NVIDIA · 3 days ago
Senior Director, Developer Relations - Generative AI Software
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$304K/yr - $460K/yr
15+ years expNVIDIA is seeking a highly technical Senior Director to lead Developer Relations Managers to drive adoption of generative AI, agent lifecycle libraries, and AI models across our software partner ecosystem. The role involves managing a team, engaging with partner organizations, and providing technical solutions to enhance adoption and collaboration.
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Responsibilities
Manage a team of developer relations product leads
Engage with partner software organizations - from engineering teams to technical leaders, and decision makers - to understand their goals, identify and resolve technical blockers, advocate for standard methodologies, and drive alignment with NVIDIA technical solutions
Operate as a technical consultant and solution provider with collaborating engineering groups, partnering on architecture, code, and integration for NeMo and AI enabled-solutions
Co-design and implement sophisticated technical solutions with partners – defining objectives, architecture, achievements, and delivery plans. Contribute sample code, architecture diagrams, and direct engineering support to overcome technical challenges
Develop roadmap for technical enablement resources (code samples, reference architectures, integration guides, workshops) to accelerate partner engineering teams’ adoption of our libraries
Represent and advocate for the partner technical needs and feedback to NVIDIA’s internal product and engineering teams, supplying actionable insights from field deployments to influence product roadmaps
Support product launches, technical go-to-market activities by providing technical validation, demonstrating integrated solutions, and ensuring perfection in customer- and partner-facing materials
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 15+ years of overall professional experience in the technology industry, including at least 10+ years of direct, hands-on technical experience in software development or engineering
MS/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent experience
Proven hands-on involvement throughout the full software development lifecycle - including requirements definition, design, implementation, testing, integration, quality assurance, and post-release support
Experience (as a software engineer or technical product manager) in one or more of the following domains: deep learning and AI systems, foundation models, enterprise-scale ISV software development, full-stack application development, AI/machine learning workflows (including ETL, data pipeline development, synthetic data generation, and data preparation), or graphics and GPU accelerated programming
Significant technical depth in ai models and generative ai software
Experience leading technical collaborations with engineering and product teams - including architectural design, code reviews, technical mentorship, and delivery of technical talks or workshops
Clear communication skills for conveying technical concepts, architecture, and code to audiences ranging from engineers to executives
Proven track record to structure and implement complex technical engagements, negotiate requirements, prioritize issues, and collaborate with internal or external partners (across sales, legal, product or marketing teams as needed)
Preferred
Familiarity and/or experience with NVIDIA libraries and models (CUDA-X, Nemotron, NeMo, NIM)
Strong recent experience developing or integrating technology into enterprise platforms or automation software
Familiarity with AIOps, cloud-native and container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, Kubeflow), along with agentic architectures (e.g., MCP, LangGraph) and observability tools for monitoring autonomous systems
Track record of influencing complex product decisions through trusted relationships while also balancing software partner needs with empathy
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