Principal Segment Sales Manager - Networking Software

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 248,000 - 397,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks a Principal Segment Sales Manager to scale the DOCA and BlueField software ecosystem for AI data centers. You will drive segment strategy, identify lighthouse customers, and coordinate with partners to convert technical validation into paid software and support revenue.

You will partner with product, engineering, finance, and legal to shape pricing, licensing, and sales motions across enterprise customers, cloud providers and service partners in a highly technical market.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years in segment/specialist sales or related roles for enterprise infrastructure software.
• Proven ability to qualify, forecast, shape deals and convert early demand into revenue.
• Solid experience with data center networking and modern application infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build segment strategy, target-customer plan, pipeline, forecast and competitive view for DOCA and BlueField infra software.
• Develop opportunities across data center networking, application delivery, cybersecurity, cloud-native infrastructure, storage and data services.
• Identify and convert lighthouse customers and ecosystem partners, incl. security and storage vendors, OEMs, cloud providers and SIs.
• Create repeatable commercialization paths from technical integration through validation, launch, paid adoption, software and support attach.

Skills

Segment sales leadership

Partner go-to-market

Forecasting

Executive value discussions

Technical sales

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. Today, we are applying accelerated computing and AI to define the next era of computing. Doing what has never been done before takes vision, innovation, and exceptional talent. As an NVIDIAN, you will work in a diverse, supportive environment where people are encouraged to do their best work and make a lasting impact.

NVIDIA is looking for a Principal Segment Sales Manager to build and scale the business for infrastructure software that improves the performance, security, efficiency, and serviceability of AI data centers. NVIDIA BlueField DPUs and DOCA enable networking, cybersecurity, storage, and host‑infrastructure services to run on an accelerated and programmable data‑processing platform. You will own the segment sales motion across DOCA services and the BlueField software ecosystem, including networking, cybersecurity and storage use cases. You will work with customers, account teams, software vendors, OEMs, cloud providers, and channel partners to turn technical integrations and early customer demand into repeatable, paid software and support revenue growth.

What you'll be doing:

• Build the segment strategy, target-customer plan, pipeline, forecast, and competitive view for DOCA and BlueField infrastructure software.
• Develop opportunities across data center networking, application delivery, cybersecurity, cloud-native infrastructure, storage and data services.
• Identify and convert lighthouse customers and ecosystem partners, including security and storage software vendors, OEMs, cloud service providers, systems integrators, and enterprise infrastructure teams.
• Create repeatable commercialization paths from technical integration through validation, launch, paid adoption, software and support attach, renewal, and expansion.
• Shape complex opportunities across pricing, packaging, licensing, entitlement, support, and partner routes in collaboration with Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Operations, and Support.
• Translate customer requirements into clear business opportunities spanning model‑serving environments, data movement, networking, storage, security, performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Lead customer and partner discovery, executive value discussions, technical validation planning, and commercial follow-through across multiple buying centers.
• Create seller and partner plays that explain how infrastructure software produces measurable customer outcomes, and equip the field to qualify and progress opportunities.

What we need to see:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 15 or more years of experience in segment sales, specialist sales, business development, product sales, technical sales, or partner go-to-market for enterprise infrastructure software.
• Demonstrated success building a market or segment plan, qualifying complex opportunities, inspecting pipeline, forecasting, shaping deals, and converting early customer demand into repeatable revenue.
• Solid practical experience with data center networking and modern application infrastructure, such as Ethernet, switching and routing, application delivery, load balancing, multi-cloud networking, Kubernetes, APIs, or cloud-native platforms.
• Experience in cybersecurity markets or solutions, such as network security, cloud security, zero‑trust architectures, firewalls, SASE, application and API security, or security operations.
• Background with storage infrastructure or data services and an understanding of how networking, compute, memory, storage, and security interact in modern data centers.
• Experience with host networking, storage infrastructure, and software‑defined data center platforms, including how networking, compute, storage, and security interact in modern environments.
• Experience bringing enterprise software, subscription or consumption offers, support services, or platform solutions to market through direct and partner channels.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with DPUs, SmartNICs, infrastructure offload, programmable data planes, or software‑defined networking and security.
• Familiarity with NVIDIA BlueField, DOCA, or related networking, cybersecurity, storage, and infrastructure software ecosystems.
• Experience building joint solutions and go-to-market motions with networking, security, storage, cloud, or AI infrastructure software vendors.
• A record of using adoption, attach, renewal, customer‑outcome, and revenue data to improve go-to-market priorities and investment decisions.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the 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!

Your cash compensation will be determined based on your location, experience and the pay of employees in similar positions with 85% paid through base salary and 15% variable compensation. The cash compensation range is 248,000 USD - 396,750 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 12, 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.