equipment makers to build differentiated networking and security platforms: routers, switches, firewalls, and security appliances deployed across carrier and data center infrastructure.

We are looking for a Wireline Vertical Marketing Specialist to support marketing and business development for Altera’s FPGA portfolio in Routing/Switching and Security. This is a role for someone with 2+ years of business development, sales, or marketing experience who wants to grow into a vertical marketing career in semiconductors.

You will work alongside a senior Wireline Vertical Marketing Managers and partner daily with Sales, Field Applications Engineers, and Product Planning. We will teach you the technology - what you bring is commercial instinct, curiosity, and the ability to get things done across a lot of moving parts.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development and Pipeline

• Research target customers and market segments, and help identify new opportunities for Altera’s Routing/Switching and Security solutions
• Track design wins, pipeline, and market share data, and keep segment reporting current
• Support the sales team with account research, customer profiles, and opportunity follow-up
• Help build and maintain market sizing models under the guidance of senior team members

Marketing Content and Enablement

• Draft and maintain sales enablement collateral, solution briefs, presentations, and customer-facing materials
• Assemble competitive comparisons and market landscape summaries
• Coordinate content reviews across Marketing, Engineering, and Product Planning
• Keep the Wireline content library organized and current

Customer and Field Support

• Support customer meetings, briefings, and trade shows, including logistics, follow-up, and note capture
• Gather customer and field feedback and route it to the right internal owners
• Help respond to sales requests for information and collateral

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work across Sales, Engineering, and Product Marketing to move projects forward
• Support product launch activities, demand generation campaigns, and digital marketing for the Wireline vertical

Vertical/Industry Marketing, Network Routing, Network Switching, Network Operations Center, Security Infrastructure, FPGA, System-on-a-Chip (SoC), Network Security, Network Switching, Network Routers, * Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Communications, or a related field

• 2+ years of experience in business development, inside sales, sales operations, marketing, or a comparable commercial role
• Demonstrated ability to research markets and customers and turn findings into clear, usable summaries
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working across multiple teams and managing several projects at once
• Proficiency with standard business tools (Excel, PowerPoint, CRM systems)

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Ethernet protocol basics (MAC/PHY/PCS, link rates such as 100GE and 400GE)
• Familiarity with networking fundamentals (routing, switching, packet processing, the OSI model)
• Familiarity with FPGA basics and where programmable logic is used in networking systems
• Familiarity with network security concepts (encryption, firewalls, MACsec, IPsec)
• Exposure to the semiconductor, networking equipment, or telecom industry
• Experience with Salesforce or a similar CRM
• Experience with market sizing, TAM/SAM analysis, or competitive research
• Coursework or certifications in networking (for example CCNA or Network+)

The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

$118.9K - $172.2K USD

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