Director, Emerging Tech Hub San Jose

The Director will lead ADI's San Jose Emerging Tech Hub, serving as a people leader for the Hub team and an external-facing innovation leader across the Bay Area robotics ecosystem. The role will shape how emerging technology concepts are translated into customer-relevant solutions, internal technology de-risking, and cross-functional innovation programs.

What You Will Do

The Director will lead a multidisciplinary team, represent ADI across the Bay Area robotics ecosystem, build relationships with startups, customers, research organizations, and strategic partners, and develop and lead customer-facing innovation programs.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The role requires strong technical credibility, organizational judgment, external presence, and the ability to lead through influence as well as direct management. Success in the role will be measured through the Hub's contribution to innovation outcomes, strategic partnerships, customer engagement, and future growth opportunities for ADI.

Requirements

• Proven experience hiring, developing, and leading high-performing multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Strong connections within the Bay Area robotics, automation, or emerging technology ecosystem.
• Demonstrated ability to lead customer-facing or partner-facing innovation programs from opportunity definition through execution.
• Strong track record of working effectively across complex matrixed organizations and aligning diverse stakeholders around shared outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex engineering or advanced technology programs in robotics, automation, AI-enabled systems, embedded platforms, or related domains.
• Experience working directly with customers or strategic partners to identify technical needs, shape joint initiatives, and build long-term relationships.
• Strong ability to influence engineering, business, and commercial stakeholders without relying solely on formal authority.
• Ability to connect application needs, technical architecture, business value, and organizational constraints when making decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence both technical and executive audiences.
• Experience balancing multiple parallel initiatives, evolving priorities, and resource constraints in a fast-moving environment.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401k
• Paid vacation
• Holidays
• Sick time
• Discretionary performance-based bonus
• Other benefits