Director, Sales - AI Hyperscale & Cloud Infrastructure

• Develop and execute comprehensive account strategies for major hyperscale and cloud service provider (CSP) customers.
• Serve as the senior point of contact across customer engineering, procurement, and infrastructure planning organizations.
• Build long-term customer trust through strategic engagement and thought leadership.
• Expand TE's footprint across compute, storage, networking, and AI infrastructure roadmaps.
• Identify emerging opportunities across AI clusters, liquid cooling, high-speed interconnects, power delivery, and datacenter architectures.
• Collaborate with product management, engineering, and marketing to deliver tailored solutions.
• Shape early involvement in next-generation programs through ecosystem partnerships and technology advocacy.
• Monitor competitive dynamics, market inflections, technology transitions, and AI workload trends to guide commercial strategy.
• Deeply understand customer operating models, technical requirements, and future architecture needs.
• Strengthen customer satisfaction and retention through proactive support and seamless execution.
• Engage with ecosystem partners (silicon vendors, ODMs, system integrators) to identify trends that fuel growth.
• Convert customer requirements into actionable opportunities and revenue.
• Exceed annual revenue, design-in, and pipeline targets for hyperscale accounts.
• Build and maintain a robust, accurately forecasted pipeline aligned with strategic priorities.
• Grow share with existing customers and expand into emerging AI compute operators.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-impact technical sales team.
• Recruit new talent to support rapid growth in the AI and cloud infrastructure market.
• Set clear goals, measure performance, and align team actions with enterprise strategy.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Partner closely with product management, R&D, engineering, operations, and customer service to ensure coordinated execution and solution alignment.

TE Connectivity is seeking an accomplished and visionary Director, Sales - AI Hyperscale & Cloud Infrastructure to lead strategic sales initiatives across global hyperscalers, AI datacenter operators, and cloud service providers. This leader will accelerate TE's penetration into next-generation AI compute architectures and infrastructure platforms, expanding our presence across high-speed connectivity, power, thermal, and interconnect solutions.

This role will define and execute the commercial strategy, expand strategic accounts, strengthen executive customer relationships, and guide a high-performing sales team. The ideal candidate brings strong commercial judgment, deep understanding of datacenter and AI ecosystems, and the ability to influence in a complex matrix environment., * 10+ years of sales or business development experience in datacenter, cloud, semiconductor, AI infrastructure, or related technology fields.

• 5+ years of experience leading high-performing sales teams.
• Proven success selling into hyperscalers, cloud service providers (CSPs), or large-scale compute infrastructure customers.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategic opportunities, negotiate complex agreements, and close large technical programs.
• Strong understanding of AI and high-speed computing architectures, interconnects, and datacenter ecosystems.
• Experience driving share expansion within major strategic accounts.
• Familiarity with CRM tools such as Salesforce.
• Inspiring people leader capable of coaching, elevating performance, and building high-impact teams.
• Strong sales leadership and revenue-driving mindset.
• Exceptional relationship-building and executive-level communication skills.
• Results-oriented problem solver with a strong ownership mindset.
• Ability to influence across matrixed organizations and navigate competing priorities.
• Adaptable and effective in fast-paced global environments.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, marketing, or related field required.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Technical aptitude with the ability to understand and communicate complex infrastructure solutions.
• Ability to travel 30-40%.
• Global mindset; additional language capabilities beneficial.

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $275,000 - 315,000 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
• Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
• Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits, * A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more. Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/te-connectivity/) ,Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/teconnectivity/) ,WeChat, (http://www.te.com.cn/chn-zh/policies-agreements/wechat.html) Instagram andX (formerly Twitter). (https://twitter.com/TEConnectivity)