Social network you want to login/join with:
Manager, Systems Engineering - Iberia (Madrid-based)
Client: Pure Storage
Location: Madrid, Spain
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 382586939167788236832460
Job Views: 2
Posted: 11.03.2025
Expiry Date: 25.04.2025
Job Description:
BE PART OF BUILDING THE FUTURE. What do NASA and emerging space companies have in common with COVID vaccine R&D teams or with Roblox and the Metaverse? The answer is data; all fast-moving, fast-growing industries rely on data for a competitive edge. The most advanced companies realize the full data advantage by partnering with Pure Storage. Pure's vision is to redefine the storage experience and empower innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data. With 11,000+ customers, including 58% of the Fortune 500, we've only scratched the surface of our ambitions.
Pure is blazing trails and setting records:
* For ten straight years, Gartner has named Pure a leader in the Magic Quadrant.
* Our customer-first culture and unwavering commitment to innovation have earned us a certified Net Promoter Score in the top 1% of B2B companies globally.
* Industry analysts and press applaud Pure's leadership across these dimensions.
* Our 5,000+ employees are emboldened to make Pure a faster, stronger, smarter company.
If you, like us, say 'bring it on' to exciting challenges that change the world, we have endless opportunities where you can make your mark.
Pure Systems Engineering Manager
The Pure Systems Engineering Manager (SEM) is the inspirational leader of a team of highly motivated technical sales resources in an Enterprise business whose goal is to support the Sales organization for all pre-sales customer engagements and develop a great technical channel. The SEM must understand the clients' overall business and how to position the value of a Pure Solution and be an authority on Pure and industry-standard technologies.
The SEM is responsible for overseeing that their team effectively supports the sales revenue opportunities of their sales area and develops strong presales technical resources within the channel. The SEM is also responsible for driving the professional development of their Systems Engineering staff, including mentorship, training, and performance evaluation. The position requires the ability to multitask between team members in their support of different clients, sales opportunities, and other initiatives.
What You Will Be Doing
* Lead Pure pre-sales technical resources in order to optimize sales and revenue volume. Partner with sales management to ensure forecast objectives are met.
* Be a Beacon of Positivity capable of inspiring and motivating Pure Systems Engineers to reach higher levels of success and attracting customers to adopt Pure Storage technology.
* Ensure Pre-sales technical resources mentor and develop strong pre-sales and delivery technical engineers within the channel.
* Provide day-to-day guidance to sales engineers in the areas of product demonstrations, proof of concepts, RFPs, overcoming sales objections, and technical sales presentations.
* Perform key functions to recruit the industry's top systems engineers including interviewing, hiring, monitoring, employee feedback and documentation, counseling and coaching, and performance management/improvement when needed.
* Motivate systems engineering teams and build a sense of team engagement by participating in incentive, reward, and recognition programs that connect individuals' contributions to the organization's objectives.
* Assess skill sets and provide ongoing coaching and feedback to team members in order to meet objectives, reinforce sales methodology and provide guidance on career path direction.
* Understand intricacies of the assigned territory and teach the SE team how to identify and capitalize on business opportunities and leverage CSA/SI/ISV partners to drive revenue.
* Collect customer feedback, enhancements, and feature requests and disseminate findings to product management, engineering, SE Management, corporate, and technical support in order to continuously improve product offerings.
* Communicate, connect, and align people within the direct team and develop internal relationships across Pure Storage.
* Work actively towards Business Development to new areas of growth in the country, having the right business plan in place with Prospects, Partners, and Pure professionals.
What You Bring To The Team
* Experience in Pre-sales, selling data storage solutions and strong understanding of business drivers for Line of Business solutions within enterprise organizations.
* Self-motivation, self-management, and professionalism with advanced organizational, negotiation, problem-solving skills, and team-building skills.
* Superior level of specialized sales and product solution knowledge and a solid understanding of Pure Storage competitive domain and technologies.
* Able to articulate and understand the customer strategy and Pure Storage solution strategy to a technical level of detail for the specific technical area.
#J-18808-Ljbffr