Account Director
Cadence Open · verified Oct 18, 2026 At a glance
Director-level Account Management role at Cadence. San Jose · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $207,500–$220,000.
Cadence has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
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What you'll do
- Build account plans that grow adoption of Cadence software, hardware, services and IP across a focused customer portfolio
- Run pre- and post-sale campaigns, then forecast, quote and negotiate strategic deals through close
- Connect with customer leaders, including executives, to align technical roadmaps with their business challenges
- Coordinate worldwide sales and field engineering teams, bringing customers together with marketing and R&D
What you bring
- You bring deep EDA knowledge across software, IP and business processes, plus familiarity with IC and system design
- You hold a BSEE or MSEE and have at least eight years of related experience with a record of success
- You can negotiate, influence and resolve conflicts while advising senior customer leaders on complex technical solutions
Who this fits
This role suits an experienced strategic account seller comfortable leading across a large, worldwide team and working with customer executives. You’ll manage a focused set of accounts with significant EDA opportunities.
From the employer
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
The right candidate for this Account Executive position is responsible for developing and driving our business strategy, to lead the adoption and growth of Cadence’s software, hardware, services and IP portfolio. This position is with our Focus/Strategic account team, responsibilities will include:
- Leading pre/post-sales campaigns, managing and growing portfolio adoption within a focused set of accounts; expectation is for accurate forecasting, quoting, negotiating and the closure of strategic business.
- Account responsibility will be narrow with significant (existing or potential) EDA business opportunities
- Foster and grow customer relationships throughout all levels of the customer organization (including C-suite) to better connect our solutions with the customer's problems/business challenges, it is imperative to ensure technical roadmap alignment for our mutual, long-term success.
- The role requires working in a large team environment, leadership in directing and coordinating WW sales and AE field resources, driving interactions between customers and Cadence Marketing/R&D to bring our computational software message to deepen the business relationship between our companies. He or she will have a history of successful, WW sales strategy execution
Requirements:
- Strong knowledge of EDA software, IP and business processes is mandatory; design flow expertise and understanding of products in the Cadence product portfolio, including IC and System design is expected
- Demonstrable soft skills that include exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills; able to negotiate, influence, resolve conflicts; consult at senior and executive customer levels; partner with and advise customers on business issues for highly technical and complex solutions.
- Strong cross organizational skills to advocate on the customer’s behalf to internal Cadence technical and business stakeholders to support the customer’s situation and requirements.
- Previous experience as System Architect and/or Design Manager is a plus
- Working knowledge of Strategic Selling techniques is a plus.
- BSEE/MSEE with 8+ years of experience in related field with proven track record of success.
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