Amazon

Sr. Storage Sales Specialist, Enterprise

Amazon$142K — $193K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or related fields.
  • 5+ years of technology sales experience with enterprise solutions.
  • Proven experience engaging with enterprise accounts.
  • Exceptional consultative selling skills.
  • Deep technical knowledge of storage technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Achieve and exceed sales quotas for storage solutions.
  • Collaborate with clients to design effective storage architectures.
  • Develop strategic account plans for opportunity identification.
  • Lead sessions to assess client environments and identify pain points.
  • Create proposals that clearly convey ROI and competitive advantage.
  • Manage the entire sales cycle from prospecting to contract execution.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with technical and customer success teams.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision.
  • 401(k) matching program.
  • Paid time off and parental leave policies.
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy expenses.
  • Mental health support and employee assistance programs.
Full Job Description
The Storage Sales Specialist is a quota-carrying sales professional responsible for driving revenue growth through the sale of enterprise storage solutions to new and existing customers. This role serves as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them navigate complex data management challenges by designing and recommending optimal storage architectures that align with their business objectives.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical knowledge of storage technologies with exceptional consultative selling skills, enabling them to engage effectively with both technical practitioners and C-level executives. This position requires the ability to articulate the business value of storage investments, manage complex sales cycles, and build lasting customer relationships.

Key job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Drive Revenue Growth: Achieve and exceed quarterly and annual sales quotas for storage solutions, including hardware, software, and services across the assigned territory or named accounts

Solution Development: Collaborate with customers to understand their data management challenges and design comprehensive storage solutions encompassing SAN, NAS, object storage, cloud storage, and hybrid architectures

Account Planning: Develop and execute strategic account plans that identify opportunities, map stakeholders, and outline engagement strategies to maximize wallet share within target accounts

Technical Discovery: Lead discovery sessions to assess customer environments, identify pain points, and quantify business impact of storage inefficiencies, data protection gaps, and capacity constraints

Proposal Development: Create compelling proposals and business cases that articulate ROI, TCO analysis, and competitive differentiation for recommended storage solutions

Sales Cycle Management: Own the full sales cycle from prospecting through close, including qualification, demonstration coordination, proof-of-concept management, negotiation, and contract execution

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with pre-sales engineers, solution architects, professional services, and customer success

Pipeline Development: Maintain a healthy pipeline through proactive prospecting, lead follow-up, customer referrals.

Market Intelligence: Stay current on storage industry trends, competitive landscape and emerging technologies

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related fields

- 5+ years of technology sales selling enterprise software, networking, infrastructure, managed hosting services, or cloud computing services experience

- Experience in the field working with enterprise accounts

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 7+ years of technology sales selling enterprise software, networking, infrastructure, managed hosting services, or cloud computing services experience

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments, restricted stock units (RSUs), and sales incentives. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Irvine - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually

USA, CA, SANTA CLARA - 157,100.00 - 212,600.00 USD annually

USA, CA, San Diego - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually

USA, CA, San Francisco - 157,100.00 - 212,600.00 USD annually

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