Senior Manager, Foundry Strategic Design Alliances & Ecosystem Sales

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Samsung Semiconductor

Compensation

$176,000 - $280,000/year

San Jose, California, United States

On-site

Posted April 1, 2026

Job Description

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What You’ll Do

The Sr. Manager, Foundry Strategic Design Alliances & Ecosystem Sales will report to the Head of Foundry Strategic Design Alliances & Ecosystem Sales, and will focus on building a customer pipeline to scale the revenue associated with (i) Samsung Foundry’s Design Solution Partners (DSPs) and (ii) other strategic design houses, to further expand Samsung Foundry’s North America business.

This position is based in San Jose, CA, USA but will require extensive collaboration across the organization, including with sales/account managers, business development, design ecosystem and counter-parts in Headquarters as well as external Design Solution Partners (DSPs).

The candidate will be the primary link between Samsung Foundry and the US design community. Your mission is two-fold: (i) Scale the revenue and technical capability of our existing Design Solution Partners (DSPs) and (ii) identify strong non-DSP Strategic Design Houses to pull into high-value projects. You will own the commercial and operational success of multiple design projects from the initial pitch (Pre-D/A) to the final silicon delivery (Post-D/A).

The successful candidate should have the key skills required for the job, including strong business strategy formulation with customers and external partners, with solid understanding of the semiconductor foundry, ASIC and OSAT landscape. Additionally, the candidate must be comfortable solving problems even when data is incomplete, as well as working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Location: Onsite at our San Jose headquarters 5 days a week with an average of 10 % travel per month

Reports to: Sr Dr, Foundry Business Strategy

Drive incremental revenue specifically through DSP/Strategic Partner engagements
Lead the 3-way communications/negotiations between Samsung Foundry, design partner, and the end-customer to secure design awards.
Lead monthly meetings and yearly business review meetings with DSP leadership to align on project status, sales targets and resource allocation for Samsung-bound projects
Own the technical and commercial proposal, ensuring PPA targets and NRE costs are competitive and realistic
Act as the executive account manager through the design flow, after securing the design-award
Ensure the design house stays on track for tape-out and manage the hand-off to the fab. If a project hits a snag in physical design or sign-off, you are the first responder
Drive strategy alignment with Headquarters counterparts plus execute and track overall progress
Understand overall ASIC and Design House competitive landscape especially for advanced technology node (14nm and below)
Qualify new business opportunities with the DSPs and formulate joint opportunity attack plan
Support creation of CEO/EVP and board-level analysis for strategy meetings.
Complete other responsibilities as assigned.