About Ceva:
Ceva is the leader in innovative silicon and software IP solutions that enable smart edge products to connect, sense, and infer data more reliably and efficiently. We help the world’s leading semiconductor companies and original equipment manufacturers turn great ideas into extraordinary products. We create and license technology that powers the newest generation of smart edge devices, and provide innovative silicon and software IP solutions for artificial intelligence, computer vision, audio processing, sensor fusion, 5G and satellite communication, and wireless connectivity. With more than 20 billion devices shipped, Ceva is making the future brighter for people all around the world.
We are seeking an experienced and commercially driven Director of Licensing to lead the licensing strategy and execution for our semiconductor intellectual property (IP) portfolio. This role is responsible for efficiently driving complex product and commercial contract negotiations with semiconductor manufacturers, fabless companies, and system integrators.
The ideal candidate combines proven experience in IP licensing (commercial and legal), technology commercialization, complex negotiation and business acumen, strategic deal making skills, with knowledge of the semiconductor industry being a plus.
Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Monetization & Licensing Strategy
Work closely with leadership in Product Divisions, Sales , Finance and Legal to develop strategies to maximize revenue from the company’s IP portfolio.
Evaluate opportunities for licensing expansion, renewals, and new use cases.
Support IP valuation, competitive analysis, and market positioning.
Define optimal licensing models and pricing models that support and drive sustainable and profitable growth
Deal Structuring & Negotiation & Enforcement
Work closely with leadership in Product Divisions, Sales, Finance and Legal to develop and maintain commercial proposal templates and license agreement templates that increase and streamline deal process efficiencies and align with business objectives.
Support the Sales team globally throughout complex commercial and legal negotiations, from proposal to deal closing stages and manage contract lifecycle thereafter.
Coordinate with Sales, Finance and Legal teams on reporting, compliance, and enforcement of contract terms.
Required
Preferred
Ceva is the leader in innovative silicon and software IP solutions
that enable smart edge products to connect, sense, and infer data more reliably and efficiently.
At Ceva, we are passionate about the smart edge. Providing the technology and market expertise our customers need to be successful is what we do best, and we’ve been doing it for over 30 years.
With the industry’s only portfolio of comprehensive communications and scalable edge AI IP, Ceva powers the connectivity, sensing, and inference in today’s most advanced smart edge products across consumer IoT, mobile, automotive, infrastructure, industrial, and personal computing. More than 18 billion of the world’s most innovative smart edge products from smartphones to drones to cellular base stations and more are powered by Ceva.
We create innovative technologies that help our customers turn great ideas into extraordinary products. We license our portfolio of wireless communications and scalable edge AI IP to our customers, breaking down barriers to entry and enabling them to bring new cutting-edge products to market faster, more reliably, efficiently, and economically.
Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, Ceva has more than 400 employees worldwide, with design centers in Israel, Ireland, France, United Kingdom, United States and sales and support offices located in Europe, the U.S. and throughout Asia. To date, more than 17 billion CEVA-powered chips have been shipped worldwide, for a wide range of diverse end markets.
Ceva was created through the combination of the DSP IP licensing division of DSP Group, Inc. and Parthus Technologies plc (“Parthus”) in November 2002.
