Director, AI Competitive Insights & Strategy

Applied Methods Ltd; United States; On-site; USD 220,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental

Vision

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

Nscale is seeking a Director of Competitive Insights to own the strategic narrative across global GTM and marketing for AI infrastructure. You will translate complex market moves—Nvidia allocations, legacy cloud architectures, and GPU benchmarks—into field-ready plays that help sellers win against hyperscalers.

You’ll lead threat modeling, craft battlecards, and run win/loss analyses with cross-functional teams, shaping product and GTM strategy while elevating executive briefing cadence.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of competitive intelligence or technical sales in cloud computing or AI infrastructure.
• Deep technical understanding of GPU clusters, Infiniband/Ethernet networking, and hyperscaler landscapes.
• Proactive, investigative mindset with ability to source data in fast-moving markets.
• Exceptional storytelling to translate complex tech into a sales-focused narrative.
• Strong cross-functional influence and collaboration with sales and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Strategic threat modeling of legacy hyperscalers and emerging GPU clouds.
• Create actionable field battlecards and pricing takedowns for Account Executives.
• Lead win/loss interviews and feed insights into GTM and product strategy.
• Deliver executive market briefings on AI compute demand and supply chain bottlenecks.
• Partner with engineering to benchmark competitor clusters for performance metrics.

Skills

Competitive intelligence

Technical product marketing

Technical sales

GPU clustering

Networking (Infiniband/Ethernet)

Market analysis

Job description

Nscale is seeking a Director of Competitive Insights to own the strategic narrative across global GTM and marketing for AI infrastructure. You will translate complex market moves—Nvidia allocations, legacy cloud architectures, and GPU benchmarks—into field-ready plays that help sellers win against hyperscalers.

You’ll lead threat modeling, craft battlecards, and run win/loss analyses with cross-functional teams, shaping product and GTM strategy while elevating executive briefing cadence.