Storage Presales Architect (f/m/d)
This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2-3 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
Data Services and the underlying Storage Solutions are a key investment area for HPE. Over the past years we have invested significantly into R&D and acquiring new technologies to enable a software-driven, cloud-operated portfolio, delivering Data Services that can be deployed not only in the Data Center but span from Edge-to-Cloud as a hybrid solution – enabling our customers to consume all of HPE’s offering via the HPE GreenLake Cloud Platform.
And this journey has only started with a lot more innovation to come.
To bring these benefits to even more customers, we are expanding our Storage salesforce across Germany.
We are looking for dynamic Storage Presales Consultants who can challenge a customer’s current technical approach, translate requirements into solutions and work hand-in-hand with the sales to open and eventually win new accounts.
As Storage Presales Architect you:
- Engage with customers to understand their business and technical requirements, assess their current infrastructure, and then position HPE Data Services and Storage solutions in alignment with the customer’s hybrid cloud and digitization strategy.
- Deliver compelling presentations and demos addressing specific customer pain points, requirements and expectations - linking the technical features of our solutions with tangible benefits.
- Develop and maintain long-term relationships with customers and channel partners– acting as a trusted advisor guiding them on products and solutions to best meet their needs, highlighting technical alternatives and possible shortcomings.
- Collaborate with account teams both at HPE and Channel Partner to pursue an opportunity, respond to tenders, develop strategies to counter competitive threats, and design and size solutions.
If you are…
- Good at partnering, innovating, and making things happen? Good start, you are aligned to our core values!
If you have these Skills, Expertise, Attitude and Education…
- First-level university technical degree or equivalent technical qualifications. Advanced degree in technology preferred.
- +3 years of experience in IT with a focus on technical consulting
- Sales-oriented technology professional who can combine deep technical skills with strong business acumen to motivate customers to follow you on a transformational journey
- Expertise in Storage and Data Services including storage arrays and data protection
- Knowledge of adjacent technologies like virtualization, networking, public cloud and industry certifications from e.g. HPE, VMware, Veeam, Azure, AWS etc., are a plus
- Consultative selling techniques such as active listening, framing, white boarding, storytelling
- Advanced consultative/value selling skills, including whiteboarding, storytelling, objection handling, to proactively help customers make business decisions.
- Taking pride in being knowledgeable on leading-edge and emerging technologies in the industry and enjoy meeting new customers and partners to talk tech
- Excellence in communicating and presenting – both in German (fluent) and English (good proficiency)
Come and join the future of integrated Hybrid Cloud Data Services with HPE!
This position can only be filled GOM BU internal.
We offer:
- Competitive salary and extensive benefits package (pension scheme, insurances, company car, bike and car leasing, and other fringe benefits)
- Work-life balance (flexible working time and hybrid workplace model, 30 vacation days, four HPE Wellness-Fridays, up to six months paid parental leave)
- Support for education, training, and career development
- Diverse and dynamic work environment
Part-time work or job-sharing is also applicable to this position.
HPE is:
- Ranked in the Top 3 in the Women's Career Index Germany in 2024 for the eleventh time
- Named Gold Champion in Pride Index Germany in 2023
- Ranked 9th on Fortune’s 2023 list of Best Workplaces in Technology
- Ranked 5th on Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024
- Named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion for the eighth year in row
- Recognized as one of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women by Seramount in 2023
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Additional Skills:
Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Assertiveness, Bias, Building Rapport, Buyer Personas, Coaching, Complex Sales, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience Strategy, Customer Interactions, Design Thinking, Empathy, Financial Acumen, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Industry Knowledge, Intellectual Curiosity, Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 6 more}
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
Let's Stay Connected:
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Job:
Sales
Job Level:
TCP_03
HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to diversity and building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global diverse team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.
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What We Do
In 1939, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, college friends turned business partners, started the original Silicon Valley startup in the space of a rented Palo Alto garage. Starting with audio oscillators, the friends built the foundation for a company that would grow to become a global leader in enterprise technology.
More than 75 years later, our success is exemplified through our employees’ drive to advance ideas that bring meaningful innovations to life for our customers and partners around the globe. We are guided by our mission to help customers use technology to turn ideas into value, and empower them to transform industries, markets and lives. We simplify Hybrid IT, power the Intelligent Edge and provide the expertise to make it all happen.
