Industry Development Specialist, AI Natives

Nvidia Corporation in; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks an Industry Development Specialist to grow relationships with AI-native startups and developers. You will manage a portfolio, identify priorities, and progress qualified opportunities on NVIDIA platforms while coordinating cross-functional teams.

You will work with founders, developers, and technical leaders to translate technical needs into business value, driving pipeline and revenue in a fast-moving AI market.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in inside sales, account development, business development, or customer-facing go-to-market roles.
• 2+ years supporting AI-native companies, startups, or cloud services.
• Understanding of AI business models, developer-led adoption, and cloud infrastructure choices.

Responsibilities

• Achieve at least 100% of assigned quota through pipeline creation and opportunity progression.
• Manage an assigned portfolio of startups and developer platforms, mapping stakeholders and executing outreach.
• Build and progress a full sales cycle from prospecting to closing, including proposals and pricing coordination.
• Engage founders and technical leaders to uncover requirements for model development, training, inference, and data needs.
• Lead discovery, solution mapping, sizing, validation, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept coordination.
• Coordinate with account managers, solution architects, and partners to ensure timely opportunity progression and success.

Skills

Inside sales

Account development

CRM (Salesforce)

Stakeholder mapping

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

NVIDIA, the world leader in accelerated computing, is seeking an Industry Development Specialist to grow relationships with AI-native companies. You will manage and develop an assigned portfolio of startups, model builders, AI platforms, neoclouds, inference providers, and developer-first AI companies. You will identify technical and business priorities, create and progress qualified opportunities, coordinate resources, and help customers build and scale on NVIDIA platforms. You will collaborate with account managers, solution architects, Developer Relations, business development, product, marketing, channel, and ecosystem partners. If you thrive in fast-moving AI markets and enjoy helping builders turn ambitious ideas into production systems, we'd like to talk with you!

What you'll be doing:

• Achieve at least 100% of assigned quota through pipeline creation, opportunity progression, qualified customer engagement, and revenue-generating activity.
• Manage and develop an assigned portfolio of emerging, underserved, whitespace, startup, Inception, and other net-new accounts by creating account plans, prioritizing opportunities, mapping stakeholders, and executing focused outreach.
• Build and progress pipeline across the complete sales cycle, including prospecting, discovery, solution positioning, proposals, pricing coordination, internal approvals, negotiation, contracting support, forecasting, and closing activities.
• Engage founders, developers, and technical leaders to uncover model development, training, inference, data, and infrastructure requirements.
• Lead business and technical discovery, including workload identification, solution mapping, preliminary sizing, technical validation, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept coordination.
• Coordinate account managers, solution architects, Developer Relations, product, marketing, business development, and other specialists while remaining accountable for timely opportunity progression and customer follow-through.
• Develop approved partner relationships, recommend appropriate channel, cloud, software, services, marketplace, or partner-assisted routes, and coordinate joint plans and closes when appropriate.
• Maintain accurate Salesforce records and forecast inputs, use approved AI-assisted research and workflow tools, support post-sale expansion, and elevate accounts whose scale or complexity requires broader field engagement.

What we need to see:

• 4+ years of relevant inside sales, account development, business development, customer-facing go-to-market, or technology sales experience.
• 2+ years of experience supporting AI-native companies, startups, developer platforms, cloud services, or closely related technology markets.
• Understanding of AI company business models, developer-led adoption, model development, inference, and cloud infrastructure choices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage an assigned portfolio, create and qualify pipeline, prioritize accounts, and progress opportunities independently in Salesforce or a similar CRM.
• Experience supporting commercial activities including proposals, pricing coordination, internal approvals, negotiation, contracting, forecasting, and closing.
• Ability to lead customer discovery, connect technical capabilities to business outcomes, and coordinate account managers, technical teams, business development, marketing, channel, and partners for validation and opportunity progression.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with disciplined forecasting and CRM hygiene and the ability to use approved AI-assisted research and workflow tools responsibly.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience working with startup founders, AI developers, model builders, or high-growth technology companies.
• Knowledge of generative AI, large language models, inference services, open-source AI, and developer ecosystems.
• Deep knowledge of AI Natives customer priorities, buying centers, ecosystem, and regulatory or operational considerations.
• Experience with AI, accelerated computing, cloud, data center, networking, enterprise software, developer platforms, or infrastructure sales.
• Track record of exceeding pipeline, opportunity progression, revenue, or quota-based sales goals.

Your cash compensation will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors, with 85% paid through base salary and 15% through variable compensation. The expected cash compensation range for this position is 120,000 USD - 189,750 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 10, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.

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