Manager, GPU as a Service – Business Development, Strategic Technology Partners

Job Description:

  • Own the strategic business-development relationship and joint go-to-market execution between Rackspace GPUaaS and assigned technology partners such as AMD or NVIDIA
  • Develop and execute annual and quarterly joint business plans covering target markets, workloads, accounts, campaigns, pipeline, bookings, executive sponsorship, and field activation
  • Build relationships across partner executive leadership, sales, business development, product, engineering, solution architecture, marketing, and partner/channel teams
  • Define and articulate the joint GPUaaS value proposition for enterprise AI, inference, training, HPC, sovereign/regulated, and accelerated-compute workloads
  • Create repeatable co-sell plays and target-account motions connecting partner sellers and technical teams with Rackspace GPUaaS specialists
  • Own partner-sourced and partner-influenced opportunity creation and inspect progression through qualification, proposal, negotiation, and booking
  • Coordinate joint customer pursuits, executive briefings, workshops, events, proofs of concept, proposals, bids, and commercial discussions
  • Translate partner roadmaps and customer demand into GPUaaS requirements, including GPU platforms, cluster configurations, software ecosystem, availability, deployment timing, and service readiness
  • Partner with Finance and commercial leadership on deal economics, pricing, capacity commitments, funding/incentive programs, MDF, and margin guardrails
  • Maintain monthly pipeline/activation inspections and quarterly executive business reviews with documented actions, owners, and dates
  • Ensure accurate CRM attribution and partner references for pipeline, bookings, conversion, and forecasting
  • Provide competitive and market intelligence on GPU demand, platform roadmaps, providers, buying patterns, pricing signals, and ecosystem developments
  • Identify and resolve partnership friction involving field alignment, technical readiness, account ownership, capacity, contracting, incentives, messaging, or executive escalation
  • Develop enablement, account maps, playbooks, and repeatable mechanisms to scale the partnership
  • Lead through influence across Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Legal, Capacity/Operations, Delivery, and partner organizations

Requirements:

  • 7-9+ years of relevant business development, strategic alliances, technology partnerships, enterprise sales, or go-to-market experience required
  • Demonstrated success building revenue-producing relationships with major technology vendors, cloud/infrastructure companies, OEMs, silicon providers, or ecosystem partners strongly preferred
  • Experience in AI infrastructure, GPU/accelerated compute, cloud, data center, HPC, managed services, or adjacent enterprise technology markets strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to create joint business plans and convert strategic relationships into field activity, qualified pipeline, and measurable commercial outcomes
  • Experience navigating complex matrixed organizations and influencing senior executives, sales teams, product/engineering organizations, and operational stakeholders without direct authority
  • Strong understanding of strategic business development, technology partnerships, co-selling, joint GTM planning, and executive relationship management
  • Working knowledge of GPUaaS, accelerated computing, AI/ML and HPC workloads, cloud and data-center infrastructure, and enterprise AI buying motions
  • Working understanding of the GPU ecosystem, including AMD, NVIDIA, OEMs, server/platform vendors, software ecosystems, distributors, integrators, ISVs, cloud providers, and neocloud/GPUaaS providers
  • Ability to understand and communicate GPU platform roadmaps, workload fit, capacity/availability considerations, and differentiated customer value
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen, including bookings, ACV/TCV, gross margin, pricing, capacity commitments, incentives/funding, and partner economics
  • Knowledge of CRM-based pipeline management, attribution, forecasting, account planning, and sales inspection
  • Bachelor's degree preferred in business, technology, engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may substitute
  • Relevant cloud, AI, infrastructure, partner, or technical certifications are a plus but not required
  • Travel as required, approximately 25-40% depending on assigned partner and business needs

Benefits:

  • Annual bonus or incentives
  • Equity awards
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Benefits package
  • Equal employment opportunity
  • Disability or special-need accommodation
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