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About the Role🚀 A cutting-edge AI infrastructure company is transforming AI inference through purpose-built platforms that combine custom silicon, advanced system software, and intelligent orchestration. Designed for performance and efficiency at scale, the platform addresses the most demanding enterprise, cloud, and hyperscale AI workloads. The company is seeking a Senior Sales Manager to lead go-to-market efforts across North America. This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role focused on opening strategic accounts, driving early customer engagements, and securing design wins with the world’s largest AI consumers and infrastructure providers. This role requires deep semiconductor and hardware sales expertise, an established customer network, and the ability to sell visionary technology before product maturity. Key Responsibilities Own and execute the North America go-to-market strategy Open and develop strategic relationships with hyperscalers, CSPs, OEMs, and semiconductor partners Drive complex, infrastructure-level sales cycles including early PoCs, architectural evaluations, design wins (DWINs), and production deployments Lead pre-product and pre–tape-out customer engagements, selling roadmaps and long-term platform vision Clearly articulate differentiated value in a competitive AI hardware and infrastructure market Build and manage a structured GTM plan, including account mapping, key stakeholders, priorities, and pipeline forecasting Manage PoC pipelines and align technical validation milestones with customer buying cycles Work cross-functionally with Engineering and Product to align customer requirements with roadmap execution Engage confidently with senior engineering leaders, product teams, and C-level executives Represent the company at major industry events and strategic customer forums MUST-HAVE Requirements ✅ 1. Industry Background Senior-level sales leadership experience in semiconductors and hardware Proven track record selling complex infrastructure systems, including chips, NICs, AI accelerators, networking, servers, or full-stack platforms Strong preference for experience with NICs and networking technologies 2. Customer Network (Top Priority) Established, active relationships with decision-makers at: Hyperscalers: Meta, Microsoft, Google, Amazon Cloud Service Providers: Oracle, IBM, and similar Semiconductor Leaders: NVIDIA, AMD, Arm, Qualcomm OEMs / ODMs: Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro 👉 Ability to open doors and initiate executive-level conversations from day one is critical. 3. Early-Stage Sales Experience Demonstrated success leading pre-product and early-stage sales efforts, including: Early PoCs and technical evaluations Engagements prior to tape-out Selling future roadmaps and architectural shifts Evangelizing disruptive, emerging technology Nice-to-Have 🌟 Experience at companies such as Cerebras, SambaNova, Tenstorrent, NVIDIA, D-Matrix, Marvell, Broadcom, HPE, Dell, or Lenovo Background in early-stage product launches and startup GTM Familiarity with RISC-V, chiplets, or edge AI systems Why This Role This role offers a front-row seat in shaping the commercial success of next-generation AI infrastructure. It combines executive-level influence, deep technical engagement, and the opportunity to drive transformational deals with the world’s largest AI and cloud platforms.