Director, Technical Marketing

NVIDIA is hiring a Director, Technical Marketing in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $256k-$403k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

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We are looking for a Director of Technical Marketing to coordinate our memory and storage technology partners. This role ensures technology and product advancements match our product schedules. You will work across business units to understand the unique requirements of our products and work with our partners to deliver solutions that will meet our customer’s performance expectations.

What you’ll be doing:

Supplier Engagement: Lead technical engagement with our suppliers to align the supplier’s roadmap, product planning and technology development to meet our needs.
Product Planning: Work closely with NVIDIA product planning teams on DRAM and storage product selection for our Datacenter, Automotive, Embedded and GPU platforms.
Technology Partnerships: Coordinate co-development activities with partners and drive issue resolution.
Standards: Represent NVIDIA requirements in standards development organizations (JEDEC, eSSD, UFS, eMMC, etc).
Supplier Roadmaps: Drive HBM, LPDDR/SOCAMM, GDDR and DDR5 roadmap alignment with memory suppliers to match NVIDIA's AI platform cadence.
Requirements: Define the performance, power, thermal, reliability and endurance specifications our partners must meet.
New Technologies: Evaluate emerging technologies such as CXL memory expansion, next-generation HBM and high-capacity enterprise SSDs, and recommend adoption strategies.
Qualification: Track supplier readiness, qualification milestones and production ramps for new memory and storage components.
Content: Author whitepapers, presentations and executive briefings that articulate NVIDIA's memory and storage strategy.
Market Insight: Provide insight on memory and storage technology trends, supply dynamics and cost to inform product planning.
Supplier Reviews: Lead regular technical reviews with key DRAM and storage suppliers to track execution against commitments.

We seek someone with excellent communication skills who understands and explains technologies at the audience's level. They also provide insight into performance, power, and endurance tradeoffs of alternative memory technologies suitable for our platforms.

What we need to see:

15+ overall years of developing or integrating memory architectures in semiconductor projects.
Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
8+ years of management or leadership experience
Deep understanding of memory technologies.
Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills, including the ability to author original content (both written and presentations)
Proven track record to think creatively and innovatively, you have the ability to thrive in a high-energy, dynamic environment
Professional-level interpersonal skills, including your ability to adjust your communication to the technical level of the audience.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Experience collaborating successfully with partners to bring new memory technologies to market
Expertise in DRAM and Storage Solutions for Datacenters, Automotive and embedded markets.
Knowledge of CPU and/or GPU architecture, networking and storage
Expertise in NVIDIA technologies and solutions
Have stellar verbal and written communication skills

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 256,000 USD - 402,500 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 29, 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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Director, Technical Marketing at NVIDIA rates 27 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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