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We at NetApp believe in the transformative power of data – to expand customer touchpoints, to foster greater innovation, and to optimize operations. We are designed for simplicity, optimized to protect, created to embrace future opportunity, and open to enrich choice. We are the data authority for hybrid cloud, and we are helping our customers realize the full potential of their data.
We have built an intelligent Data Fabric for a data-driven world – to simplify and integrate data management across the resources that are best for the business. With the Data Fabric, our customers can harness the power of cloud data services, build cloud infrastructures, and modernize storage through data management.
This is a transformational role within NetApp that will drive our Cloud GTM with Google Cloud’s key Sellers, Customers and Partners. This position will be responsible for all aspect of joint selling - partnering, GTM activities, sales enablement, pipeline management, sales opportunity reporting and management of NetApp and Google sellers. Not only will this position be responsible for the day-to-day sales leadership, but it will also provide feedback into our product orgs to shape our product vision.
The Google Cloud Sales leader will cover a territory and set of accounts and will be a part of our Google GTM Cloud Data Services Team that reports to the Head of Sales, West Region.
Location: Candidates must reside in the SoCal, Phoenix, Arizona, Nevada
Job RequirementsThe role of the Google Cloud Sales Executive is to work with Google to drive Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV) and Google Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO) consumption through Google priority Sellers, Customers, Partners, and the Google Marketplace.
This role is primarily responsible for building relationships with NetApp and Google Sales Teams as well as NetApp and Google Customer Engineering teams to grow Google Consumption of Data Migrating to Google Cloud. This role is aligned to a territory in US-West.
The role of the Google Cloud Sales Executive is to work with Google to drive Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV) and Google Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO) consumption through Google priority Sellers, Customers, Partners, and the Google Marketplace.
In this sell with role, you will help end customers and partners evaluate GCNV and CVO for their workloads, applications, and data needs in the cloud, recommend solutions that meet requirements, remove roadblocks to deployment and drive customer satisfaction.
Key responsibilities include:
Develop and maintain an MRR, ARR Sales Plan that includes mapping to the appropriate Google resources; prospect into the Google FSR\CE community, NetApp Account\Specialist Teams, and joint Customer Success teams to build relationships, manage sales opportunities, create a sales pipeline, and deliver GCP revenue. Disciplined business-management; adaptable to a culture of accountability; build a strong and active business network; meet sales targets and operational standards. Maintain SFDC pipeline. Build and transform new markets and lead transformational shifts for our customers. Develop, communicate, and provide high business impact solutions that enable digital transformation Maintain and develop a positive customer per the foundational goals and aspirations of the joint Google NetApp partnership. Clear communication, status, and leadership will be essential to succeed. Requirements and Education Effective territory/account management: planning, opportunity qualification and creation, stakeholder and executive communication needs analysis, value engineering, services/partner engagement, opportunity management, pipeline management, and large dollar deal negotiation. Experience and expertise selling large cloud deals to senior business decision makers by aligning and reinforcing the value of the cloud to the customer’s overall business pain and/or strategic opportunities. Ability to solve customer problems with the Google cloud platform, specifically solutions related to new internal LOB apps and external facing apps, migration to cloud, datacenter infrastructure modernization, DevOps/DevTest along with knowledge of enterprise and competitive cloud solutions. Success in previous roles selling with and through joint GTM efforts. Clear and demonstrated understanding of the various capabilities of Hyperscaler Marketplace. Ability to work in a fluid environment and possess a creative mindset for new forms of storage consumption. Proven ability to work collaboratively and be open to direct feedback. Develop and grow a sales opportunity pipeline and manage a collaborative sales pipeline. Able to manage a region with a defined quota measured on annual recurring revenue. 7+ years demonstrated sales leadership success, leading high-growth, emerging businesses a plus. Demonstrated success in high performance selling including partner GTM sales Proven success managing a diversified business, global responsibility a plus. A Bachelor of Arts or Sciences Degree in STEM or related field required. A Graduate Degree is desired.
The target salary range for this position is 231,200 - 299,200 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. The range is based on 'On Target Earnings’ (OTE) representing the total potential earnings, which is the sum of the base salary and potential commission earned when performance targets are achieved. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off (PTO), various Leave options, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s). These offerings are subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. We will provide detailed information about the specific benefits for your region during the recruitment process.