Account Manager - High Speed Interconnect Data Center

3M; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 146,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Health Savings Accounts

Disability Benefits

Life Insurance

Retirement Benefits

Job summary

3M in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Global Account Manager – High Speed Interconnect to oversee end-to-end strategic hyperscale and silicon design customers. You will drive growth across EBO optical interconnect, TwinAx copper interconnect, thermal, acoustic, and broader material science innovation, coordinating global teams to deliver on customer commitments.

As a trusted advisor to engineering, sourcing and executives, you will lead complex negotiations, build multi-year plans, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start).
• Five (5) years of sales/account management/business development or field application engineering experience, including complex customer programs or strategic accounts.
• Current, valid Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Own global account strategy, revenue growth, pipeline, forecasting, and executive relationships for assigned hyperscale and silicon design customers.
• Lead design-in and commercialization of EBO, TwinAx, thermal, acoustic, and material science solutions from early engineering engagement through qualification, negotiation, launch, and scale.
• Build multi-year account plans that connect customer technology roadmaps and pain points to 3M capabilities and new growth opportunities.
• Coordinate global teams across sales, application engineering, R&D, supply chain, manufacturing, and leadership to deliver customer commitments.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations and strategic agreements that balance customer value, growth, margin, capacity, and long-term partnership objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to customer engineering, sourcing, and executive stakeholders while aligning connector, cable, package, and manufacturing partners required for adoption and scale.

Skills

Sales experience

Account management

Business development

Field application engineering

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Job Description: Global Account Manager – High Speed Interconnect

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the WorldChoosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Global Account Manager – High Speed Interconnect, you will own end-to-end responsibility for strategic hyperscale and silicon design customers in the Bay Area. Reporting to the Director - EBO Sales, you will drive growth across EBO optical interconnect, TwinAx copper interconnect, thermal, acoustic, and broader material science innovation.

• Own global account strategy, revenue growth, pipeline, forecasting, and executive relationships for assigned hyperscale and silicon design customers.
• Lead design-in and commercialization of EBO, TwinAx, thermal, acoustic, and material science solutions from early engineering engagement through qualification, negotiation, launch, and scale.
• Build multi-year account plans that connect customer technology roadmaps and pain points to 3M capabilities and new growth opportunities.
• Coordinate global teams across sales, application engineering, R&D, supply chain, manufacturing, and leadership to deliver customer commitments.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations and strategic agreements that balance customer value, growth, margin, capacity, and long-term partnership objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to customer engineering, sourcing, and executive stakeholders while aligning connector, cable, package, and manufacturing partners required for adoption and scale.

Company Vehicle

This position requires driving a company vehicle, which will require pre-employment and ongoing review of motor vehicle history for candidates who are offered and hired for this position.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start).
• Five (5) years of sales, account management, business development, or field application engineering experience, including complex customer programs or strategic accounts in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Current, valid Driver's License.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Seven (7) or more years of experience in data center, cloud infrastructure, semiconductors, interconnect, electronics, thermal management, or advanced materials.
• Direct experience supporting hyperscale, silicon design, networking, optics, or AI infrastructure customers.
• Demonstrated track record of growing strategic accounts, securing design wins, and leading complex negotiations.
• Strong technical aptitude, executive communication, and ability to translate customer requirements into cross-functional priorities.

Work location:

Remote in the San Francisco Bay Area, California; field-based with regular in-person customer and ecosystem engagement.

Travel: May include up to 20% domestic/international travel.

Relocation: May be authorized.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Applicable to US Applicants Only:

The expected compensation range for this position is $145,676 - $178,049, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position.

• Medical, Dental & Vision
• Health Savings Accounts
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Disability Benefits
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits

All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.

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Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.

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