NVIDIA
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OpenSourceSustainabilityProgramManager
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“Open Source Sustainability Program Manager at NVIDIA. Skills: AI-First Program Operations, FOSS Fund Administration and Expansion, Contribution Sprint Program Management. Develop and oversee AI agents that automate recurring workflows like research, reporting, outreach preparation, partner intelligence, and documentation. Transform high-friction manual tasks into repeatable systems with transparent human review stages”
What You'll Achieve.
Building durable contributor pipelines; Growing philanthropic impact; Publish a Sustainability Series playbook recognized across the industry; Improve the speed, quality, and impact of NVIDIA’s sustainability projects; Increase partners, projects, and foundation relationships for the Contribution Sprint Program
Industry & Context.
Ability to break down ambiguous program workflows into repeatable systems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in a technical or related field, or equivalent experience, 8+ years of experience in program management, partnership management, collaborative software projects, developer relations, or a related technology role, Established history of developing repeatable initiatives starting from the ground up and collaborating with various departments such as legal, finance, engineering, and outside organizations, Clear track record of working directly with AI tools, agents, and automation to minimize manual efforts and boost program scale, quality, and speed, Ability to break down ambiguous program workflows into repeatable systems that can be supported by AI agents, automation, dashboards, and detailed review processes, Experience working with software foundations, communities, maintainers, or standards bodies, communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, along with the ability to negotiate and work well with individuals at all levels, organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast paced setting
Nice to Have
Direct experience contributing to or managing publicly available software projects or communities, Experience building or managing AI agents, workflow automations, internal tools, or AI-assisted operating systems for program management, Familiarity with FOSS funding models, OSS governance structures, or foundation programs such as Linux Foundation, OSI, PSF, NumFOCUS, or similar organizations, Experience using AI to support ecosystem research, mapping of collaborators, reporting, CRM data maintenance, project monitoring, or community intelligence, Experience co-presenting or publishing content at industry conferences such as Summit on Open Technologies or All Things Open, Knowledge of NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platforms and their associated software communities
What You'll Do.
Develop and oversee AI agents that automate recurring workflows like research
Transform high-friction manual tasks into repeatable systems with transparent human review stages
Use AI tools to generate first drafts of reports
Build the operating model for an AI-native program function
Lead the entire quarterly FOSS Fund cycle
Partner directly with OSS maintainers and project leads
Evolve the fund model over time
Lead the full sprint lifecycle
from partner outreach and project selection through cohort launch
and post-sprint reporting
Grow from 1 sprint per year to 3–4 annually
Coordinate legal agreements
and industry-facing collaboration
Monitor sprint alumni
contributor retention
maintainer satisfaction
and philanthropic dollars unlocked
Serve as the primary liaison among legal
and external partner groups
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborating with various departments such as legal, finance, engineering, and outside organizations; Partner directly with OSS maintainers and project leads; Serve as the primary liaison among legal, finance, engineering, developer advocacy, and external partner groups
Communication Scope
Communication skills; Interpersonal skills; Presentation skills; Negotiation skills
Process & Methodology
Program management, AI-native program operations, FOSS Fund Administration and Expansion, Contribution Sprint Program Management, Managing agents and systems, Managing multiple workstreams in a fast paced setting
Full Job Description
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. NVIDIA is seeking an experienced, AI-first Program Manager to lead and expand the Sustainability Series focused on collaborative and diverse software projects. This role sits at the intersection of shared software strategy, community development, industry partnership, and AI-native program operations. As an architect and operator of two flagship programs: the FOSS Fund and the Volunteer Contribution Sprint Series, success means building durable contributor pipelines and growing philanthropic impact. We are also looking for someone to publish a Sustainability Series playbook recognized across the industry while also crafting an AI-agent operating system to help these programs scale beyond manual coordination. This role is unique and impactful, responsible for inventing, building, deploying, and maintaining AI agents and automated workflows that handle repetitive parts of the work. These include research, reporting, project discovery, preparing for maintainer outreach, tracking target metrics, alumni follow-up, partner intelligence, meeting preparation, and program documentation. Over time, this will shift from manually recurring tasks to supervising a trusted portfolio of agents, workflows, dashboards, and human review loops that improve the speed, quality, and impact of NVIDIA’s sust
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