Account Manager Tier 1 - Cloud Service Provider; San Jose, CA

Position: Account Manager - (Tier 1 - Cloud Service Provider) (San Jose, CA)
Senior Hunter sales position focused on acquiring new business and driving revenue growth. This role involves prospecting, building relationships, and closing deals, with a strong emphasis on outbound sales activities and building a pipeline of new leads.  Owns overall account responsibility for pipeline and forecasting, executing against both growth and profitability goals across HPE's portfolio by positioning strategic solutions, building strong customer relationships, with a heavy focus on executive level interactions, while also leveraging partner ecosystems.
** The candidate must be in San Jose, CA for this role.
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* Key Responsibilities:

* ** Customer Engagement**:
Develops and maintains professional relationships with key influencers and decision-makers. Understands customer IT and business objectives to align HPE solutions with their priorities.
* ** C-Level

Experience:

** Comfortable and experienced with engagement and cultivating executive relationships.
* ** Business Growth**:
Builds and executes plans to drive growth and profitability. Identifies opportunities, leads pipeline building, and drives deals to closure through multi-disciplinary teams.
* ** AI and HPC/AI Solutions**:
Applies knowledge of the AI market landscape and experience selling HPE HPC/AI solutions to drive sales and customer engagement.
* ** Partner Ecosystem**:
Develops and governs partner relationships to maximize HPE's presence in accounts.
* ** Team Leadership**:
Leads the extended account team, providing feedback and guidance to ensure successful sales engagements.

Key

Skills and Experience:

* ** IT Industry Knowledge**:
Strong understanding of IT trends and HPE's portfolio.
* ** AI Market Landscape and Trends**:
Strong understanding of AI trends and HPE's AI portfolio.
* ** Sales Execution**:
Proven ability to deliver on sales objectives and close complex deals.
* ** Strategic Planning**:
Skilled in articulating a vision aligned with HPE's strategy.
* ** Leadership**:
Experienced in leading teams in a complex matrix organization.
* ** Vertical Industry Knowledge**:
Understanding of the Cloud Service Provider landscape preferred
* ** Successful track record:
** delivering against revenue goals and quota attainment
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* Education and Experience:

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* ** Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.**
* ** Typically, 6-10+ years of account management experience in the IT industry.**
* ** Understanding and experience selling HPE AI products and solutions**
* ** 2+ years of hunting net new logos
** Impact/Scope:
* Manages accounts representing moderate to significant revenue for HPE.
* Works with decision-makers across customer organizations.
* Orchestrates resources for account pursuits, acting as quarterback.

The expected salary/wage range for a U.S.

-based hire filling this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. If this is a sales role, then the listed salary range reflects combined base salary and target-level sales compensation pay. If this is a non-sales role, then the listed salary range reflects base salary only. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Information about employee benefits offered can be found at .HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.

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