Senior Director, DataX Business & Ecosystem
Analog Devices · Munich
About Analog Devices
Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, AI, and software technologies into solutions that combat climate change, reliably connect humans and the world, and help drive advancements in automation and robotics, mobility, healthcare, energy and data centers. With revenue of more than $11 billion in FY25, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and X.
Senior Director, ADI DataX Business & Ecosystem
Location: Flexible
Organization: Software & Digital Platforms (SDP)
Reports To: Global Head of Software Enablement & Broad Market
Level: M6 Senior Director
Overview
Analog Devices is seeking an entrepreneurial business leader to accelerate the adoption of ADI DataX™, ADI's software enablement, developer experience, and ecosystem platform.
ADI has established a strong software enablement foundation through scalable development platforms, reusable software capabilities, and integrated customer workflows. The next phase of growth requires a leader focused on translating these strengths into measurable business outcomes, including customer adoption, ecosystem expansion, accelerated time-to-market, and incremental sales pipeline and backlog.
The Senior Director, DataX Business & Ecosystem will serve as the business leader for the DataX platform, operating it as a growth business with clear KPIs, dashboards, operating reviews, and stakeholder accountability.
This role will own the business success of ADI DataX and lead a global organization spanning Product Management, Product Marketing, Business Development, Customer Applications & Success, Partner Ecosystem, and Developer Community.
What You'll Do
Business Leadership
- Establish and lead the business operating model for ADI DataX
- Define success metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and executive reporting
- Conduct quarterly business reviews across stakeholders
- Build measurable linkage between ADI DataX investments and business outcomes / sales pipeline
- Drive decisions regarding resource allocation, priorities, and investments
- Act as the primary executive advocate for ADI DataX adoption and growth
Product Management & Portfolio Strategy
- Define the long-term vision and roadmap for ADI DataX
- Own customer requirement intake and prioritization
- Establish portfolio strategy and business cases
- Lead roadmap governance and stakeholder alignment
- Partner with engineering teams to maximize business impact
- Ensure software enablement is integrated early in the development of ADI technologies and solutions.
Go-To-Market & Demand Creation
- Develop positioning, messaging, and value propositions
- Drive sales and FAE activation
- Proactively drive sales pipeline growth and duplicate success at scale
- Build demand-generation programs
- Increase awareness and adoption across internal and external audiences
- Drive software commercialization initiatives and business development activities
Customer Applications & Success
- Build a scalable customer success organization
- Drive customer onboarding and enablement
- Establish repeatable design-win acceleration processes
- Expand reference applications, solution accelerators, and customer adoption programs
- Reduce dependency on engineering teams for day-to-day customer support
Partner Program & Ecosystem
- Develop and scale enterprise ADI partner program that accelerates ADI DataX adoption as well as broader software, hardware and solution strategies.
- Recruit and enable strategic technology partners
- Lead certification and co-selling programs
- Expand ecosystem integrations and partner-generated opportunities
- Drive growth through third-party leverage
Developer Marketing & Community
- Grow the ADI DataX developer ecosystem
- Build community engagement and advocacy programs
- Drive developer adoption and platform usage
- Support open-source engagement strategies
- Expand technical content, training, and self-service experiences
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline
- 15+ years of relevant experience in software, semiconductors, platforms, ecosystems, or technology commercialization
- 8+ years of leadership experience managing global teams
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional organizations
- Experience building and scaling business operations, product organizations, or ecosystem programs
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Semiconductor industry experience
- Product Management leadership experience
- Applications Engineering or Customer Success leadership experience
- Experience building partner ecosystems and developer communities
- Experience leading software commercialization, platform adoption, or digital transformation initiatives
- Familiarity with AI, developer platforms, SDKs, embedded software, cloud-based tooling, and open-source ecosystems
Leadership Profile
The ideal candidate combines:
- Strategic business leadership
- Product and platform thinking
- Strong customer orientation
- Ecosystem development experience
- Technical credibility
- Operational excellence
The successful candidate can comfortably lead discussions around roadmap priorities, customer adoption, sales pipeline, ecosystem strategy, developer growth, and business performance in the same executive review.
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