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Industry Development Specialist, AI Natives

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time2026-11-06 → 2026-11-11

Core

Manage and develop a portfolio of AI-native startups and emerging companies to help them build and scale on NVIDIA platforms.

Role type

Senior IC industry development specialist (AI sales)

Builds

NVIDIA AI platforms, cloud services, and infrastructure solutions for AI-native companies

Domain

Artificial Intelligence, Accelerated Computing, Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

AI-native company business models, pipeline creation, opportunity progression, technical discovery, solution positioning, negotiation, CRM management, cross-functional coordination

Preferred skills

Generative AI, large language models, inference services, open-source AI, startup ecosystem knowledge, accelerated computing sales

Technologies

NVIDIA platforms, Salesforce, AI-assisted research tools

Responsibilities

Achieve assigned sales quotas through pipeline creation and revenue-generating activity; Manage and develop assigned portfolio of net-new accounts; Build and progress pipeline across the complete sales cycle; Engage founders and technical leaders to uncover requirements; Lead business and technical discovery including proof-of-concept coordination; Coordinate account managers and technical teams for opportunity progression; Develop approved partner relationships and coordinate joint plans

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC