Edge AI Product Marketing Manager/Director

Axelera AI is not your regular deep‑tech startup. We are building the next‑generation AI platform to help anyone advance humanity and improve the world around us. In just four years, we have raised a total of $120 million, built a world‑class team of 220+ employees (including 49+ PhDs with more than 40,000 citations), and operate remotely from 17 countries with offices in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, the UK, and a headquarters at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Our Metis™ AI Platform delivers a 3‑5x increase in efficiency and performance, and we have a strong business pipeline exceeding $100 million. We are committed to innovation and have established ourselves as a global industry pioneer.

We are seeking a skilled and motivated professional to join our Product Management team, bridging the gap between product management and sales. In this role, you will provide technical expertise and enable the adoption of our edge AI accelerator portfolio. You will translate complex AI and edge computing technologies into clear, customer‑facing value, supporting pre‑sales efforts, competitive positioning, and market insights. You will work closely with Product, Sales, and Marketing teams to ensure our solutions address customer needs, inform product strategy, and strengthen market impact.

• Sales Enablement & Pre‑Sales Support:

• Develop and maintain technical sales assets, including reference architectures, battle cards, TCO models, comparison matrices, and use‑case documentation.
• Own competitive intelligence and positioning, ensuring clear differentiation across all outbound content.
• Deliver pre‑sales technical product presentations for strategic accounts and complex opportunities.
• Lead technical proposal development for strategic tenders, coordinating cross‑functional contributors with Product Management.
• Conduct product training sessions for Sales, Customer Success (CST), and Marketing on product capabilities, competitive landscape, and market dynamics.
• Build deep expertise in high‑impact edge AI verticals and share insights to strengthen sales execution.

• Drive alignment between product, marketing, and customer‑facing teams to ensure market insights inform product strategy and positioning.
• Capture and prioritize market requirements (MRDs) with Product Managers through customer engagement, sales input, and competitive analysis.
• Feed win/loss analysis and competitive insights from Customer Success into product roadmap decisions.
• Collaborate with Marketing to maintain accurate, differentiated messaging across campaigns, product launches, and thought leadership.
• Provide technical input and brief Marketing on customer pain points, competitive landscape, and positioning.
• Support development of competitive benchmarks with CST to inform both product and marketing strategy.

• Technical Background:

• MSc or higher in Engineering (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field).
• 8+ years of experience in technical product management, solutions engineering, or product marketing for semiconductor or computing products.
• Deep understanding of AI inference workloads, neural network architectures, and edge computing requirements.
• Ability to engage in in‑depth technical discussions with customer architects and engineering teams.

• Proven ability to translate technical capabilities into clear business value propositions.
• Experience in AI markets.
• Experience in verticals such as surveillance, agritech, defense, healthcare, automotive, or retail is a plus.
• Experience building sales enablement materials and delivering technical training to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong competitive analysis and market research skills.
• Track record of supporting complex B2B sales cycles (6–18 months).

• Excellent technical writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Sales, Product Engineering, and Marketing teams.
• Experience managing cross‑functional initiatives (e.g., tender responses, product launches).
• Comfortable presenting to both C‑level executives and highly technical audiences.
• Self‑driven, autonomous contributor with a strong sense of ownership.

Work from one of our Axelera AI offices (Leuven in Belgium, Amsterdam and Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Florence and Milan in Italy or Bristol in the United Kingdom) if you are already based nearby. Work fully remotely from any European country (including the UK) you are already in. Relocate with us and work from Italy (Florence or Milan) or the Netherlands (Amsterdam or Eindhoven). Priority will be given to candidates who are interested in being based in Belgium, Italy, or the Netherlands.

Due to the holiday period, we will not be screening incoming applications before January 5 – we will contact select candidates only after that date.

This is your chance to shape and be part of a dynamic, fast‑growing, international organization. We offer an attractive compensation package, including a pension plan, extensive employee insurances, and the option to receive company shares. An open culture that supports creativity and continual innovation awaits you, with collaborative ownership, freedom, and responsibility characteristic of our work style. At Axelera AI, we wholeheartedly embrace equal opportunity and hold diversity in the highest regard. Our steadfast commitment is to cultivate a warm and inclusive environment that empowers and celebrates every member of our team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to join us in shaping the future of AI.