Developer Relations Manager, Higher Education and Research - Foundational AI

We are seeking a dynamic, mission-driven Developer Relations Manager to engage leading research labs. In this role, you will work directly with research labs to accelerate the adoption of NVIDIA’s sophisticated AI and computing platforms. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong experience in research engagement and proven track record to translate advanced technologies into impactful, research-driven outcomes.

What you'll be doing:

• Act as a trusted technical advisor for research labs, identifying and accelerating high-impact workloads by integrating NVIDIA's frameworks, libraries, and core software stack into research projects.

• Map and continuously assess the research ecosystem to identify institutional growth opportunities and inform long-term technology strategies

• Stay current on research papers across affiliated domains to anticipate emerging trends and provide technical direction on future collaboration areas.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Research Account Managers, Solution Architects, and Business Development teams to drive researcher enablement

• Forge closer ties with lab personnel, understanding organizational dynamics and the full scope of research being conducted.

• Attend domain scientific conferences and facilitate NVIDIA participation alongside other subject matter experts.

• Represent the needs of researchers internally by translating academic feedback into actionable insights that shape product development, education programs, and platform roadmaps.

What we need to see:

• PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Computational Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field; or equivalent experience demonstrating comparable research depth.

• 3+ years of experience

• Deep expertise in agentic AI systems, including LLM agents, tool use, planning, reasoning, memory, retrieval, code execution, workflow automation, and multi-agent systems.

• Strong understanding of frontier research challenges in agents, including long-horizon task completion, evaluation, reliability, safety, observability, alignment, and failure recovery.

• Hands-on experience building or evaluating agent systems using modern AI frameworks, model APIs, orchestration tools, retrieval systems, sandboxed execution, and research-grade deployment patterns.

• Ability to engage leading AI labs on autonomous systems, tool learning, multimodal agents, embodied agents, scientific agents, and collaborative human-AI workflows.

• Research credibility through publications, prototypes, open-source work, academic collaborations, or technical leadership in agentic AI, foundation models, autonomous systems, or applied AI research.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with NVIDIA technologies and platforms such as CUDA, CUDA-X libraries, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NIM, NeMo/Nemotron, NeMo Agent Toolkit, Omniverse, Isaac, RAPIDS, TensorRT, Triton Inference Server, or DGX/accelerated computing systems.

• Established relationships with leading academic labs, research institutes, national labs, or major open source research communities.

• Track record translating frontier research into demos, reference architectures, workshops, technical content, or developer enablement programs.

• Experience presenting at academic conferences, research workshops, technical summits, or university facing events.

• Ability to identify emerging research trends and convert them into strategic opportunities for collaboration, platform adoption, and ecosystem growth.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology 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 base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 11, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

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