Manager, Solution Architect- SLED West
About the job
The Red Hat Public Sector Sales team is looking for a manager to join us in Northern CA. In this role, you will provide guidance to a team of technical presales experts responsible for positioning Red Hat's solutions and services to end customers and partners. You'll collaborate with sales management as well as the Consulting, Engineering, and Support teams to meet company-outlined sales objectives. You will also assist your team in developing and delivering business-facing messaging on technical solutions for our existing and prospective customers. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business. This is a remote position that will cover much of the western U.S. (Ideal candidates will will be based in California.)
What you will do
- Oversee hiring and career development for a team of account solutions architects
- Collaborate with sales management on customer engagement strategies
- Provide and oversee presales technical support in sales presentations and demonstrations of offerings
- Work with marketing and product managers to provide feedback on Red Hat's solutions and technologies
What you will bring
- 10+ years of technical sales experience in the IT industry or a software vendor
- Experience working in a sales engineer or presales role at a director-level within the software industry in relation to cloud solutions
- Demonstrated success working in a technical presales role supporting senior sales leaders
- Record of developing relationships with developers, technicians, and business leaders within organizations
- Sales-minded with good commercial insight
- Superior written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
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!
Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.