Deputy Director: Aerospace/Defense

Deputy Director: Aerospace/Defense - Analog & Power

Location: USA (Hybrid/remote flexibility with ~ 25% travel)

About the Role

As the Senior Segment Leader for the Aerospace, Defense & Critical Infrastructure (ADCI) market within a leading semiconductor foundry, you will shape and execute the go-to-market strategy for analog and power solutions spanning commercial aerospace, national-security and critical infrastructure applications across land, air, sea and space domains. You will be the technical and business owner of this segment, accountable for growth, design-wins, partnerships, and unlocking value from analog and power platforms. This is a technical business leader position.

Why This Opportunity Matters

This is a high-visibility, high-impact role: you will work at the intersection of defense-prime roadmaps, government supply-chain initiatives and commercial aerospace innovation.

The role empowers you to lead cross-functional teams (sales, design-enablement, manufacturing, supply-chain) and drive results across a global platform.

If you are passionate about analog/power micro-electronics, trusted by senior technical and business stakeholders, and thrive translating customer roadmaps into game-changing platforms this is your arena.

Key Responsibilities

Monitor and interpret market dynamics, emerging standards and customer requirements in aerospace, defense and critical infrastructure (ADCI) domains.

Partner closely with sales teams to engage with customers and government agencies; understand their product roadmaps and technology needs.

Define winning solution value-propositions by selecting platforms, IP, and differentiating features aligned to customer requirements.

Develop and articulate market requirements documents (MRDs) that drive future analog/power platform development.

Own the opportunity funnel: identify, track and cultivate segment targets; drive design-wins and account wins in collaboration with internal teams.

Build and nurture external ecosystem relationships including customers, government stakeholders and alliance partners.

Serve as a champion for your organizations analog/power capabilities externally at conferences, webinars and trade-shows; internally across strategy and execution forums.

Lead multi-site, cross-functional programs to deliver on commitments ensuring clarity, urgency and accountability throughout the lifecycle.

Required Experience & Skills

Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or related field (Masters preferred).

Minimum ~7 years of experience in aerospace or defense industry, ideally at a product company, systems integrator or a defense prime contractor.

Broad technical and business acumen in micro-electronics, analog and/or power design; experience working with U.S. government agencies and funding models is required.

Excellent communicator, capable of influencing senior technical and business leaders, with demonstrated track-record of launching or growing segment-level revenue.

Willingness to travel (approximately 25%); U.S. citizen status may be required depending on program scope.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical/business combination.

• Deep domain expertise in analog and power micro-electronic platforms, especially in ADCI applications.

• Experience launching new platforms in land/air/sea/space domains.

• Experience working in a foundry or semiconductor business model.

Why Join Us?

- You will join a team committed to innovation, collaboration and making an impact in markets of national importance.

- You'll have the autonomy and resources to build the segment strategy, lead execution and influence the future of analog/power micro-electronics.

- You'll be part of a culture that values inclusive teamwork, diversity of thought and high performance in a global enterprise.