Senior Director, Strategic Technology Partnerships

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Munters CorporationData center cooling
US REMOTEFull-TimeDirector
Salary175,000 - 250,000 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
10+ years of senior-level business development, strategic partnerships, or market development experience
Required Skills
Business Development

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; a technical or business advanced degree is preferred.
  • 10+ years of senior-level business development, strategic partnerships, or market development experience in a relevant industry.
  • Relevant experience may include data center infrastructure, thermal management, cooling, server hardware, semiconductors, the chip ecosystem, or digital infrastructure.
  • Strong existing network of contacts within chip manufacturers, server manufacturers, OEMs, ODMs, and related technology providers.
  • Demonstrated success building relationships that lead to strategic partnerships, co-development opportunities, or early access to product and technology roadmaps.
  • Strong understanding of how semiconductor and server technology affect data center infrastructure requirements, especially cooling and thermal design.
  • Experience working across technical and commercial teams and translating market direction into product strategy.
  • Ability to engage credibly with senior leaders, engineers, and product teams across multiple organizations.
  • Experience working with or selling into hyperscalers, colocation providers, server manufacturers, or semiconductor companies.
  • Familiarity with liquid cooling, direct-to-chip, immersion, high-density rack cooling, and related thermal solutions.
  • Experience in international business environments and cross-cultural collaboration preferred.
  • Participation in industry associations, standards bodies, or technical forums relevant to data centers, servers, or advanced computing preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and lead an ecosystem strategy for upstream data center technology players, including chip manufacturers, server OEMs/ODMs, rack and system designers, and hyperscalers.
  • Build and maintain senior commercial and technical relationships that provide early visibility into computing, server, rack, power, and cooling technology roadmaps.
  • Monitor trends in processors, accelerators, server architecture, rack density, power consumption, liquid cooling, and thermal management.
  • Translate external technology trends and partner roadmaps into insights for product strategy, engineering priorities, and innovation planning.
  • Connect internal engineering and technical teams with counterpart technical teams at strategic partners.
  • Identify and develop opportunities for early design involvement, joint development, co-development, and long-term strategic partnerships.
  • Help position the company to develop products and solutions as next-generation technologies are commercialized.
  • Provide forward-looking market intelligence to influence internal planning.
  • Represent the company at industry events, consortiums, standards groups, and executive meetings.
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