About the job:
The Red Hat Brazil Enterprise Sales team is seeking an experienced Government Sales Leader in Brasília.
Successful applicants will excel at leading and executing large strategic deals in partnership with our Corporate Account Executives, Pod Leaders, Regional Sales Leaders, and ecosystem of partners.
Successful applicants will be comfortable in a player/coach role, bringing their experience to bear in facilitating deals, crafting sales strategies, owning programmatic improvements, and championing the needs of the Enterprise team. They will be seasoned in the art of deal making, partner channel execution and hyperscaler marketplaces. This role will own the holistic success of the Enterprise sales segment in Brazil.
This individual must be an inspirational leader who contributes to the overall company strategy, accelerating Red Hat as a diverse, inclusive, and customer-oriented leader in open source innovation. The role demands the ability to work with minimal instruction and lead the resolution of highly complex sales activities and challenges to ensure pipeline and conversion goals are met.
What you will do:
Translate executive presence and mastery of deal making into large deal growth within the Enterprise Government segment
Be a force multiplier by not only personally sponsoring deals but owning the programmatic approach to growing large deals, proliferating best practices, and enabling the field team
Articulate the strategic impact and business value of Red Hat’s digital transformation message with C-suite customers, technical teams, partner team members, account executives, pod leaders, and regional sales leaders
Identify, simplify, solve, and then validate solutions to problems that are limiting the field organization
Represent the region amongst global peers
Set the mid-term and long-term strategic direction for the segment and key accounts
Demonstrate a high say-do ratio. Set clear expectations for the field. Simplify their work. And hold team members accountable for performance
Maintain a high-performing regional management system, implementing consistent operational and financial KPIs.
Serve as the escalation point for commercial account approvals and conflicts, including pricing and resource allocation.
What you will bring:
10+ years of experience selling software or service infrastructure solutions through partners, with Government industry expertise
Record of building and leading high-performing, geographically-distributed, multifaceted teams who outperform targets
Experience and history of coaching and mentoring individuals to successful outcomes
Ability to analyze data and provide real time feedback on quarterly growth performance, YTD performance and projection of annual attainment
Strong analysis skills with ability to translate to tactical and strategic activities to lead individual(s) to successful outcomes
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience selling software or service infrastructure solutions through partners
- Government industry expertise
- Experience building and leading high-performing, geographically distributed, multifaceted teams
- Experience coaching and mentoring individuals to successful outcomes
- Ability to analyze quarterly growth, year-to-date performance, and annual attainment projections
- Strong analytical skills and ability to translate analysis into tactical and strategic activities
Red Hat Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Red Hat and has not been reviewed or approved by Red Hat.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is presented as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision along with life and disability coverage. Access to HSA/FSA options and broadly positive reception of health benefits support the view that healthcare is a core strength.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as generous, with substantial PTO for new hires plus additional recharge days and an end-of-year shutdown for many non-critical roles. Paid volunteer time, holidays, sick days, and supportive expectations around taking time off reinforce the breadth of leave benefits.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — The rewards package includes performance bonuses and a recurring quarterly bonus program tied to company and individual performance. Availability of ESPP participation further adds to incentive pathways beyond base pay.
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