Director, Optics Strategy and Partnerships

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$216,000–$345,000 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Director, Optics Strategy and Partnerships

The Director, Optics Strategy and Partnerships joins the networking product marketing team to shape the future of data center and networking technology. This role involves leading the optics product and technology roadmap for scale-out and scale-up networking while simplifying complex requirements into clear working documents for internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate will collaborate with engineering, architecture, and sourcing teams to identify new technologies and manage partner relationships. Key responsibilities include producing technical content like white papers and webinars, as well as managing business contracts and investment justifications. Required expertise includes optical interconnects, silicon photonics, lasers, and high-performance data center networking involving Ethernet or InfiniBand. The role addresses the critical challenge of developing advanced optics and interconnect solutions across switches, NICs, and compute platforms to meet evolving infrastructure demands in large-scale computing environments.

What you'll do

  • Lead the optics product and technology roadmap process across all data center and networking platforms.
  • Translate complex customer requirements into clear working documents to guide internal development teams.
  • Identify and evaluate new technologies and partner relationships to align with strategic goals.
  • Provide technical input and mentorship to architecture and development teams for switches, NICs, and compute platforms.
  • Produce technical content including white papers, blogs, and webinars to promote optics and interconnect platforms.
  • Manage business contracts, statements of work, and investment justifications for ecosystem partners.
  • Integrate industry connections into NVIDIA development programs to drive technology advancements.

What we're looking for

  • BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Sciences, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
  • Relevant industry experience with in a leadership role.
  • Solid understanding of optical interconnects, silicon photonics, lasers, or closely related technologies in high-performance data center settings.
  • Practical knowledge of networking for Ethernet/InfiniBand and/or compute fabrics and data center infrastructure.
  • Experience building partnerships, managing business contracts, statements of work, and investment justifications.
  • Proven track record in product management or marketing for optical transceivers, silicon photonics, or co-packaged optics (preferred).
  • Direct experience working with high performance data center networking or computing platforms (preferred).
  • Background in formulating product strategies or specifying requirements for networking or data center environments (preferred).

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