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As a Technical Program Manager, Higher Education and Research, you will join the team to scale strategic programs across the global higher education and research ecosystem. You will lead university engagement, curriculum adoption, and grant operations to help researchers, faculty, and students build with advanced computing platforms, publicly available models, and CUDA-X libraries. Your daily responsibilities include defining governance, operational performance indicators, and execution models while scaling Tech Days as a repeatable global program. You will coordinate academic investments, manage lab sponsorships, and collaborate with internal teams like Developer Relations and the Deep Learning Institute to integrate open-source models into coursework. The role requires expertise in project management, strategic operations, and grant administration within technical environments. Key skills include cross-functional leadership, executive communication, and a deep understanding of how academic institutions evaluate and adopt complex technologies.
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Median $198350 from 78 postings across 19 companies.
Define strategy, governance, performance indicators, and execution models for global higher education programs.
Scale "NVIDIA Tech Days" as a repeatable global program with standardized content and measurement.
Drive curriculum integration to incorporate NVIDIA open models and learning content into university coursework.
Manage operations for academic investments, including lab sponsorships and the education rebate program.
Synthesize feedback from faculty and researchers to inform future product development and educational content.
Track and report key outcomes such as library adoption, paper citations, and infrastructure utilization.
Identify ecosystem gaps and test new concepts to scale successful pilots across various regions.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in business, program management, education, public policy, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of program or project management experience.
Extensive experience in product/program management, strategic operations, partnerships, or grant administration within technology, higher education, or research environments.
Demonstrated success leading sophisticated, cross-functional programs across multiple teams, timelines, and global regions.
Proven track record to develop, operationalize, and scale new processes and initiatives across organizations and geographies.
Experience working with universities, academic faculty, researchers, student education programs, or sponsored research.
Strong operational excellence in program governance, strategic execution, performance metrics, and executive-level reporting.
Familiarity with AI, machine learning, accelerated computing, and NVIDIA technologies (preferred); experience developing curriculum integrations or teaching kits (preferred).
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