GDS Alliances Operations Specialist - NVIDIA Alliance (Assistant Director)

About the role

EY is hiring an Assistant Director, GDS Alliances Operations Specialist for the NVIDIA Alliance, based in Manila (Taguig). The role sits in the GDS Alliances Partner Operations CoE and provides managerial leadership across operations, governance, stakeholder engagement, reporting, content management and execution enablement for the NVIDIA Alliance within the Global Alliances and Ecosystem Relationship Enablement function. It reports to the GDS Alliances Operations Lead.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the operating rhythm and PMO for the NVIDIA Alliance, turning strategic priorities into integrated plans with clear outcomes, owners, milestones, dependencies, risks and governance.
• Own executive insights, dashboards and performance narratives covering sales, pipeline, opportunity tagging, co-sell activity, GTM wins, book-of-business movements and partner-program measures.
• Design governance for leadership meetings, QBRs, planning forums and operational reviews, with documented decisions and closed actions.
• Advise alliance leadership, escalate material risks and support decisions across global and regional stakeholders.
• Oversee alliance knowledge and content management (SharePoint assets, presentations, internal communications) and collaborate with Brand, Marketing and Communications teams.
• Manage partner tools, portals and processes, including access governance, certification, training coordination and tool administration.
• Lead governance of Market Development Funds and alliance investments, and oversee contract and compliance workstreams with the Ecosystem Contracts team.
• Sponsor strategic projects with onshore alliance leaders and simplify, standardize and strengthen operations through process mapping, SOPs, service measures and playbooks.
• Develop an automation and responsible AI roadmap, and coach and oversee team members.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA, postgraduate qualification or equivalent professional experience preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in alliance operations, program/portfolio management, business operations, sales/GTM enablement, ecosystem management, consulting operations or technology partner enablement; exposure to NVIDIA or a comparable strategic technology alliance strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated managerial experience leading cross-functional programs and teams, and advising senior stakeholders in a global, matrixed environment.
• Experience in performance reporting, dashboarding, business insights, content development, process transformation, automation or operational excellence.
• Knowledge of EY and GDS operations preferred for internal candidates; equivalent Big 4, consulting, technology-alliance or global business-services experience preferred externally.

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; Power BI, Power Automate, SharePoint and workflow tools desirable.
• Ability to build an automation roadmap and apply responsible generative and agentic AI concepts.
• Excellent written and verbal English, with executive presence and business writing.