Responsible for creating and driving their sales pipeline.
Capture leads outside of specialization and use closed-loop lead management to ensure assignment and follow-up by others.
Maintains knowledge of competitors in account to strategically position the company's products and services better.
Use specialty expertise to seek out new opportunities and expand and enhance existing opportunities to build the pipeline in and drive pursuit.
Provide support to Account managers and provide input regarding business development and solution expertise.
Development of quota objectives and future direction for defined product category.
Some specialists also responsible for selling outsourcing deals.
Establish a professional, working, and consultative, relationship with the client, up to and including the C-level for mid-to-large accounts, by developing a core understanding of the unique business needs of the client within their industry.
May invest time working with and leveraging external partners to deliver sale.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent enterprise technology sales experience in lieu of a degree.
8+ years of advanced sales experience.
2-3 years of GreenLake sales preferred.
Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota, diversity of business customer, and higher level customer interface.
Extensive selling experience within industry and on similar products.
Project management skills required.
Must reside in Colorado, Nevada, or Utah and be able to travel approximately 60% to support customers across the territory.