Senior Hackathon Program Manager

Job Summary

High Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are key markets for NVIDIA. Researchers and scientists are actively embracing accelerated computing to boost their research. To help onboard researchers to accelerated computing, NVIDIA is running a series of hackathons and bootcamp training events in collaboration with national labs, universities, and industry partners. Bootcamps are one or two day events where experts instruct attendees via lectures and hands-on labs. Hackathons are typically week-long intensive coding sessions where expert mentors team up with groups of researchers to guide through acceleration or optimizing of their codes on GPUs and CPUs using a number of programming models and tools.

NVIDIA is looking for a program manager to help scale our outreach efforts through these training events and niche programs. In this position you will play a key role in managing events in APAC (Asia Pacific): leading all logistics efforts, responsible for timely and thorough data management for all events in the region, and helping build a community of GPU professionals around the world. If you have a passion for connecting people, are well organized, and like learning new things, we can't wait to talk with you!

Key Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical event management, including event logistics, service requirements, timelines, communications, and staffing.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree, Business or Marketing major preferred.
• Passionate about educating people, while managing data and projects.
• Ability to work in a constantly evolving environment with multiple events in a variety of time zones happening at the same time.
• Ability to mitigate conflicts and address problems under tight deadlines.
• Proficient in XLS automation.
• Ability to multitask, be detail oriented and very organized while meeting tight deadlines and driving complex teams.
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills in English.

Ways to stand out from the crowd

• Computer Science or Engineering degree.
• Experience with Salesforce.
• Experience in facilitating group training events.
• Experience with C/C++, Fortran, Python or other programming languages.
• Fast learner interested in taking the program to the next level.

Description

Work with diverse partners across both NVIDIA internal teams and our external partner ecosystem to drive the execution of online and in-person hackathons, bootcamps, and community activities.

Act as a trusted advisor to guide partners through the hackathon and bootcamp event planning process, including goal definition, timelines and requirements, communications, and event support.

Lead all planning meetings from start to finish to keep all partners engaged and aligned.

Responsible for facilitating application, registration, and notification processes for each event.

Provide event support to moderate, manage online tools, and drive logistics for in-person events when needed.

Responsible for data collection, management, and reporting.