Senior Business Development Manager – State and Local Government

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Business Development Manager leading strategic partnerships with ISVs in the Global Public Sector at NVIDIA. Fostering AI-driven solutions for government and public sector outcomes.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive account strategy, senior leadership involvement, and business results for a portfolio of Global Public Sector ISVs and ecosystem collaborators including System Integrators (SIs), Global System Integrators (GSIs), OEMs, and Sophisticated Technology Partners.
  • Foster meaningful interactions with C-level executives, product leaders, architects, developers, data scientists, sales leaders, government-industry leaders, systems integrators, and public-sector decision-makers.
  • Speed up partner uptake of NVIDIA tools, SDKs, libraries, frameworks, models, blueprints, reference architectures, and AI acceleration technologies on ISV platforms and packaged solutions.
  • Adapt NVIDIA platform features into tailored partner solutions for public safety, traffic and mobility, smart infrastructure, digital government, records and case management, computer vision, conversational AI and agentic systems.
  • Develop collaborative go-to-market strategies with ISVs, SIs, GSIs, OEMs, and ATPs alongside field sales teams, and establish repeatable co-sell processes.
  • Guide pilots, proofs of value, software validation, marketplace readiness, licensing, deployment architecture, and production transition while maintaining executive-level access to risk and progress.
  • Identify trends in the ISV portfolio and transform effective integrations into reusable solution plays that can be expanded across countries, agencies, and Global Public Sector segments.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher (or equivalent experience)
  • 12+ years in enterprise software sales, strategic account management, ISV ecosystem development, partner management, developer relations, public-sector technology, or related roles.
  • Expertise in enterprise AI and agentic systems.
  • Familiarity with AI-native architectures, computer vision, digital twins, and secure deployment frameworks for enterprise and government.
  • Proven success developing strategic accounts, building pipeline, forecasting complex opportunities, and crafting business outcomes through software and ecosystem partnerships.
  • Knowledge of government buying motions, mission requirements, security and data-sovereignty considerations, funding and procurement cycles, and the partner routes to market used in public sector.
  • Ability to provide thought leadership, think strategically, communicate a clear vision in writing and verbally, and influence executives and cross-functional teams without direct authority.
  • Experience with enterprise software, SaaS, AI platforms, ISV ecosystems, open-source business models, developer-led sales motions, and multi-party solution selling.
  • Strong operational focus, including account planning, CRM and pipeline management, opportunity qualification, mutual action plans, executive reviews, and clear ownership of follow-through.

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