Director of Marketing Asia Pacific and Japan
European AI-semiconductor company building AI inference accelerators and software for embedded, edge, server, and data-center deployments.
Funding history
About Axelera AI
Axelera AI develops purpose-built AI acceleration hardware and the Voyager SDK for computer-vision, generative-AI, and other inference workloads, emphasizing power- and thermally-constrained deployments.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead the regional marketing strategy and budget across Asia-Pacific and Japan. You will run full-funnel programs spanning demand generation, content, digital marketing, PR, and events; adapt positioning for local engineering and executive audiences; manage agencies; partner with regional sales; and measure pipeline impact. You will balance hands-on execution with building the long-term regional strategy, use AI in daily work while maintaining quality standards, and travel across the region.
Requirements
- Full-funnel B2B technology marketing experience in APAC, including strategy and hands-on execution
- Experience across Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India, and Southeast Asia markets
- Experience selecting, briefing, and managing agencies
- Ability to work with technical products and audiences
- Experience with semiconductors, hardware, embedded systems, or infrastructure is preferred
- Professional English and at least one regional language are preferred
- Use AI in daily work while applying quality control to outputs
- Ability to travel roughly 20% across the region
Responsibilities
- Own the APAC marketing plan and budget
- Run full-funnel regional programs across demand generation, content, digital marketing, PR, and events
- Adapt positioning for local engineering and executive audiences
- Lead presence at regional and country-level events
- Partner with regional sales teams on priority accounts and relationships
- Bring regional insights to global marketing and launch global initiatives locally
- Report on marketing pipeline contribution and program performance
Benefits
- Pension plan
- Extensive employee insurance
- Option to receive company shares