Senior Manager, Developer Relations - Generative AI Software

NVIDIA • Santa Clara, CA

98d • $208,000 - $333,500

About The Position

NVIDIA 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 collaborations will span across multiple vertical market segments. Successful candidates will be highly technical, able to move and adapt quickly to changing needs, guide architecture and implementation plans with product and engineering teams, engage at all executive levels both inside NVIDIA and with partners across multiple partners!

Requirements

• A minimum of 10+ years of overall professional experience in the technology industry, including at least 5+ 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).

Nice To Haves

• 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.

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.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salaries
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Equity eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees