Senior AI Programs Lead — Forward Deployed Engineering

NVIDIA Corporation; California; Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead technical strategy and execution of Forward Deployed Engineering engagements across NVIDIA Nemotron and Cosmos. You’ll translate use cases into clear plans, align three parties, and drive production deployments with a focus on automation and governance.

The role requires deep technical depth, ecosystem experience, and a track record of delivering complex, multi-party programs from concept to production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years in technical program management, solutions architecture, forward deployed engineering, or technical customer delivery.
• Hands-on knowledge of LLM post-training lifecycle (data, eval, fine-tuning, RL, deployment).
• Practical comfort with Python and cloud and GPU infrastructure.
• Experience using AI agents and agentic workflows to run programs.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for each FDE engagement and serve as the main point of contact for NVIDIA, partners, and customers.
• Automate program work with agents and manage SOWs, status updates, and risk flags.
• Work with engineers to scope engagements, identify risks, and shape data and strategy.
• Deliver repeatable engagement processes, create playbooks and templates, and manage data sharing and compute access.
• Coordinate with sales, solutions, and leadership to align priorities and report progress to executives.

Skills

Python

Cloud infrastructure

GPU infrastructure

AI agents

SOWs & contracts

risk management

multi-party programs

stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in CS or Engineering

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead technical strategy and execution of Forward Deployed Engineering engagements across NVIDIA Nemotron and Cosmos. You’ll translate use cases into clear plans, align three parties, and drive production deployments with a focus on automation and governance.

The role requires deep technical depth, ecosystem experience, and a track record of delivering complex, multi-party programs from concept to production.