Job description

MaxLinear is seeking a Business Intelligence Manager to join our Analog and Mixed-Signal (AMS) business team. This role is the key business partner to Product Line Management, Sales, Sales Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Manufacturing Operations to drive data-based business decisions, demand planning, pricing execution, revenue growth, and operational excellence. In this role, you will focus on the following: • Lead the business unit’s quarterly demand forecasting process, including consolidation of regional inputs, opportunity assumptions, inventory position, and product line priorities • Provide raw material and product demand forecasts in coordination with Marketing, Product Management, Manufacturing Operations, and Supply Planning teams • Support Product Line Managers and Marketing Managers with business analysis, pricing models, opportunity tracking, revenue forecasts, and management reporting • Manage sample request reviews, special pricing requests, and price quote escalations to support customer engagements while maintaining business discipline • Partner with regional sales teams to identify new revenue opportunities, channel programs, and customer growth initiatives • Apply strong knowledge of semiconductor sales and distribution models, including MPP, POP, POSC, forecast consumption, channel inventory, and point-of-sale trends • Evaluate channel inventory, internal available-to-ship supply, and customer demand signals to recommend actions that accelerate regional revenue growth • Develop and recommend product pricing actions to regional sales teams to support quarterly revenue targets, gross margin objectives, and competitive positioning • Align with Sales Operations on ship schedules, backlog coverage, revenue pacing, allocation priorities, and gross margin impact • Prepare weekly business performance reports covering bookings, billings, backlog, revenue outlook, quote activity, opportunity funnel, channel inventory, and key customer actions • Conduct quarterly business reviews and trend analysis to identify risks, opportunities, pricing actions, and operational improvements • Maintain routine tracking of top customer opportunities in partnership with the sales organization, including next steps, owners, timing, and revenue impact • Coordinate quarterly opportunity funnel reviews with regional sales teams and provide actionable insights to business unit leadership • Support creation, maintenance, and governance of product column pricing; conduct competitive pricing analysis and recommend adjustments as needed • Build scalable dashboards, operating rhythms, and decision frameworks that improve forecast accuracy, pricing responsiveness, and cross-functional execution • Semiconductor industry experience required • Demonstrated experience in business operations, sales operations, pricing, demand planning, product marketing, or related roles within the semiconductor industry • Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate bookings, billings, backlog, inventory, pricing, and opportunity data into clear business insights and recommendations • Experience developing demand assessments, revenue outlooks, pricing quotations, and gross margin analysis • Proven ability to create effective executive-level presentations and communicate complex business issues clearly to management • Track record of success in fast-paced, results-driven business operations, tactical marketing, demand planning, or revenue execution environments • Ability to prioritize competing business needs, manage multiple workstreams, and collaborate effectively across Product Management, Sales, Finance, Operations, and Marketing • Prior experience in sales, sales operations, or distribution/channel management is strongly preferred • High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with business intelligence tools, CRM systems, ERP systems, or pricing tools is a plus • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong follow-through, ownership, and attention to detail • Comfortable operating independently, driving cross-functional alignment, and escalating issues with fact-based recommendations • Bachelors in Business, Finance, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, or related + 8 years of experience, or Master’s + 6 years of experience MaxLinear has a Total Compensation philosophy which includes base salary and annual discretionary bonus eligibility and many positions also include stock-based compensation. MaxLinear's good faith estimate starting base salary range is: $ 132,000 to $ 182,000 Annually We offer competitive benefits designed to support employee health, welfare, and retirement and some highlights are: health care benefits, 401k savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and paid time off. The actual starting base salary will be determined by the match to certain role-related criteria such as educational degree(s) or equivalent, relevant work experience, skillset needed for the role, and geographic location; this is not an all-inclusive list as some roles may require unique skills or experience. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on race, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications. We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner. MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs. Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore. We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market. We can recommend jobs specifically for you! Click here to get started.

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Must-haves

Lead the business unit’s quarterly demand forecasting process, including consolidation of regional inputs, opportunity assumptions, inventory position, and product line priorities
Provide raw material and product demand forecasts in coordination with Marketing, Product Management, Manufacturing Operations, and Supply Planning teams
Support Product Line Managers and Marketing Managers with business analysis, pricing models, opportunity tracking, revenue forecasts, and management reporting
Manage sample request reviews, special pricing requests, and price quote escalations to support customer engagements while maintaining business discipline
Partner with regional sales teams to identify new revenue opportunities, channel programs, and customer growth initiatives
Apply strong knowledge of semiconductor sales and distribution models, including MPP, POP, POSC, forecast consumption, channel inventory, and point-of-sale trends
Evaluate channel inventory, internal available-to-ship supply, and customer demand signals to recommend actions that accelerate regional revenue growth
Develop and recommend product pricing actions to regional sales teams to support quarterly revenue targets, gross margin objectives, and competitive positioning
Align with Sales Operations on ship schedules, backlog coverage, revenue pacing, allocation priorities, and gross margin impact
Prepare weekly business performance reports covering bookings, billings, backlog, revenue outlook, quote activity, opportunity funnel, channel inventory, and key customer actions
Conduct quarterly business reviews and trend analysis to identify risks, opportunities, pricing actions, and operational improvements
Maintain routine tracking of top customer opportunities in partnership with the sales organization, including next steps, owners, timing, and revenue impact
Coordinate quarterly opportunity funnel reviews with regional sales teams and provide actionable insights to business unit leadership
Support creation, maintenance, and governance of product column pricing; conduct competitive pricing analysis and recommend adjustments as needed
Build scalable dashboards, operating rhythms, and decision frameworks that improve forecast accuracy, pricing responsiveness, and cross-functional execution
Semiconductor industry experience required
Demonstrated experience in business operations, sales operations, pricing, demand planning, product marketing, or related roles within the semiconductor industry
Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate bookings, billings, backlog, inventory, pricing, and opportunity data into clear business insights and recommendations
Experience developing demand assessments, revenue outlooks, pricing quotations, and gross margin analysis
Proven ability to create effective executive-level presentations and communicate complex business issues clearly to management
Track record of success in fast-paced, results-driven business operations, tactical marketing, demand planning, or revenue execution environments
Ability to prioritize competing business needs, manage multiple workstreams, and collaborate effectively across Product Management, Sales, Finance, Operations, and Marketing

Nice-to-haves

Prior experience in sales, sales operations, or distribution/channel management is strongly preferred
High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with business intelligence tools, CRM systems, ERP systems, or pricing tools is a plus

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