AI Business Development Manager - EMEA​/LATAM

Own Every Moment at Net App At Net App, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud. Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow.

If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, Net App is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary:

Net App is uniquely positioned to help organizations unlock the value of AI through the data they already manage. With a significant share of the world's unstructured data residing on Net App, we help enterprises and public sector organizations build and scale AI initiatives across training, inferencing, data pipelines, RAG architectures, sovereign AI platforms, and modern AI infrastructure. The AI Business Development Manager will be responsible for creating demand, generating qualified pipeline, and accelerating AI-related business growth across EMEA/LATAM.

This is a highly strategic business development role focused on identifying opportunities, engaging customers and partners, and converting AI interest into measurable pipeline and bookings. Success is measured by pipeline creation, opportunity progression, and revenue impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Drive AI Pipeline & Growth Lead AI pipeline generation across EMEA/LATAM, creating qualified opportunities and driving business growth. Identify, prioritize, and engage target accounts using market insights, AI adoption trends, and installed-base opportunities. Partner with Sales, Marketing, and strategic partners to execute demand-generation activities that create pipeline and accelerate bookings. Build relationships with senior customer stakeholders and help shape AI strategies and opportunities.

Expand AI adoption within existing customers and support acquisition of net-new AI-focused organizations. Develop AI Go-to-Market Strategy Develop and refine AI value propositions covering AI infrastructure, data pipelines, sovereign AI, inferencing, and emerging AI workloads. Build repeatable go-to-market programs including account targeting, messaging, competitive positioning, and business value frameworks. Measure and optimize program performance based on pipeline generation, opportunity progression, and business impact.

Enable Sales & Partners Equip Client Executives, Systems Engineers, and partners with the tools and knowledge needed to identify and advance AI opportunities. Deliver enablement, account planning support, and strategic guidance to increase AI opportunity creation. Support key opportunities through executive engagement, business case development, and competitive strategy. Build the AI Ecosystem Develop relationships with hyperscalers, GPU vendors, systems integrators, AI software providers, and cloud partners.

Drive joint go-to-market initiatives and partner-led pipeline generation. Success Measures Generate consistent, high-quality AI pipeline across EMEA/LATAM. Increase AI-related bookings and improve conversion rates. Grow AI adoption within existing customers and secure new AI-focused accounts. Increase partner-sourced opportunities and ecosystem engagement. Drive adoption of AI sales plays across the wider Sales and technical organizations.

Job Requirements:

Required 8 years of experience in Business Development, Strategic Sales, Go-to-Market, AI, Cloud, or Enterprise Technology roles. Proven track record of generating pipeline and influencing business…