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We are seeking a senior technical leader to represent the organization in global industry standards groups focused on storage protocols, security, hardware systems, and interoperability.

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This role combines deep technical expertise with standards leadership, cross-functional coordination, and executive-level communication. The ideal candidate will help shape industry specifications, evaluate the impact of proposed changes, and translate evolving standards into clear product and roadmap guidance.

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Key Responsibilities

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Industry Standards Leadership

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Represent the organization in industry standards bodies across storage protocols, device security, and system interoperability, including groups such as ATA, SCSI, OCP, SNIA, TCG, NVMe, and IEEE.
Participate in plenary sessions, working groups, and committee meetings.
Develop, review, and present technical proposals, standards contributions, and meeting materials to multi-vendor audiences.
Ensure all standards activity follows governance, procedural, and antitrust requirements.
Serve as the primary liaison with standards organizations, including ballots, reviews, membership activity, and multi-cycle deliverables.
Attend in-person committee meetings as needed, with expected travel of approximately one week per month.

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Technical Specification Development & Review

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Lead internal review and alignment on draft specifications across multiple standards ecosystems.
Evaluate how proposed standards changes may impact command sets, device behavior, security requirements, and system-level performance.
Communicate technical risks, trade-offs, and implementation considerations to internal teams and external stakeholders.
Track specification changes across revisions, open issues, and long-term development cycles.

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Cross-Functional Coordination

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Facilitate technical discussions across companies, geographies, and engineering disciplines to build consensus.
Coordinate internally with product planning, R&D, firmware, architecture, legal, and business teams.
Organize agendas, action items, and follow-ups for complex multi-party discussions.
Translate detailed technical discussions into clear executive summaries, decisions, and next steps.

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Program & Governance Oversight

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Define and maintain an industry standards strategy aligned with product roadmaps and long-term business goals.
Ensure adherence to internal approval processes, governance standards, and compliance requirements.
Manage long-running initiatives across multiple standards groups, ensuring accountability, visibility, and progress tracking.

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Ideal Experience

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Strong background in storage systems, hardware, protocols, and interoperability standards.
Experience participating in or leading multi-company standards activities.
Understanding of HDD, SSD, storage security, command protocols, or enterprise storage systems.
Ability to influence stakeholders and build consensus in competitive technical environments.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentations.
Experience working across global and cross-cultural engineering organizations.
Comfort operating in detailed, documentation-heavy technical environments.

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