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Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Micron is seeking a visionary, well-connected investor to lead Micron Ventures, the company’s corporate venture capital arm. This is a unique opportunity to shape how Micron engages with the next wave of innovation across AI, semiconductors, compute infrastructure, and adjacent technologies. The role will define Micron Ventures’ investment strategy, sector priorities, and portfolio construction in alignment with Micron’s corporate strategy and technology roadmap. This leader will own the full venture lifecycle, including thesis development, sourcing, diligence, valuation, structuring, negotiation, and executive-level investment recommendations. The role will also partner closely with Micron business units and technical leaders to turn investments into strategic value through pilots, commercial engagement, product collaboration, and market insight. Serve as the venture arm’s primary external ambassador across the founder, VC, and research communities, while acting as a trusted advisor to Micron’s executive leadership on technology shifts, competitive dynamics, partnership opportunities, and adjacent M&A themes. What We’re Looking For The ideal candidate will bring a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, Business administration, or related field along with 15&#43; years of experience in venture capital, corporate venture capital, growth investing, or corporate development, including at least 5 years in senior fund leadership roles.<

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200&#43; countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Director, Center for Inclusive Growth - Tech for Good Overview Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. The Center for Inclusive Growth is the social impact hub at Mastercard. The organization seeks to ensure that the benefits of an expanding economy accrue to all segments of society. Through actionable research, impact data science, programmatic grants, stakeholder engagement and global partnerships, the Center advances equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world. The Center’s work is at the heart of Mastercard’s objective to be a force for good in the world. Role The Tech for Good team sits within the Center’s Global Programs team and leads programmatic strategies and initiatives that accelerate the responsible adoption and scalable use of technology, including AI and data innovation, for social impact. The team addresses inf

About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Global Events & Experiences team brings people together around OpenAI’s technology, ideas, and mission. Our experiences deepen understanding, build trust, and create meaningful connections across the communities we serve. Our work spans developers, startups, founders, enterprise customers, executives, researchers, policymakers, media, and more. We lead with curiosity, thoughtful hospitality, and a deep commitment to shining the spotlight on others. About the Role We are looking for a Director of Events Management, reporting to the Global Head of Events, to lead the event management arm of our team. You’ll oversee a diverse portfolio, from flagship conferences and developer programs to executive gatherings, research events, and policy and media engagements. This is a people manager role leading an approximately 10-person, high-performing, high-agency team. You’ll invest in their growth and give them the clarity and autonomy to do strong work, supported by efficient team operations, effective agency partnerships, and sustainable workloads. Working under the Global Head of Events, you’ll lead the team in translating business priorities into event experiences that tell compelling stories through OpenAI’s products and partners. Partnership with Creative Production and Technical Production leaders will connect planning and delivery. In this role, you will: Lead, mentor, and develop the team through clear goals, candid feedback, career support, and company context. Make tough calls on priorities and performance when needed, while maintaining trust, agency, and high standards. Partner with the Global Head of Events to prioritize projects, assess new requests, and allocate capacity across the portfolio, surfacing tradeoffs and recommending what to pursue, sequence, or defer. Build efficient, consistent operations through clear intake, briefs, project pl

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference. Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. Job Description At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers. We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world’s most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come. As a Director, AI Systems Quality & Governance, R&D and Gilead, you will establish and operationalize the quality framework for artificial intelligence across Research & Development. <br

POSITION SUMMARY: Join Natera as the Director of Development for our Early Cancer Detection (ECD) In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) products. You will take ownership of the development, verification, and validation of our early cancer detection (ECD) Next Generation Sequencing products from feasibility exit through regulatory submission and post-market support. Every test represents a real person, and you will lead a team of scientists and managers to execute the performance data packages supporting PMA submissions. You will serve as the technical subject matter expert in FDA interactions, partnering across functions to deliver design-controlled diagnostic products that directly impact patient care. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Own the execution of the technical strategy and phase-gated process of of development, design verification, and validation studies for ECD IVD devices utilizing cfDNA, methylation and other potential analytes Ensure rigorous compliance with applicable FDA Class III (PMA) design and development requirements Take ownership of the analytical performance strategy (limit of blank/detection, precision, linearity, interference, stability) for ECD assays, partnering directly with Regulatory Affairs (RA), biostatistics, bioinformatics and research teams Contribute to the robust transfer of assays to the commercial laboratory and manufacturing in support of the design transfer and operations teams Partner with clinical and biostatistics leaders on statistical analysis plans required for approvable device performance claims in clinical intended-use populations Think team by partnering directly across bioinformatics, biostatistics, software engineering, clinical, regulatory, and commercial functions to align development efforts with business goals, and drive resourcing and go/no-go recommendations at phase gates Deliver the analytical performance data package supporting Class III PMA submissions, developing a comprehensive approval strategy with RA Serve as t

About Outreach Outreach, founded in 2014, is the only complete agentic AI platform for revenue teams. Outreach infuses agentic AI, conversation intelligence, and assistive AI to power hundreds of use cases across revenue motions. From new logo prospecting to expansions, deal acceleration, driving retention, and forecasting, Outreach AI automates workflows and frees sellers to focus on more strategic conversations and actions. Revenue leaders benefit from connected account visibility, performance insights, and higher forecasting accuracy across every GTM team. World leading enterprise organizations use Outreach to power their revenue teams, including Databricks, SAP, Siemens, and Verizon to name a few. The Role We are looking for a Director of Applied Science and Engineering to lead the vision, strategy, and execution of Outreach's Knowledge Graph and contextual AI capabilities. This is a senior leadership position for someone who combines deep technical expertise in knowledge representation, graph-based learning, and reasoning systems with the ability to build, inspire, and scale a high-performing team. You will own the end-to-end technical direction of a per-tenant contextual knowledge graph that captures the full complexity of each customer's sales environment: accounts, deals, contacts, rep behaviors, competitive landscape, and the signals buried in calls, emails, and CRM activity. This graph is the reasoning backbone of the platform, powering next-best-action recommendations, deal risk signals, coaching suggestions, competitive intelligence, and agentic AI workflows. In this role, you will set the research agenda, define the architecture, hire and grow the team, and drive measurable business impact through applied science innovation. Your Daily Adventures Will Include: Technical Vision & Strategy: Define and own the multi-year technical roadmap for Outreach's Knowledge Graph platform, including

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role As Director, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), you'll lead finance for GitLab's Research & Development (R&D) organization, our largest operating expense area. You'll be the strategic finance partner to our Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and their leadership team, owning R&D planning, forecasting, and investment decisions. R&D builds our AI-powered development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) platform, which more than 100,000 organizations use. You'll connect investment in headcount, infrastructure, AI and cloud usage, and tooling to product outcomes, with clear measurement a

OKX will be prioritising applicants who have a current right to work in Hong Kong, and do not require OKX's sponsorship of a visa. Who We Are At OKX, we believe that the future will be reshaped by crypto, and ultimately contribute to every individual's freedom. OKX is a leading crypto exchange, and the developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications (dApps). OKX is also a trusted brand by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets. We are safe and reliable, backed by our Proof of Reserves. Across our multiple offices globally, we are united by our core principles: We Before Me , Do the Right Thing , and Get Things Done . These shared values drive our culture, shape our processes, and foster a friendly, rewarding, and diverse environment for every OK-er. OKX is part of OKG, a group that brings the value of Blockchain to users around the world, through our leading products OKX, OKX Wallet, OKLink and more. About The Opportunity We are looking for a Product Manager with a deep understanding of TradingView users, strong commercial judgment, and experience driving product growth. You will grow OKX's business within the TradingView ecosystem by identifying the most promising customer segments, defining why traders should choose OKX, and finding effective ways to acquire, activate, and retain them, with accountability for measurable business outcomes. Your first priority is to establish how the business can grow and which opportunities warrant investment. You will validate growth hypotheses through user research, data analysis, and focused experiments before committing substantial engineering resources. Those insights will shape the product roadmap, investment priorities, and the TradingView integrations and trading experience improvements you deliver with engineering and partners. What You’ll Be Doing Define the Growth Strategy and Business Opportunity — Ide

OKX will be prioritising applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require OKX's sponsorship of a visa. Who We Are At OKX, we believe that the future will be reshaped by crypto, and ultimately contribute to every individual's freedom. OKX is a leading crypto exchange, and the developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications (dApps). OKX is also a trusted brand by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets. We are safe and reliable, backed by our Proof of Reserves. Across our multiple offices globally, we are united by our core principles: We Before Me , Do the Right Thing , and Get Things Done . These shared values drive our culture, shape our processes, and foster a friendly, rewarding, and diverse environment for every OK-er. OKX is part of OKG, a group that brings the value of Blockchain to users around the world, through our leading products OKX, OKX Wallet, OKLink and more. About The Opportunity We are looking for a Product Manager with a deep understanding of TradingView users, strong commercial judgment, and experience driving product growth. You will grow OKX's business within the TradingView ecosystem by identifying the most promising customer segments, defining why traders should choose OKX, and finding effective ways to acquire, activate, and retain them, with accountability for measurable business outcomes. Your first priority is to establish how the business can grow and which opportunities warrant investment. You will validate growth hypotheses through user research, data analysis, and focused experiments before committing substantial engineering resources. Those insights will shape the product roadmap, investment priorities, and the TradingView integrations and trading experience improvements you deliver with engineering and partners. What You’ll Be Doing Define the Growth Strategy and Business Opportunity — Ide

About OfficeSpace: OfficeSpace Software provides the leading AI operating system for the built world, that helps teams plan, connect, and perform in the workplace. As a performance-based, PE-backed company, we hire based on merit and a willingness to do what it takes to succeed long-term. You’re a great fit for the role if you’re entrepreneurial, passionate, motivated by building at light speed, and an Agentic AI early adopter. Our world-class teams operate in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica in a culture of trust, respect, growth, and impact. About the role: OfficeSpace is looking for a Director of Sales Development to build the next generation of our pipeline engine. You will own inbound- and outbound-sourced pipeline across new-logo and expansion accounts, lead our strategic ABX motion, and develop SDRs and Senior SDRs into high-performing GTM talent. You'll shape how people and AI agents work together—using automation to expand capacity while keeping judgment, relationships, and buyer experience human-led. This is a builder role. You'll partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Revenue Operations, Finance, and Enablement to turn revenue goals into a focused operating system that improves account penetration, conversion, pipeline productivity, and talent development as OfficeSpace moves upmarket. What you'll do: Own the pipeline engine. Translate revenue targets, pipeline coverage, conversion rates, and productivity assumptions into SDR capacity, quotas, territories, coverage, and investment decisions. Build a high-performing team. Lead, coach, and develop SDRs and Senior SDRs against clear goals for pipeline, conversion, quality, productivity, and progression. Lead strategic ABX. Turn account segments, intent, buying-group signals, whitespace, and market triggers into focused action across Mid-Market and Enterprise new-logo and expansion accounts. Build depth in priority accounts. Establish disciplined account-planning motions across research, contact ma

About us Sierra is the leading platform for customer-facing AI agents, working with many of the world's biggest brands — including The GAP, Rocket Mortgage, SoFi, Sutter Health, and SoftBank — to transform how they serve customers and grow their businesses. We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are guided by a set of values that are at the core of our actions and define our culture: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and a commitment to balancing Family along the way. These values are the foundation of our work, and we are committed to upholding them in everything we do. Our co-founders are Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor . Bret currently serves as Board Chair of OpenAI. Previously, he was co-CEO of Salesforce (which had acquired the company he founded, Quip) and CTO of Facebook. Bret was also one of Google's earliest product managers and co-creator of Google Maps. Before founding Sierra, Clay spent 18 years at Google, where he most recently led Google Labs. Earlier, he started and led Google’s AR/VR effort, Project Starline, and Google Lens. Before that, Clay led the product and design teams for Google Workspace. What you'll do Prospecting & lead generation: Identify and target potential customers through research, networking, and cold calling. Build new relationships with our enterprise customers and prospects to drive revenue, pipeline, and deployment capacity. Manage relationships: Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders with our largest customers. Serve as their primary point of contact and exceed their expectations. Negotiating & closing complex deal cycles: Lead negotiations with existing and prospective customers, addressing objections and closing deals. Navigate contracts and agreements quickly and effectively, working closely with legal and finance stakeholders. Sales strategy & planning: Develop and exe

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform. We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler. We are looking for a Director, Technical Success Management to join our team. This is a Hybrid role, reporting to the VP of TSM International in the Customer Success department. At Zscaler, our Customer Success Organization is a global, customer-focused team dedicated to delivering high-impact experiences and identifying solutions. We use valuable data and research to provide expert, hands-on support starting from the implementation phase and beyond, ensuring customers achieve their goals and use our technology to its fullest potential. Together, we create a customer-centric culture that fosters success, adoption, and growth. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) Direct a growing team of 20+ Technical Success Managers (TSMs), reporting to the VP of TSM International while co-leading joint initiatives with peer leadership Formulate and execute Premium Support strategies and global coverage operations, acting as a change agent t

Altana is the network for trusted trade. Our AI-powered product network empowers governments and businesses to build a more resilient and secure global economy while keeping trade flowing. The Opportunity The rules of global trade are being rewritten in real time. Supply chain transparency requirements are being rewritten; Forced labor enforcement, semiconductor export controls, tariff volatility, secure procurement for defense, allied coordination on economic security all require a new paradigm. Governments around the world are being asked to do something they've never been equipped to do: understand, monitor, and act on the full depth of global commerce, not just the edge of it. To do so they need a deep understanding of the entire production history and to collaborate with the private sector in new ways to ensure compliant trade is facilitated, while questionable activity is identified. The tools haven't kept pace with the mandate. Customs agencies still orient around transactions and rely on paper-based trusted trader audits, defense resilience was built for a different era of acquisition and slower innovation, and agencies don’t have the tooling nor data to do fact based policy research. The result is a widening gap between what governments need to know and what they can actually see — a gap that bad actors exploit, that allies can't easily close together, and that legitimate traders pay for in delays, uncertainty, and compliance overhead. Altana exists to close that gap. As Director of Product Management for Public Sector , you will lead the team defining how governments harness the power of the Altana network — not just to enforce at the border, but to understand the full complexity of global supply chains, collaborate with allies, and shape the trade policy and economic security decisions that will define the next era of globalization. You’ll oversee our three public sector product areas, and coordinate across the broader Altana organizatio

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! We're looking for an experienced Design Leader to oversee our Context Platform Pillar, which homes several critical company initiatives including Design Systems, Code, MCP, CMS, Community, and more. Think of it as the team that drives the most important context for AI agents to help you design better products. In this role, you'll tackle strategic challenges from building new products to evolving and scaling existing ones - all while empowering your teams to deliver ambitious, high-quality work. If you're a leader who is especially deep in understanding modern AI + Design Systems workflows, and very passionate about empowering Designers through platform-wide investments in Figma's ecosystem, this role is for you. As a Design leader at Figma, you'll guide and grow a team of world-class designers, with the opportunity to expand this group as the scope and impact of our work evolves. In this deeply cross-functional role, you'll work in close collaboration with product management, engineering, research, marketing, and other teams to shape both product and business strategy in our next chapter. This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. What you'll do at Figma: Hire, manage, and develop a multi-team design group spanning Design Systems, Code, MCP, CMS, and Community Partner with Product and Engineering leads in this area to improve team processes and execution and coach individual teams through setting roadmap and strategy Develop a perspective

Opportunity Overview: The Strategic Medical Director Inpatient will report to the Managing Medical Director, Clinical Strategy, and be a fundamental physician driver of clinical program design, strategy, and innovation, working closely with prospective and current clients as we rapidly expand. As an internal subject matter expert in one or more clinical specialties, you will support go-to-market efforts with the Growth team by evangelizing Cohere's vision and understanding the pain points and needs of Cohere's clients (i.e., health plans, health systems, & ACOs). You will also collaborate cross-functionally to shape and execute the clinical strategy so that Cohere successfully fills those needs using our core technologies and services. This includes contributing to the development of clinical logic, evaluating policy architecture, and partnering with Product and Engineering teams to translate clinical strategy into technology-enabled solutions. This is a remote-first role that may require travel to Boston, MA for new hire onboarding and occasional in-person team meetings and company events. What you’ll do: Lead the vision and evolution of the company’s clinical and digital care management offerings as the clinical subject matter expert, in collaboration with colleagues from Clinical Strategy, Analytics, Product Management, Operations, Growth, and other teams Utilize market data, consumer research, and patient analytics to spearhead new approaches to effective clinical delivery services, including the introduction of new technology and integrated paths Physician leader for Inpatient clinical program development in partnership with Cohere teams. Provide physician leadership in the creation of comprehensive research packages, investigating specific clinical areas/offerings and strategic partners of interest to strengthen the offering, then execute on cultivating any external partnerships and/or vendor relationships as necessary Partner with the VP Clinical St