Business Development Lead, APAC

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The Role
Lead business development across APAC by building strategic customer relationships, identifying new opportunities, developing regional growth strategies, and communicating the value of Tenstorrent’s Compute and AI solutions. Serve as a trusted technical and commercial advisor, collaborate with cross-functional teams, monitor industry trends, and drive sales targets and revenue growth.
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Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities.

We are looking for a business development leader to grow Tenstorrent’s presence across APAC. In this role, you will build strategic customer relationships, identify new business opportunities, and use your technical depth to connect customer needs with the value of our Compute and AI solutions.

This role is remote, based out of APAC.

We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting.

 

Who You Are

  • You bring a strong mix of commercial instinct and technical credibility, and you are comfortable engaging with both engineers and business decision-makers.
  • You have a deep understanding of Compute and AI technologies and can clearly articulate their value, use cases, and business impact.
  • You may come from a technical engineering background or have built your career in IP, RISC-V, AI, or hardware sales within the broader AI ecosystem.
  • You are a persuasive communicator and relationship builder with strong negotiation skills and a track record of closing complex deals.
  • You work well independently, thrive in fast-moving environments, and collaborate effectively across distributed, cross-functional teams.

What We Need

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with existing clients while identifying new business opportunities across the APAC region.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to develop and execute regional business strategies that support growth, market expansion, and customer success.
  • Understand customer technical requirements and effectively communicate the value of Tenstorrent’s Compute and AI solutions.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to customers, providing technical insight, strategic recommendations, and a high level of commercial partnership.
  • Stay current on industry trends in Compute, AI, RISC-V, and adjacent technologies, while driving toward and exceeding sales targets and revenue goals.

What You Will Learn

  • How Tenstorrent’s AI platform comes together across silicon, systems, software, and customer deployment needs.
  • How to shape regional go-to-market strategy in one of the fastest-evolving AI markets in the world.
  • How customer feedback and field insight influence product direction, partnerships, and long-term business strategy.
  • How to build strategic relationships across a broad APAC ecosystem spanning enterprise, infrastructure, and emerging AI players.

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant being eligible to access U.S. export-controlled technology.  Due to U.S. export laws, including those codified in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Company is required to ensure compliance with these laws when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries (such as EAR Country Groups D:1, E1, and E2).   These requirements apply to persons located in the U.S. and all countries outside the U.S.  As the position offered will have direct and/or indirect access to information, systems, or technologies subject to these laws, the offer may be contingent upon your citizenship/permanent residency status or ability to obtain prior license approval from the U.S. Commerce Department or applicable federal agency.  If employment is not possible due to U.S. export laws, any offer of employment will be rescinded.

Skills Required

  • Strong commercial instinct and technical credibility when engaging engineers and business decision-makers
  • Deep understanding of Compute and AI technologies, including their use cases and business impact
  • Experience or background in technical engineering, IP, RISC-V, AI, or hardware sales
  • Persuasive communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills
  • Track record of closing complex deals
  • Ability to work independently in fast-moving environments and collaborate across distributed, cross-functional teams
  • Eligibility to access U.S. export-controlled technology, or ability to obtain required export authorization
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The Company
HQ: Toronto, ON
389 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Tenstorrent is a next-generation computing company that builds computers for AI. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with U.S. offices in Austin, Texas, and Silicon Valley, and global offices in Belgrade and Bangalore, Tenstorrent brings together experts in the field of computer architecture, ASIC design, advanced systems, and neural network compilers. Join us: www.tenstorrent.com/careers

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