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Sales - Strategic Account Manager - Datacenter

NXP Semiconductors
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/22/2026
Responsibilities

  • Owns the design, deployment and execution of a winning account strategy to identify each project, device, and win every opportunity for NXP
  • Coordinates globally and facilitates joint business meetings across units, geographies and drives strategy towards the business line (i.e., roadmap development, alignment of support resources)
  • Manage strategic accounts by successfully designing in NXP technology and driving projects to revenue
  • Collaborate with engineering and marketing teams to close designs and successfully launch projects
  • Provide deal dynamics intelligence including product requirements, decision criteria, roadblocks, timeline, budget, competitors
  • Identifies key decision makers within customer executive team, engineering, supply management and establishes relationships in favor of NXP
  • Manage and close sales opportunities through forecasting, account resource allocation, account strategy and planning
  • Create and align monthly and quarterly sales forecast, delivering revenue goals and ensuring on-time supply
  • Facilitates development of solutions with the customer as a relationship, helping them design future products and being an ecosystem player in the customer buying group
  • Conduct face to face customer management meetings as necessary to provide support, address issues, communicate updates and build strong relationships
  • Provide customer support including product information, roadmaps, demonstrations, price and delivery quotations
  • Negotiate and facilitate business issues/terms including pricing, contracts, and deliveries
  • Be highly accountable to individual and team commitments. Maintain awareness of major customer trends, trade development, and competitive activity and share them with the Product and Marketing team

Qualifications

  • 5 years of sales experience in semiconductor industry or related field, ideally to Datacenter OEMs
  • BSEE preferred, or BS and relevant technology experience
  • Experience selling System Level solutions inclusive of MCU/MPU (inclusive of software ecosystem), security, power management, and analog interface technologies.
  • Technically adept understanding of hardware and software and how businesses can leverage NXP to deliver better end products
  • Understanding of competitive dynamics and strategies of key industry players, technical and other differentiated capabilities required to win in the marketplace
  • Proven ability to manage complex sales cycle, with a track record of successful revenue attainment
  • Excellent communication, negotiating and closing skills with customers
  • Ability to direct global, cross-functional resources to remove barriers and achieve sales goals
  • Highly proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
  • Highly organized with attention to detail and exceptional follow up skills
  • Proven history of overachieving quota and results in a large, high-growth company
  • Ability to assess business opportunities and read prospective buyers
  • Ability to effectively build trust-based relationships with all levels at customers

The base salary range for this position is as mentioned below per year. We also provide competitive benefits, incentive compensation, and/or equity for certain roles.

Company benefits include health. dental, and vision insurance. 401(k), and paid leave. Please note that the base salary range (OR hourly rate) is a guideline, and individual total compensation may vary based on a number of factors such as qualifications, skill level, work location, and other business and organizational needs. This base pay range is specific to California and is not applicable to other locations. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range as of the date of this posting is:

$154,900 to $213,000 annually

More information about NXP in the United States...

NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.

Salary : $154,900 - $213,000

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