Director, Energy Regional Industry Sales

Energy Regional Industry Sales Leader

NVIDIA is transforming the global energy sector with AI and accelerated computing, across subsurface, grid, renewables, and next-generation power generation.

We are seeking an Energy Regional Industry Sales Leader to join our team to help our strategic energy customers and their ecosystems unlock the full NVIDIA platform stack across software, hardware, and cloud services. This role is pivotal in our growing enterprise business, setting sales strategy, and supporting ecosystem growth. The successful candidate will have deep industry knowledge, an extensive and relevant professional network, and the ability to lead in a fast-changing environment!

This role is focused on driving deep platform adoption and joint success. Your team will be the central orchestrator connecting energy companies, their ISVs, OEMs, GSIs, and service providers to NVIDIA platforms so they can solve their most complex engineering, operational, and planning challenges.

Lead a growing team of experienced sales professionals. Support a culture focused on customer success, ecosystem engagement, and revenue growth.

Identify, recruit, and retain top talent for your team and NVIDIA.

Engage energy industry customers to develop a deep understanding of their goals, strategies, and technical and business needs

Collaborate with an extended team of industry-specific, technical, business, and marketing resources across NVIDIA and our business partners to drive mutual success

Watch for and develop emerging use cases to help cultivate new vertical opportunities

Attend energy industry events to represent NVIDIA and recruit and engage the ecosystem

This role is based in Houston, TX.

Bachelor's or master's degree, or equivalent experience, from a leading university.

15+ overall years or significant work experience, with the energy vertical.

6+ years of sales leadership experience.

Deep familiarity with the energy value chain (utilities, independent power producers, grid operators, oil and gas, renewables, or nuclear) and how technology is used in operations, planning, and engineering.

Consistent overachievement against sales growth targets in a dynamic, enterprise-technology sales leadership role.

Excellent communication, relationship-building, and executive presence, including comfort presenting at industry events and customer leadership briefings. Candidates must work comfortably across all major internal functional areas (engineering, sales, marketing, executives), as well as external partners, customers, and content developers.

Deep knowledge of energy ecosystem and driving adoption and growth of technology-based both in the space of HPC and AI.

Demonstrable understanding of Energy applications (across different sub-industries : oil and gas, utilities, etc.).

Direct experience working for an energy company (utility, IPP, oil and gas major, services firm) or in a technology role focused on the energy vertical.

Hands-on exposure to AI, data science, or simulation workloads, such as grid planning, subsurface workflows, reliability analysis, or predictive maintenance.

Prior experience at a cloud provider, GSI, or ISV where you drove platform or ecosystem adoption rather than only individual deals.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you! Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 288,000 USD - 437,000 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until December 5, 2025. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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.