Red Hat
The leading provider of enterprise open source solutions.
Automation Sales Specialist
Location
Virginia
Posted
8 days ago
Salary
$243.4K - $401.5K / year
Bachelor DegreeEnglishAnsibleCloudOpen Source
Job Description
• Owns the development of new strategic sales opportunities.
• Leads critical customer presentations/sessions around business problems, Red Hat solutions, business value, competitive positioning and product capabilities and roadmaps.
• Maintains relevant and detailed knowledge about products in your domain (features, updates, success stories, etc.) and general knowledge of the RH portfolio.
• Maintains knowledge and enables account teams on current "Plays" in your domain (ISVs, use cases, solution blueprints, Red Hat Sales Plays, etc.).
• Advises on and speaks to forecasts for appropriate products, services and training.
• Guides strategy based on deep knowledge of industry or specialty.
• Positions right sized solutions (subs, services, partners) in the context of addressing the customer’s challenges or problems in their environment.
• Drive growth beyond initial sale and deployment to scale and expansion to other relevant products.
• Coordinate with Customer Success on the delivery of the proposed business value/solution.
Job Requirements
- Strong technology foundation (business-focused SA, Tech Leader, Prod Manager, Big 6 Consultant, Specialist, App Dev delivery, start-up AE) with ability to translate business value.
- Challenger mentality with demonstrated persuasiveness.
- Passion and curiosity about technology, the market, and its future demonstrated by what you read, follow, subscribe to, listen to, etc.
- Strategic thinker who sees beyond selling an individual product to a single need.
- Entrepreneurial and motivated to run your own business within the role. Prior startup experience is a plus.
- Highly effective orchestrator and collaborator, able to lead a cross-functional team (internal and partner ecosystem) through a complex sales cycle.
- Compelling presenter of business and technical topics, capable of delivering demos for your domain.
- C-Suite presence: charismatic, outgoing and able to “own the room” to connect individually.
- Relevant experience in one or more of the following: territory, vertical, account selling.
- Automation tech experience with Ansible or comparable technology.
- Experienced in key automation use cases (Infrastructure as Code, Ops as Code, security, network, etc.).
- Conversant with ROI nuances and business-value arguments around high-degree automation and autonomous operations.
- Experience with technology offerings and economics of cloud computing.
- Knowledge of the principles and processes of open source technology.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
- Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
- Retirement 401(k) with employer match
- Paid time off and holidays
- Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
- Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
- Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!