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NVIDIA

EMEA Sales Senior Account Manager for Smart Spaces & Local Government

NVIDIA
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senior full-time

First indexed 2 Oct 2026

Description

NVIDIA is seeking an EMEA Sales Senior Account Manager for Smart Spaces & Local Government. In this role, you will own strategic relationships with leading cities, public-sector organisations, and smart-space operators, positioning NVIDIA's platforms and AI Factory strategy as the engine for modernising public services and competitiveness across the region.

You will uncover and develop new opportunities, expand NVIDIA's regional footprint, and work with cross-functional teams to accelerate adoption of AI and Digital Twins in city environments.

Responsibilities:

  • Crafting revenue growth for NVIDIA's Smart Cities, Smart Spaces, and Local Government solutions,with a focus on AI Factories, digital twins, physical infrastructure intelligence, generative AI, and computer vision.
  • Build robust pipeline and support governments deploying AI responsibly across mobility, urban planning, sustainability, energy efficiency, public safety, inspection, and citizen services.
  • Developing long-term relationships with senior city leaders, CIOs, CTOs, ministers, mayors' offices, public-sector agencies, and ecosystem partners to position NVIDIA as their trusted AI transformation partner.
  • Lead a robust pipeline connected to priority initiatives: digital twins for planning, VLM-powered video analytics, agentic AI for public service automation, and sovereign AI strategies for local governments.
  • Engage with various NVIDIA technology partners and identify areas of collaboration from technical to business needs.
  • Influencing industry standards and guidelines, helping build policy, governance models, and responsible AI approaches across European and EMEA public-service markets.
  • Driving talent development and local capacity building, helping cities create innovation hubs and develop the next generation of public-sector AI skills.

Requirements:

  • BSc in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 8+ years of proven ability in technology systems, AI platforms, cloud/edge software, or vertical public-sector transformation.
  • Experience working with public-sector entities, including local government, city councils, ministries, smart-city authorities, urban mobility agencies, or critical infrastructure operators.
  • Strong negotiation, opportunity management, and deal-closing abilities.
  • Ability to build influence across political, technical, and operational collaborators.
  • Excellent communication and executive-presence skills, with the ability to present sophisticated AI concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Leadership skills: self-starter, autonomous, high integrity, and collaborative.
  • Ability to travel across EMEA.
  • Language requirements: Proficient in English, German.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Proven success with large city or national digital-transformation projects.
  • Experience delivering AI or digital twin outcomes with measurable community impact.
  • Passion for NVIDIA's mission, AI innovation, and building sovereign AI capabilities with governments.
  • Ability to articulate critical thinking clearly,both the 'why' and the 'how.'
  • Inspirational communication style capable of mobilising partners and collaborators.

NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. Visit www.nvidiabenefits.com/ for more information.