We are seeking a highly technical and strategic Senior Developer Relations Manager to join our team, with a focus on engaging developer ecosystems across emerging technology domains. In this pivotal role, you will work directly with software solution providers, developers, and industry professionals to foster the adoption of NVIDIA’s advanced AI and computing platforms. The ideal candidate brings a blend of deep technical expertise and commercial go-to-market experience, combined with a passion for developer advocacy and a talent for communicating how NVIDIA technology can solve complex, real-world challenges.
What You'll Be Doing:
Serve as a trusted technical advisor and advocate for the developer ecosystem in computer-aided drug discovery, driving adoption of NVIDIA technologies with cross-functional partners.
Accelerate critical workloads by delivering innovative solutions that integrate the NVIDIA stack into developer products, platforms, and pipelines.
Collaborate with software partners to optimize applications, co-develop roadmaps, and provide enablement resources like sample code, guides, and demo pipelines.
Act as a strategic liaison in alliances, strengthening partnerships, setting goals, and guiding execution toward shared scientific and technical outcomes.
Support partner and startup onboarding into NVIDIA programs, encouraging co-innovation and next-generation solution development.
Track and analyze the developer ecosystem to uncover growth opportunities, advise roadmaps, and develop adoption strategies.
Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, solutions architecture, and marketing to boost developer engagement and partner success.
Engage technical stakeholders to solve challenges, promote best practices, and relay partner feedback to influence NVIDIA product and engineering roadmaps.
What We Need to See:
Master’s or Ph.D. degree in computational chemistry, computational biology, computer science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
A minimum of 8–10 years of professional experience in the drug discovery or technology sectors, spanning developer relations, technical partnerships, and alliance management. At least 5 years of direct, hands-on experience managing scientific alliances and collaborative programs in drug discovery—covering computer-aided drug discovery, informatics, agentic agents, and other digital research workflows
Proven experience leading, partnering, and scaling developer programs at major technology companies, life science data platform ISVs, or within relevant verticals.
Significant proficiency with drug discovery programs and platforms, high-performance computing, cloud, AI/ML, and/or vertical-specific frameworks and libraries.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to distill complex technical concepts for diverse technical and non-technical audiences from engineers to executives.
Experience leading technical collaborations with engineering and product teams - including architectural design, code reviews, technical mentorship, and delivery of technical talks or workshops
Proven experience structuring and implementing complex technical engagements, negotiating requirements, prioritizing issues, and collaborating with internal or external partners (across sales, legal, product or marketing teams as needed).
Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd:
Hands-on experience building or optimizing vertical-specific solutions (e.g., data pipelines).
Familiarity with advanced computing, AI, and/or GPU acceleration platforms (e.g., CUDA, Triton, NeMo).
Track record in crafting and implementing systems for real-time processing and low-latency decision-making.
Successful history of building and scaling developer communities and delivering impactful technical enablement programs.
With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the world’s most desirable employers! We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to outstanding growth, our best-in-class engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous person with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you!
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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