The Performance Benchmarking Program Manager leads and manages the organization's benchmarking efforts for storage performance, driving competitive advantage through industry-standard tests, collaborating with engineering and marketing teams, and ensuring compliance and impactful external communication.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and scale the benchmarking organization to deliver formal industry benchmarks across storage domains.
Establish and execute global benchmark strategies and submission timelines aligned with product launches and competitive goals.
Implement engineering best practices and standardized procedures for benchmark execution and data analysis within domain-specific teams.
Partner with engineering and product teams to optimize performance results for public benchmarks.
Ensure compliance, governance, and accurate external performance messaging through review processes.
Collaborate with marketing teams to translate benchmark data into marketable content, whitepapers, and sales materials.
Requirements
Extensive experience in storage performance benchmarking with a demonstrated track record of successfully driving public, compliant submissions such as SPEC, IO500, MLPerf, and SPC.
Proven Program Product Management leadership focused on instituting rigorous performance benchmark standards, operating procedures, and engineering discipline in a fast-paced environment.
Direct experience interfacing with external benchmark organizations and technical communities such as SPEC, IO500, and MLCommons to define, drive, and programmatically participate in council activities.
Exceptional communication and storytelling ability with a proven capability to deliver engaging technical presentations and articulate complex performance insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong analytical and data-driven skills including proficiency in using data analysis and visualization tools to diagnose results, explain performance deltas, and steer product direction.
Ability and willingness to work primarily in an in-office environment at the Santa Clara office in compliance with company policies, unless on PTO, work travel, or other approved leave.
Benefits & Perks
Annual base salary range of 199,000 - 299,000 USD
Potential eligibility for incentive pay and/or equity
In-office work environment in Santa Clara
Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
Support for accommodations and accessibility for candidates with disabilities
Inclusive and diverse workplace culture
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