NetApp

Enterprise District Manager - Dallas

NetApp$325K — $421K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of enterprise technology sales experience, including 3+ years leading high-performing sales teams
  • Proven track record of building teams that consistently exceed quota and grow market share
  • Recent experience in selling/managing reps in storage, datacenter, or IT verticals
  • Strong enterprise sales leadership in infrastructure, cloud, storage, AI, SaaS, or cybersecurity
  • Ability to coach teams through complex enterprise sales cycles
  • Executive presence to influence customers and internal stakeholders
  • Passion for developing talent and fostering a high-performance culture

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of quota-carrying Enterprise Client Executives and carry a quota yourself
  • Build and maintain a high-performance culture focused on accountability and teamwork
  • Hire, onboard, and retain top enterprise sales talent
  • Drive disciplined performance management and accountability conversations
  • Coach the team through complex sales cycles and executive engagement strategies
  • Create clear expectations for results and hold the team accountable
  • Develop and execute territory strategies aligned with company growth priorities

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Retirement or Pension Plans
  • Paid Time Off
  • Employee stock purchase plan and/or restricted stocks (RSUs)
Full Job Description
LOCATION

Candidates must be currently located in or around Dallas, TX to support reps, customers, and partners in territory. Candidates based outside of the greater Dallas region will be automatically disqualified.

JOB SUMMARY

We're looking for a District Sales Manager to lead our Enterprise Client Executive team in Dallas, a leader who knows how to compete, grow market share, and build a culture where people genuinely want to win together. This is not a "maintain the business" leadership role. You'll lead a team responsible for driving strategic outcomes across enterprise customers throughout the region. Success in this role means building a high-performing culture where people take ownership, challenge themselves, support one another, and stay focused on solving customer problems. We're looking for someone who still believes in picking up the phone, building relationships, leveraging the channel, and creating momentum. Someone competitive. Someone resilient. Someone who leads by example.

Come here to build something. Come here to have fun doing it. Come here to win.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of quota carrying Enterprise Client Executives, that means you're carrying a quota as well
  • Build and maintain a high-performance culture rooted in accountability, urgency, ownership, consistency, and teamwork
  • Hire, onboard, and retain top enterprise sales talent while continuously raising the bar on performance and culture contribution
  • Conduct ongoing performance management, coaching, career development, and accountability conversations across the team
  • Drive a disciplined operating cadence around pipeline reviews, forecast accuracy, territory planning, prospecting activity, and deal execution
  • Coach teams through complex enterprise sales cycles, executive engagement strategies, competitive positioning, and negotiation
  • Create clear expectations and hold the team accountable to results, activity standards, customer engagement, and operational rigor
  • Develop and execute territory strategies aligned to NetApp's FY27 growth priorities across install base, whitespace, and expansion opportunities
  • Reinforce solution-selling motions focused on customer outcomes, AI readiness, hybrid cloud, modernization, cyber resilience, and data infrastructure transformation
  • Support and actively participate in customer meetings, executive presentations, strategic account planning, and major deal strategy sessions
  • Partner closely with Solutions Engineering, Solutions Architects, Channel, Marketing, and leadership teams to accelerate opportunities and remove obstacles
  • Build strong relationships with VARs and strategic channel partners to expand market reach and drive pipeline generation
  • Foster a growth mindset culture where the team embraces change, competes hard, learns continuously, and operates with resilience
  • Monitor business performance, analyze market trends, and adjust strategies quickly to capitalize on opportunities and competitive shifts
  • Lead by example with energy, professionalism, competitiveness, and a strong team-first mentality


QUALIFICATIONS

  • 10+ years of enterprise technology sales experience, including 3+ years leading high-performing sales teams
  • Proven track record of building teams that consistently exceed quota and grow market share
  • Recent-ish, preferably current, experience selling/manaing reps in the storage, datacenter, infrastruture, IT vertical
  • Strong enterprise sales leadership experience within infrastructure, cloud, storage, AI, SaaS, cybersecurity, or data platform environments
  • Experience leading both install base growth and net-new logo acquisition strategies
  • Strong understanding of enterprise solution selling and complex customer buying motions
  • Demonstrated success working closely with channel partners and VAR ecosystems
  • Ability to coach teams through large, strategic, and competitive sales cycles
  • Executive presence with the ability to influence customers, partners, and internal stakeholders
  • Strong forecasting, operational, and pipeline management skills
  • Competitive mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
  • Passion for developing talent, building culture, and creating an environment where people can do the best work of their careers

Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is 325,550 - 421,300 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, 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.

About NetApp

NetApp is a global cloud-led, data-centric software company that empowers organizations to lead with data in the age of accelerated digital transformation. The company provides systems, software and cloud services that enable them to run their applications optimally from data center to cloud, whether they are developing in the cloud, moving to the cloud, or creating their own cloud-like experiences on premises. With solutions that perform across diverse environments, NetApp helps organizations build their own data fabric and securely deliver the right data, services and applications to the right people?anytime, anywhere. Learn more at www.netapp.com.
Learn more about NetApp
Size
12,000 employees
Market Cap
$12.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$592 million
Founded
1992
5 Year Trend
+2.8%
Revenue
$5.5 billion
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