Senior Manager, Developer Relations, Higher Education and Research

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$272,000–$431,250 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
61 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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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 · Senior Manager, Developer Relations, Higher Education and Research

The Senior Manager, Developer Relations - Higher Education and Research will lead a team of Developer Relations Managers to drive research activities across the United States. This role involves managing and mentoring staff to cover scientific domains like life sciences, physics, robotics, and quantum computing. You will architect researcher engagement strategies, build relationships with principal investigators and lab directors, and translate platform roadmaps into research opportunities. Key responsibilities include championing the accelerated computing stack, including CUDA libraries, NeMo, BioNeMo, PhysicsNeMo, Earth-2, Omniverse, and RAPIDS. You will work to help researchers unlock platform value for AI model development and scientific discovery workloads. The role requires deep technical proficiency in foundational AI, LLMs, and scientific computing to solve complex research problems.

What you'll do

  • Manage and mentor a team of Developer Relations Managers covering various scientific domains.
  • Architect a comprehensive researcher engagement strategy across academic labs and research consortia.
  • Translate NVIDIA's platform roadmap into research-relevant opportunities for academic partners.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with PIs, lab directors, and institutional decision-makers.
  • Champion NVIDIA's full research platform, including CUDA libraries, NeMo, and Omniverse.
  • Develop NVIDIA's presence at major AI and scientific research venues like NeurIPS and ICML.
  • Translate researcher feedback into actionable product and program insights for internal teams.

What we're looking for

  • PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Computational Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
  • Overall industry and research experience.
  • 4+ years of experience managing teams in developer relations, research engagement, or technical partnerships.
  • Deep technical proficiency in foundational AI and AI for science, including scientific computing and simulation.
  • Proven track record of engaging senior research stakeholders and driving platform adoption through technical enablement.
  • Publications, open-source contributions, or direct experience working on leading AI systems or scientific solutions (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with NVIDIA technologies including CUDA, TensorRT-LLM, NeMo, BioNeMo, PhysicsNeMo, Earth-2, Omniverse, RAPIDS, or NIM (preferred).
  • Established relationships with leading academic labs, research consortia, and major open-source research communities (preferred).

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