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Senior Manager, Developer Relations

NVIDIA AI · Greater Decatur, IL Area · 3 wk ago
OTHRFull-time

NVIDIA is rapidly growing into new verticals, and we are seeking a visionary Developer Relations Senior Manager to broaden our impact in Israel’s growing AI ecosystem.

About the role

In this regional leadership role, you will champion Israel’s AI ecosystem, managing a high-performing team of Developer Relations Managers. You will lead technical projects in GenAI/ML application development, consumer internet, and embedded AI systems. Working at the crossroad of engineering, strategy, and community, you will promote NVIDIA’s hardware and SDK offerings to drive faster adoption of GPU-accelerated technologies by developers, startups, and ISVs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a regional team of Developer Relations Managers covering Israel's dynamic AI ecosystem.
  • Drive technical strategy by architecting and executing a comprehensive developer adoption strategy for key industries, ensuring NVIDIA platforms remain the gold standard.
  • Build technical alliances by establishing deep, positive relationships with CTOs, engineering leads, startups, and ISVs within the local ecosystem.
  • Act as the ultimate technical mentor and focal point for the developer community, helping developers unlock the full value of NVIDIA’s SDKs and hardware to solve complex, real-world problems.
  • Champion the community by leading NVIDIA’s presence at targeted developer events, hackathons, and industry activities.
  • Bridge the matrix by collaborating across internal product divisions, sales geographies, solution architects, and marketing teams to align the local ecosystem strategy with global value messaging.

Requirements

  • BS/MS in AI, Data Science, or a computer science-related field or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of overall industry experience in software engineering, developer relations, technical partnerships, or related roles, including 4+ years of hands-on experience in AI and managing a technical team.
  • Demonstrated experience managing technical collaborations, concentrating on AI.
  • Strong interpersonal abilities with the capacity to simplify complex technical ideas for a range of technical and non-technical audiences, from engineers to executives.
  • Proven ability to structure and implement complex technical engagements, negotiating requirements, prioritizing issues, and collaborating with internal or external customers across sales, legal, product, or marketing teams as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Established leadership background in directing technical teams and handling developer relations or community engineering initiatives.
  • Deep AI/ML domain expertise with strong technical competence in GenAI, machine learning frameworks, data science applications, or embedded systems.
  • Deep connections to the Israeli tech and startup ecosystem.
  • Ability to function effectively and independently in a complex, fast-paced global matrix organization.
  • Outstanding communication skills, simplifying complex GPU architecture and SDK capabilities into compelling value propositions for developers and executive collaborators.

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