DigitalOcean

Strategic Technical Account Manager – TAM

DigitalOcean

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: WashingtonUnited States

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Salary

💰 $174,240 - $217,800 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Own the technical relationship with DigitalOcean’s highest-value customers, including Fortune 500 companies and global technology leaders.
  • Serve as the trusted technical advisor and executive-facing point of contact, building deep, lasting relationships with VP- and SVP-level stakeholders.
  • Drive regular technical and strategic alignment sessions (QBRs, EBRs), proactively shaping the customer’s roadmap to maximize the value of DigitalOcean infrastructure.
  • Engage with C-level and VP-level contacts with confidence, clarity, and authority.
  • Deliver high-impact, boardroom-ready presentations on architecture decisions, cost-performance tradeoffs, and innovation opportunities.
  • Navigate complex org structures, ensuring DigitalOcean maintains executive alignment and account control at every level.
  • Provide expert guidance on designing and scaling AI/ML, containerized, and GPU-intensive workloads on DigitalOcean.
  • Assist customers with architectural planning, workload migration, performance tuning, and incident response.
  • Collaborate directly with engineering and product teams to address customer roadblocks and influence the product roadmap based on enterprise needs.
  • Own technical success across a portfolio of DigitalOcean’s largest and most strategic accounts.
  • Identify opportunities for workload expansion, cost optimization, and operational efficiency.
  • Act as the voice of the customer, providing structured feedback to influence DigitalOcean's offerings and go-to-market strategies.

Requirements

  • 7+ years supporting enterprise or strategic accounts in a customer-facing technical role (TAM, Solutions Architect, or equivalent).
  • Experience working with large-scale organizations like AMD, Intel, or similar, including managing executive-level relationships and navigating matrixed stakeholders.
  • Deep understanding of cloud architecture for AI/ML, including GPU orchestration, inference/training pipelines, and model deployment.
  • Proficient in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure) and familiar with DigitalOcean or other developer-focused platforms.
  • Strong hands-on skills with Linux systems, networking, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and automation (Terraform, Ansible).
  • Programming/scripting in Python, Go, or similar—especially relevant to AI/ML and MLOps use cases.
  • Understanding of AI/ML infrastructure stacks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, Hugging Face, NVIDIA Triton, etc.
  • Comfort with modern DevOps and data stack tools (CI/CD, GitOps, observability, pipelines).
Benefits
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Local Employee Meetups
  • Flexible time off policy
  • Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
  • Competitive array of benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud architectureAI/MLGPU orchestrationinference pipelinesmodel deploymentLinux systemsnetworkingcontainersprogramming in Pythonprogramming in Go
Soft Skills
relationship buildingtechnical advisoryexecutive communicationpresentation skillsstrategic alignmentcustomer advocacyinfluencingcollaborationproblem-solvingnavigating complex structures