AI Infrastructure/NVIDIA Alliance Lead, Managing Director

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You Are

An accomplished technology and business leader who connects mission needs with AI capabilities and the infrastructure required to operationalize them. You bring technical depth in hybrid cloud, high-performance computing, and GPU-accelerated environments, along with a proven ability to build executive relationships, win complex opportunities, and guide successful delivery.

You can engage senior government leaders on AI strategy, partner with NVIDIA on joint offerings, and challenge engineering teams on architecture and execution. You know how to turn emerging technology into differentiated solutions, sustainable growth, and measurable mission outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Growth & Market Leadership

• Develop and execute a growth strategy for AI infrastructure and enabled solutions across federal markets, with an emphasis on Defense and Intelligence.

• Build and convert a pipeline spanning infrastructure modernization, accelerated computing, generative AI, agentic workflows, and secure inference.

• Partner with portfolio leaders, account teams, and technology executives to translate client priorities into differentiated offerings and actionable pursuit strategies.

• Lead executive client engagements, solution positioning, and technical win strategies for major opportunities, including SUNet 2.0, HITS-U, and JTSO JEDAI.

• Own agreed growth and revenue targets while positioning AFS as a trusted partner for enterprise AI adoption.

NVIDIA Strategic Alliance Leadership

• Serve as the AFS executive alliance lead for NVIDIA, setting partnership strategy and leading joint business planning, executive engagement, and go-to-market execution.

• Work with NVIDIA and the broader Accenture ecosystem to develop joint offerings, identify co-investment opportunities, and expand adoption of NVIDIA-enabled solutions across federal accounts.

• Build a pipeline connecting NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI capabilities with AFS mission expertise, engineering capabilities, and delivery experience.

• Align partner resources, technical enablement, and market development activities to priority pursuits and client programs.

• Represent AFS in partner forums, executive briefings, and industry engagements.

AI Infrastructure Strategy & Innovation

• Set the technical direction for secure AI infrastructure across hybrid cloud, on-premises, and high-performance computing environments.

• Guide architectures supporting the full AI lifecycle, from onboarding tools and datasets through distributed training, model evaluation, deployment, and inference.

• Shape GPU-accelerated environments that meet mission requirements for performance, scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.

• Ensure solutions address classified operations, cross-domain requirements, zero-trust principles, data governance, and applicable security and compliance requirements.

• Partner with engineering and technology leaders to incubate reusable architectures and offerings that accelerate AI adoption and deployment.

Delivery Excellence & Capability Development

• Provide executive oversight and technical guidance for major AI infrastructure programs, maintaining accountability for client outcomes, delivery quality, and financial performance.

• Guide teams through architecture decisions, environment modernization, operating model transitions, and operational readiness.

• Help resolve complex technical and delivery challenges affecting the security, performance, and reliability of AI environments.

• Build and mentor multidisciplinary teams across infrastructure engineering, AI/ML, cloud architecture, and solution development.

• Advance repeatable delivery approaches and workforce capabilities that support growth across the practice.

Thought Leadership & Executive Engagement

• Serve as a visible AFS leader on AI infrastructure, accelerated computing, and secure mission AI.

• Advise senior government and industry executives on the investments and operating changes required to move AI from experimentation into production.

• Contribute to executive roundtables, industry events, and thought leadership on responsible, scalable AI adoption.

Here’s What You Need

• 15+ years of experience across AI infrastructure, cloud modernization, high-performance computing, data and AI, or related technology transformation.

• A demonstrated record of driving business growth, winning complex pursuits, and leading large-scale technology programs.

• Experience building strategic technology alliances and translating joint business plans into qualified pipeline, differentiated solutions, and revenue.

• Strong knowledge of NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI technologies, including their application to enterprise infrastructure, model training, and inference.

• Deep understanding of hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, GPU-accelerated workloads, distributed computing, and AI platform operations.

• Experience delivering solutions in secure federal environments, including an understanding of classified infrastructure, cross-domain requirements, zero-trust architectures, and data governance.

• The ability to translate complex mission requirements into technically sound, commercially viable solutions with measurable value.

• Executive presence and a proven ability to build relationships with senior government leaders, technology partners, and internal stakeholders.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing significant growth, revenue, and delivery responsibilities.

What We Believe

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