Senior Developer Relations Manager

NVIDIA; Makkah Region; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Sr. Developer Relations Manager to manage strategic partnerships focused on AI solutions. The ideal candidate will guide customers through NVIDIA's integration process and advocate for technical needs. An extensive background in software engineering and direct AI experience is required. Fluency in Arabic and English is essential for this role, with opportunities to foster partnerships across various industry verticals.

Benefits

Diverse work environment

Equal opportunity employer

Innovative work culture

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12+ years of experience in technology including software engineering and developer relations.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in AI, specifically Generative AI.
• Experience managing technical partnerships and developer programs.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted technical advisor for industry verticals.
• Guide partners through NVIDIA integration and foster co-innovation.
• Map and expand strategic partner ecosystem to champion NVIDIA tech.

Skills

Software engineering

Developer relations

Technical partnerships

AI expertise

Generative AI

Interpersonal skills

Fluent in Arabic

Fluent in English

Education

BS/MS in AI, Data Science or related field

Tools

NVIDIA technologies

Job description

We are looking for a dynamic, mission-driven Sr. Developer Relations Manager to join NVIDIA’s Emerging Markets Developer Relations team in Saudi Arabia. In this dynamic role, you will build and manage strategic partnerships with enterprises, ISVs, and startups — helping them design and deploy AI solutions powered by NVIDIA technologies and platforms. The ideal candidate brings together a strong technical foundation, sharp business insights, and a deep understanding of the regional AI landscape.

What You'll Be Doing

• Act as a trusted technical advisor, leading engagements across high-impact industry verticals.
• Understand customer critical workloads, and advise on technical enablement strategies on NVIDIA stack integration.
• Guide partners and customers through the NVIDIA integration journey, fostering co-innovation and the development of next-generation solutions.
• Map, build, and expand a rich ecosystem of strategic partners to champion NVIDIA technologies, track ecosystem trends, and multiply growth opportunities.
• Collaborate multi-functionally with solution architects, engineering, product management, and marketing to drive developer engagement and optimize partner adoption strategies.
• Work closely with partner engineering teams, technical leaders, and decision-makers to unpack goals, tackle technical challenges, and endorse protocols for successful integrations.
• Advocate for the partner's technical needs and funnel feedback to NVIDIA’s internal product and engineering teams, supplying actionable insights from field deployments to influence product roadmaps.
• Represent NVIDIA in regional conferences, workshops, meetups and academic seminars.

What We Need To See

• BS/MS in AI, Data Science or computer science-related field (or equivalent experience).
• A minimum of 12+ years of overall professional experience in the technology industry in software engineering, developer relations, technical partnerships, including 5+ years of direct hands-on experience in AI, Generative AI.
• Proven experience leading, partnering, and scaling developer programs at major technology companies, ISVs, or within relevant verticals, focusing on Generative Ai, applied machine learning.
• Experience working with industry verticals, such as Public Sector, FSI, Smart Manufacturing etc.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to distill complex technical concepts for diverse technical and non-technical audiences, from engineers to executives.
• Proven ability to structure and implement complex technical engagements, negotiate requirements, prioritize issues, and collaborate with internal or external stakeholders (across sales, legal, product, or marketing teams as needed).
• Arabic and English fluency required.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Deep Understanding of the Saudi AI ecosystem, use cases, and new technologies.
• Knowledge of the NVIDIA product stack.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers! We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you! NVIDIA is committed to foster a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.