Senior Developer Relations Manager - Metropolis

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world.

As a Senior Developer Relations Manager - Metropolis at NVIDIA, you will play a crucial role in crafting the future of computing by driving the adoption of our innovative technologies. Located in the vibrant city of Tokyo, Japan, this opportunity lets you work with a world-class team to build impactful solutions and encourage innovation in video analytics, manufacturing, construction, smart spaces, retail, and media/entertainment.

What you'll be doing:

• Serve as the trusted technical advisor, problem solver, and champion for the developer ecosystem in video analytics in manufacturing, construction, smart spaces, retail, media and entertainment, with cross-functional partners to drive adoption of NVIDIA technologies especially VSS (Video Search and Summarization) blueprint.

• Accelerate critical workloads by demonstrating innovative solutions that integrate the core NVIDIA stack into developer products, platforms, and pipelines.

• Advise on technical enablement resources, such as sample code, guides, demonstration pipelines, and tools, highlighting the application of technologies in solving real-world problems.

• Guide partners and startups through onboarding and integration with NVIDIA’s programs, encouraging co-innovation and the development of next-generation solutions.

• Map, track, and monitor the developer ecosystem to identify growth opportunities, inform technology roadmaps, and build adoption strategies.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with solution architects, engineering, product management, and marketing to drive developer engagement and optimize partner adoption strategies.

• Engage with partner engineering teams, technical leaders, and decision-makers to identify goals, solve technical challenges, and promote guidelines for successful integrations.

• Represent and advocate for the partner technical needs and feedback to NVIDIA’s internal product and engineering teams, supplying actionable insights from field deployments to influence product roadmaps.

• Act as a technical inspiring leader through conference presentations, user group engagements, solution showcases, writing tech blog, SNS posting and support for strategic go-to-market and partner initiatives.

What we need to see:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or a Master’s degree combined with equivalent practical experience.

• You should have at least 5+ years of professional experience in the technology field. This includes roles in software engineering, developer relations, and technical partnerships. Additionally, you need over 3 years of direct hands-on experience within your specific ecosystem.

• Established background in managing, working alongside, and growing developer programs at prominent technology organizations, video analytics, VLM ISVs, or pertinent sectors.

• Strong technical expertise in video analytics within high-performance computing, cloud, AI/ML, and/or industry-specific frameworks and libraries.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex technical concepts for diverse technical and non-technical audiences from engineers to executives.

• Experience leading technical collaborations with engineering and product teams—including architectural development, code reviews, technical mentorship, and delivery of technical talks or workshops.

• Proven ability to structure and complete complex technical engagements, negotiate requirements, prioritize issues, and collaborate with internal or external partners across sales, legal, product, or marketing teams as needed.

• Intellectual flexibility and a track record of successfully growing penetration for innovative technology-based solutions. If you fit this profile, we’d love to hear from you!

• Good English communication skill in email and video conference. Proficient Japanese communication skill is must.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Practical experience developing or improving vertical-specific solutions in video analytics.

• Familiarity with advanced computing, AI, and/or GPU acceleration platforms such as CUDA and VSS.

• Track record in crafting and implementing systems for real-time processing and low-latency decision-making.

• Demonstrated experience in growing developer communities and offering significant technical enablement initiatives.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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