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📍 San Francisco, California, United States· Full-time
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From $200K/yr

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We are looking for a talented engineer to lead evaluation of startup acquisition opportunities in the AI, cloud and security space. You will drive product evaluations, prepare and manage technical architecture discussions with target groups in Product and Engineering and provide roadmap suggestions for M&A and investments for Datadog. You will be a key partner to Datadog’s C-level leadership and highly visible at the most senior levels of Datadog. The role is reporting into the Senior Director of Product Strategy and falls within the Product organization. We are looking for an innovative and strategic thinker who is passionate about the latest tech being developed by startups in the cloud, AI and security space. The ideal candidate enjoys researching and evaluating new technologies, works effectively with cross-functional teams, and communicates opinions concisely to our leadership team. Broad understanding of relevant Cloud Technologies and deep understanding of the full coverage of Datadogs current offerings is necessary. The Corporate Development team is small and values authentic, strong-willed individuals who think creatively and proactively. This role leads technical due diligence from a product and architecture perspective across our acquisition pipeline. You'll scope and stand up proof-of-concept and sandbox environments to stress-test candidate products, then give an honest, unvarnished view of their quality and depth - the kind of assessment that holds up regardless of deal momentum. You'll assess technical architecture, flag the risks and open questions that matter most early, and turn that into a clear post-acquisition integration path. Working closely with engineering, you'll keep the evaluation focused on what's actually decision-relevant, then translate the findings into strategic recommendations for leadership and help carry the integration through by partnering with the right people on the other side. What You’l

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📍 New York, New York, United States· Full-time
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From $89K/yr

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We’re looking for someone to join the Datadog Procurement team and help expand the Strategic Sourcing group. Make an impact by being a trusted analyst in several buying categories and continue to prove the value that Strategic Sourcing brings to the organization. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) to enhance market research, accelerate data analysis, and improve efficiency in sourcing workflows Identify opportunities to incorporate automation and AI into procurement processes to drive scalability and smarter decision-making Support and execute sourcing strategies directed by sourcing managers with a specific focus in G&A categories (People Team, Finance, Legal, Real Estate) Develop strong relationships with stakeholders and assist teams to independently evaluate their best practices and adopt a value-driven mindset when purchasing on behalf of the organization Lead and execute Sourcing events (RFx) Negotiate pricing and other business terms with vendors on net-new purchases and renewals Manage the renewals list for designated categories and ensure accuracy of information and proactive communication Analyze spend data and identify potential cost savings opportunities Create pricing models based on vendor proposals to quantify various buying scenarios Build license forecast models and utilization analyses for enterprise software renewals to help uncover usage and savings opportunities Collaboratively align with adjacent functions like FP&A on utilization and forecast models Operate effectively in ambiguous or evolving problem spaces, helping bring structure, clarity, and forward momentum to loosely defined sourcing initiatives Monitor market trends that impact spend categories and

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📍 San Francisco, California, United States· Full-time
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About the Role As a Sales Manager, Energy, you will build and lead a team of Account Directors focused on strategic growth across utilities, oil and gas, renewables, power generation, and energy services. The team will partner with complex organizations modernizing operations, improving reliability, accelerating the energy transition, and adopting enterprise AI responsibly at scale. You’ll help the team navigate regulated enterprise sales cycles, deepen relationships with business, technology, operations, engineering, security, and risk leaders, and drive adoption of OpenAI’s platform across safety-conscious, asset-intensive organizations. Key Responsibilities Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing team of Energy Account Directors. Create a strong coaching culture through deal reviews, account strategy sessions, ride-alongs, and structured 1:1s. Define the Energy GTM strategy, including subsector segmentation, account prioritization, partner strategy, executive engagement, and territory planning. Drive disciplined pipeline generation, forecast accuracy, and operational rigor. Guide multi-stakeholder opportunities involving operations, engineering, digital, data, security, legal, risk, procurement, and executive leadership. Help customers translate AI and API capabilities into measurable outcomes across asset and field operations, grid and generation planning, engineering knowledge, customer service, commercial workflows, and enterprise productivity. Partner with Product, Solutions Architecture, Technical Success, Legal, Security, Finance, and policy experts to support responsible deployment. Provide structured feedback on customer requirements, integration blockers, reliability and governance needs, and emerging industry trends. What We’re Looking For 15+ years of enterprise sales, GTM, or sales leadership experience. Proven experience building and scaling enterprise sales teams responsible for complex strategic accounts and large revenue targets. Deep underst

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📍 North Charleston, United States
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Senior Manager Company: The Boeing Company Boeing’s Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) organization is currently seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Facilities Management Center of Excellence (FM CoE) team at our North Charleston, SC site. The Senior Manager - Facilities Management is accountable for end-to-end oversight of facilities operations at the North Charleston site. This senior leader leads both internal and supplier-based teams, owns financial accountability for the facilities maintenance budget and processes, and partners closely with the Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) supplier. The role requires strategic collaboration with executive leadership, COEs, business partners, engineering, project management, and other service groups to ensure enterprise standards, continuous improvement, and alignment to business objectives. Position Responsibilities: Lead and manage facilities maintenance team, both internal and supplier-based, at the Charleston site Oversee day-to-day maintenance operations, emergency responses, shutdowns, and asset renewal strategies Manage facilities budgets and ensure financial accountability Collaborate with business partners, engineering, project management teams, and other COEs to support facilities initiatives Drive and influence change through leadership and collaboration, fostering a culture of continuous improvement Lead, motivate, and develop teams and managers, including conflict management and talent development Build and maintain strong relationships across CoEs, with the BRM community, FM leaders, business partners, and suppliers Manage supplier contracts and performance, ensuring alignment with Boeing’s standa

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📍 Iowa, United States· Remote
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend +671.4%

$176.6K – $294.3K/yr

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Role Summary The Director, State Policy & Government Relations, reports to the State Policy Team lead and is responsible for leading a defined portfolio of state policy priorities and government relations responsibilities in Iowa, Minnesota, and any other states identified by SPGR leadership. The state policy responsibilities include developing and supporting implementation of coordinated national policy positions and strategies that align with business and enterprise-wide objectives; act as a single point of accountability and enterprise-wide subject matter expert (SME) for a portfolio of state policy issues; responsible for developing policy platforms on priority policy issues, including collateral for external facing colleagues such as policy principles, legislative language, backgrounders, talking points, research summaries, comments letters, and testimony; responsible for analyzing, forecasting, and communicating the short- and long-term implications of changes in the state legislative and regulatory landscape to internal stakeholders, including business units, enabling functions, and senior leaders; develop and implement strategies to generate new policy evidence through contracted resources, including consulting firms and academics, to support Pfizer’s priority policy issues; participate in key trade association work groups; and represent Pfizer externally with multi-stakeholder policy coalitions, in forums related to key policy issues, and at legislative hearings. The government relations responsibilities include developing strategies to favorably influence the policy environment in Iowa, Minnesota, and any other states identified by SPGR leadership; collaborating and coordinating with colleagues in U.S. Policy and Government Relations, including Policy, Alliance Development, Public Affairs, Federal Policy and Government Relations, and BU Policy and Public Affairs, as well as with the broader Corporate Affairs org

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📍 Chicago Illinois United States, United States
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The Branch Manager SAFE Act is a senior management professional responsible for providing full leadership and direction to a team of employees, grow sales and client base in coordination with the consumer sales team . The overall objective of this role is to lead a team grow sales, build customer loyalty and recommend the development of business strategies or initiatives and may include the management of activities by external organizations, and the direct management of individuals and sales teams. Responsibilities: Develop a sales plans and drive individual production goals, including building referral network and relationships with internal partners and external contacts Create an environment through activity-based coaching and performance development and implement/execute coaching plan to develop employee’s skill set to achieve personal/branch goals Develop and execute integrated sales, relationship, and credit strategies that are aligned with the Retail Bank's priorities, execute business plan to achieve expected goals in all business categories Support portfolio growth by identifying opportunities to deepen relationships and increase client acquisition and ensure clients receive optimal service and monitor/adhere to operational controls Collaborate with branch partners to successfully achieve goals, build customer relationship and deliver customer service Leverage workforce planning tool to optimize staffing in branches and set expectations for branch staff, fostering an environment in which team members work together to achieve all business goals Integrate segment partners, partner with Assistant Manager and partner with the Division Operational to drive sales and drive outbound sales activities including: representing Citi and building partnerships in the community Conduct daily proof processes to ensure adherence to operational requirements; investigate control

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📍 Dallas, TX, United States
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend +310%
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Become a part of our caring community We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Technology Leadership professional to join our IT Operations team. You will support the Lead of the Application Operations Center and Enterprise Post Production Validation teams, with a focus on process automation, innovation, and continuous improvement. You will work with both onshore and offshore resources, ensuring in daily tasks, enhancing application support, and driving improvements in monitoring and validation processes. Main Responsibilities: Collaborate with the Lead to provide operational and strategic support for Application Operations Center and Post Production Validation teams. Identify, evaluate, and implement automation opportunities to increase efficiency and reduce manual workload. Drive process innovation by recommending and deploying advanced tools and methodologies for application operations and validation activities. Analyze existing workflows and develop documentation for standard operating procedures and best practices. Oversee daily application support and monitoring activities to ensure system stability, performance, and reliability. Partner with onshore and offshore teams to coordinate task execution and promote consistent adoption of new processes and technologies. Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to track key performance indicators and present findings to leadership. Ensure automation and process improvements comply with organizational standards and regulatory requirements. Facilitate knowledge sharing, training sessions, and change management activities to support team development and successful project implementation. Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements, understand challenges, and communicate progress on automation initiatives. Ability to create

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📍 Washington, United States of America, United States
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Technical Sustainability Specialist – North America Description - This Technical Sustainability Specialist will lead sustainability-driven customer engagement across North America Enterprise Channel and Retail Accounts, with a focus on translating HP’s sustainability strategy into tangible business outcomes for customers. The role sits at the intersection of sales, partnerships, and sustainability, acting as a strategic advisor to customers while enabling account teams to embed sustainability into commercial conversations. Key Responsibilities Customer & Sales Engagement (Consultative / Account-Facing) Lead sustainability engagement across top North America Channel and Retail accounts customers. Partner closely with account teams, sales leaders, and category leads to shape customer strategy and unlock new opportunities. Act as a trusted advisor to customers on sustainability priorities (e.g., climate, circularity, nature, reporting) Represent HP sustainability in customer meetings, partner engagements, and industry events Sales Support & Deal Enablement Support strategic RFPs, RFIs, and major deals with sustainability expertise Act as the subject matter expert on sustainability requirements and customer expectations Provide escalation support for complex customer sustainability queries Review and strengthen sustainability messaging in proposals and sales materials Go-to-Market & Strategy Execution Support development and execution of sustainability go-to-market strategies Provide market insights and customer feedback to shape offerings, solutions, and campaigns Contribute to sustainability-led campaigns, customer success s

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📍 Santa Clara, United States
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend -8%
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We are now looking for a dynamic business leader to grow NVIDIA's Host Networking business for AI infrastructure with AI Labs and Hyperscalers! This leader will drive strategic direction, customer engagement, and multi-year growth for networking products such as NVIDIA DPUs, SuperNICs, and their associated software and ecosystem. Success in this role will be measured by the level of adoption and integration of our Host Networking products with our end customers' workflows and workloads. Success is contingent upon building trust with executives, architects, product leaders, and platform teams across NVIDIA and our largest customers. This leader will lead the go-to-market motion, connecting customer AI factory needs to NVIDIA's networking portfolio and aligning product, sales, engineering, architecture, marketing, and partner teams to secure design wins and scale deployments. What you'll be doing: Identify, develop and close strategic design wins for DPU and SuperNIC with top AI labs and Cloud Service Providers! Build and implement the segment sales growth strategy for host networking across hyperscaler and frontier model AI labs building large scale AI infrastructure. Define customer-specific DPU and SuperNIC value propositions and deployment motions, and lead a matrixed team across product, architects, engineering, sales and marketing teams. Promote NVIDIA host networking products externally and internally, positioning their value for AI workloads and other infrastructure products from NVIDIA, in a collection of use-cases in Networking, Security and Storage. Build a robust opportunity pipeline with segment sales and account teams, including account mapping, customer requirements, proof points, executive engagement, and partner alignment. Track and drive quarterly business reporting, forecast accuracy, design-win progress, roadmap asks, and

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📍 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States· Hybrid
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Work Flexibility: Hybrid The Sourcing Manager (Hybrid) will be responsible for developing sourcing strategies for defined suppliers and/or commodities for MAKO business unit. You will work to obtain the best quality, service, and value for products and services through effective bidding, negotiation, and supplier management. You will lead the development and implementation of specific strategies and projects related to cost reduction initiatives, supply base and sourcing optimization and rationalization, quality improvement, risk assessment, and contract negotiation. Hybrid located in weekly onsite with the ability to work for home This is a hybrid role. We are seeking a candidate in Weston, FL or surrounding area. The employee is expected to be physically present at a Stryker location on a weekly basis but has the flexibility to work from home. Key Areas of Responsibility Develop best in class strategic sourcing strategies for assigned suppliers and/or commodities in support of business objectives Implement supplier and/or commodity strategy which will include spend/supply assessments, consolidation strategy, sourcing selection, financial and make v’s buy analyses. Develop strong relationships with key suppliers as well as other disciplines within the businesses. Represent the ‘voice of the supplier’ in the organization Negotiate favorable long-term supply contracts and serve as the escalation point in resolving supplier challenges. Identify supply base risk, develop and implement mitigation plans Utilize market trends to identify and implement appropriate cost controls and business strategy changes. Perform cost analyses in partnership with Value Engineering and engage in cost-based negotiations with suppliers. Responsible for assuring cost standards are established

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📍 Remote Based, United States· Remote
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Job Title Zone Project Management Director - Imaging Systems (East Zone) Job Description Join Philips as a Zone Project Management Director - Imaging Systems (East Zone) where you'll lead a team of Customer Project Managers to deliver complex healthcare installations, drive operational and financial performance, accelerate revenue realization, and create exceptional customer outcomes through strategic execution, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement. Your role: Provide strategic leadership to a team of Customer Project Managers, fostering a high-performance culture through coaching, mentoring, talent development, and succession planning. Enable the team to effectively partner with hospitals, general contractors, project managers, and internal stakeholders to achieve critical project milestones and customer commitments. Navigate and lead complex commercial installation and construction projects across the zone, partnering with customers and key stakeholders to accelerate the order-to-completion cycle and drive predictable revenue delivery. Align project execution with customer requirements, business objectives, and financial targets while delivering exceptional customer experience. Oversee project portfolios and large-scale customer implementations by driving effective planning, resource allocation, revenue forecasting, inventory utilization, budget management, and schedule adherence. Prioritize initiatives based on strategic value, customer impact, and business objectives to maximize operational and financial performance across the zone. Serve as the senior escalation point for complex customer and operational issues, proactively managing risks, resolving critical challenges, and maintaining strong customer relationships throughout the project lifecycle. Ensure compliance with regulatory, quality, and organizational standards wh

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📍 Seattle, Washington, United States
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$200K – $260K/yr

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The Forward Deployed Engineer, Staff (FDE) is a high impact technical leader responsible for translating the immense power of Talkdesk's Agentic AI platform into transformative, production grade solutions for our strategic enterprise customers. You are a unique blend of a highly experienced software engineer, a technical project lead, and a hands-on builder. You own the technical execution for deployments, mitigate technical risks, and drive successful customer outcomes across assigned projects. This role is for the experienced builder who excels in high stakes, customer facing environments and is passionate about defining the future of Customer Experience Automation. Responsibilities Technical Project Leadership & Architecture: Act as the technical lead for complex deployments. Design and implement the architectural blueprint for AI agent solutions, manage cross-system dependencies, and ensure designs meet stringent enterprise standards for security and scale. Hands-On Engineering & Delivery: Write production-grade code and leverage Talkdesk and 3rd-party APIs/SDKs to design, build, test, and deploy AI agents. Drive the execution from prototype through to production deployment, ensuring technical quality. Technical Consultation & Alignment: Serve as a trusted technical expert for our AI solutions. Confidently address deep technical inquiries, mitigate technical risk, and build trust with customer Engineering Directors, and technical architects. Influence Product & Engineering Roadmap: Synthesize and codify deployment learnings into reusable solution patterns and tooling. Provide actionable feedback to core Product and Engineering teams to help inform future product direction. Technical Guidance: Mentor junior FDEs and technical specialists on best practices for complex AI architecture, production quality, and client-facing technical delivery. Who You Are We are looking for an autonomous, results-driven technical leader who thrives at the intersectio

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📍 Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend +364.7%
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Work Flexibility: Remote or Hybrid or Onsite Provides strategic leadership for portfolio and technology transformation across GQO & Corporate Functions, shaping an integrated agenda that advances enterprise priorities, standardization, and measurable business value across critical capabilities. Serves as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders, aligning strategic priorities, informing investment decisions, and advancing high-impact initiatives across EDT, GQO, and Corporate Functions. Converts business strategy into a clear, multi-year transformation agenda that strengthens operating models, accelerates execution, and enhances enterprise performance. Essential duties & responsibilities: (detailed description) Enterprise Transformation Leadership: Help set the strategic direction for technology transformation and acceleration across GQO & Corporate Functions, translating enterprise priorities into an integrated portfolio of initiatives that enhance process effectiveness, scalability, standardization, and business performance. Technology Acceleration Office: Lead the Technology Acceleration Office as the portfolio engine that runs delivery and execution readiness. Manage multiple workstreams and deliver sequenced multi-quarter roadmaps with cross-initiative dependencies. Produce execution-ready initiatives including scope, value, ROM cost, risks, and decisions needed. Develop business cases with estimated value in performance, headcount impact, level of effort, and time to value. Portfolio Strategy, Governance, and Prioritization: Lead a disciplined portfolio management capability across strategic programs and investments. Establish governance, prioritization frameworks, sequencing, dependency management, resource alignment, and performance oversight to

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📍 New York, New York, United States· Full-time· Remote
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend -82%
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About the team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development. About the role Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) lead complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production alongside our most strategic customers. You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, partnering directly with customer engineering and domain teams. You will measure success through production adoption, measurable workflow impact, and eval-driven feedback that changes product and model roadmaps. You’ll work closely with our Product, Research, Partnerships, GRC, Security, and GTM teams. This role is based in New York. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week. We offer relocation assistance. Travel up to 50% is required. In this role you will Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from first prototype to stable production Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and sharpen how we learn Embed closely with customer teams, understand their needs, and guide adoption of what you build Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers early Make trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality; adjust plans to protect delivery Contribute directly in the code when progress or clarity depends on it Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks that others can use Share field feedback that helps Research and Product understand where the models succeed and where they can improve Keep teams moving through clarity and follow-through You might thrive in this role if you Bring 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work Have scoped and delivered complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or c

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📍 San Francisco, California, United States· Full-time· Remote
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend -82%
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About the team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development. About the role Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) lead complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production alongside our most strategic customers. You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, partnering directly with customer engineering and domain teams. You will measure success through production adoption, measurable workflow impact, and eval-driven feedback that changes product and model roadmaps. You’ll work closely with our Product, Research, Partnerships, GRC, Security, and GTM teams. This role is based in San Francisco. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week. We offer relocation assistance. Travel up to 50% is required. In this role you will Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from first prototype to stable production Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and sharpen how we learn Embed closely with customer teams, understand their needs, and guide adoption of what you build Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers early Make trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality; adjust plans to protect delivery Contribute directly in the code when progress or clarity depends on it Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks that others can use Share field feedback that helps Research and Product understand where the models succeed and where they can improve Keep teams moving through clarity and follow-through You might thrive in this role if you Bring 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work Have scoped and delivered complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript,

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