Enterprise Account Executive

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Columbia, MD

9h • Remote

About The Position

Enterprise Account Executive This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home. 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 varied 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: The Enterprise Account Executive will be responsible for driving pipeline creation and opportunity development by tapping the HPE ecosystem of sellers, partners and current customers as well as their own sourcing efforts. Experience in enterprise software sales in important. Strong in-territory brand as an effective seller and problem solver is a requirement. This covers the MD, DC and Delaware territory, must be in this location.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of consultative software solution selling required.
• Background in data protection preferred.
• University or bachelor's degree preferred.
• Experience in a major technology company (HPE, Dell/EMC Data Protection, Pure, Netapp, etc) or with a data protection company (Veeam, Cohesity, Rubrik, Commvault preferred
• Infrastructure experience required (Cloud or on-prem)
• Must reside in greater Washington D.C., Maryland, or Delaware region.
• Experience Building a territory from $0 to $1M+
• Proven background selling to multiple types of customers – Commercial/Mid-Market and Enterprise
• Ability to demonstrate selling value solutions with proven methodology (MEDIC / MEDDPICC / Force Management Preferred.)
• Adaptability

Nice To Haves

• VAR experience a plus.
• Strong relationships in VAR/Reseller/Managed Provider ecosystem
• Cybersecurity experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Responsible for sales of Zerto and Data Protection products and solutions in assigned territory, industry or accounts.
• Creates and drives the Zerto and Data Protection sales pipeline.
• Captures leads outside of specialization and uses closed-loop lead management to ensure assignment and follow-up by others.
• Collaborates with the account pursuit teams to leverage their solutions expertise for business development.
• Build sales readiness and reduces client learning curve through effective knowledge transfer in Zerto and Data Protection products.
• Contributes to development of quota objectives and future direction for Zerto and Data Protection product lines.
• Directs and coordinates supporting sales activities related to pipeline hygiene through account managers, Presales, channel partners and other relevant stakeholders.
• Effectively uses internal sales tools to maintain a healthy pipeline and the account plan in a timely fashion.
• Collaborates across the HPE teams to deliver a consistent approach to developing business, including account planning for end-to-end solutions.
• Assesses solution feasibility from a technical and business perspective to determine ""qualify-in""/""qualify-out"" status.
• Negotiates and drives profitable deals to ensure successful closure and a high win rate.
• Drives sales of the Zerto and data protection portfolio, using strong leadership and initiative to successfully prospect, negotiate and close deals.
• Establishes a professional and consultative relationship with the client by achieving an advanced understanding of the unique business needs of the client within the industry.
• Works with clients up to and including the C-level for mid-to-large accounts.
• Leverages advanced knowledge of competitors and industry trends to strategically position the company's products and services.
• Focuses on and works with the channel to forge relationships, provide enablement of key technologies, and co-sell to end-users.
• Effectively leads, evangelizes, and helps to coordinate Zerto and Data Protection marketing campaigns (digital /new techniques) to ensure a successful launch and maintenance of the campaign momentum, in alignment with the account strategy.
• Acts as a trusted solutions consultant for the slated accounts/region.
• Reinforces and articulates HPE's strategy and portfolio to partners and champions to uncover new business opportunities and contacts, including new logos when appropriate.
• Effectively uses references to craft a story that makes complex technologies seem simple and understandable for the customers
• Actively generates customer interest and anticipates customer's buying trends.
• Links business and financial benefits with technology offerings.
• Illustrates the ROI & TCO advantages of HPE offerings for the customer's business.
• Cultivates and maintains positive relationships with customers to ensure account retention and growth, to position the company as the preferred vendor to meet business needs.
• Supports deal closure in partnership with relevant internal stakeholders including account managers and channel partners

Benefits

• 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.
• Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees