Supercomputing and Higher Education Account Manager

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · France +1 · Remote

Account Manager role focused on Supercomputing and Higher Education customers in France, responsible for building relationships, understanding market dynamics, and driving adoption of NVIDIA products and services. Requires significant experience in HPC sales and knowledge of the French Higher Education and Research markets, with AI/Deep Learning knowledge being a significant advantage.

What you'd actually do

  1. Building a positive relationship with key Supercomputing customers. Leading NVIDIA activities with all Universities and Research Institutes in Higher Education and Research.
  2. Understand the mechanisms and interworking peculiarities of the national/ HPC and tertiary education and scientific research markets.
  3. Segment and size markets while prioritizing them for adoption rate and impact.
  4. Own strategic accounts to develop the market: proof of concepts, roadmap reviews, technology solution build.
  5. Continuously look for opportunities to showcase customer success by working with marketing to package up success stories, participate in launches and events.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years proven track record within the HPC and HER markets
  • Significant knowledge and experience specific to the HPC sales within the geography associated with the role
  • An understanding of how the market in Higher Education and Research is developing in France and where NVIDIA should invest effort to generate growth.
  • Real passion for ecosystem development.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Consistent sales and/or Business Development performance in similar Enterprise roles.
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication abilities
  • strong presentation expertise
  • outstanding customer service skills
  • effective business and negotiation capabilities.
  • A strong understanding of the sales process and OEM & Channel Sales.

Nice to have

  • Additional knowledge of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning would be a significant advantage
  • High energy with the capability to multi-task in a dynamic, rapidly growing organization.
  • Strong background of IT Infrastructure and Computing Architecture
  • A detailed understanding of go-to-market strategies including account segmentation, products, marketing strategies, etc.
  • The ability to open doors quickly and assess the customer's desire for building a strategic relationship with NVIDIA.
  • Ability to travel within assigned region, working closely with Managers, Sales Representatives, and channel partners. Occasional travel outside of region required.

What the JD emphasized

  • Excellent interpersonal skills are a crucial requirement.