Pure Storage

System Engineering Manager, SLED (West)

Pure Storage • $156K — $257K *
US-Anywhere
+ 3 other locationsRemote
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of management experience with high-performing Sales Engineers in Enterprise Accounts
  • 10+ years experience in sales support for storage, networking, or systems solutions
  • In-depth knowledge of multi-tiered client/server and web-based solutions design
  • Experience in team strategy for prospecting and client conversion
  • Understanding of current and emerging storage architectures
  • Strong knowledge of digital transformation and cloud-native architectures
  • Familiarity with networking concepts like VMWare, TCP/IP, and Ethernet
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Develop and mentor a team of pre-sales Systems Engineers
  • Advocate for team development with a high emotional intelligence approach
  • Drive operational excellence by supporting technical demand creation
  • Exemplify the Everpure Values of persistence, creativity, teamwork, and customer-first attitude
  • Understand customer business drivers for better decision-making support
  • Promote Pure Storage solutions effectively to clients
  • Refine and execute sales strategies and manage technical responsibilities
  • Facilitate customer requirement capture and translate into innovative solutions
  • Participate in crafting responses to RFI & RFPs as necessary
  • Identify opportunities for interoperability and performance testing

Benefits

  • Encouragement of innovation and critical thinking
  • Support for personal and professional growth with meaningful contributions
  • Recognition as a top workplace: Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology and Bay Area
  • Flexible time off and wellness resources
  • Company-sponsored team events to promote work-life balance
Full Job Description
THE ROLE:

Everpure is looking for a dynamic Systems Engineering Manager to lead and inspire a high-performing team in our SLED organization. In this pivotal role, you'll guide talented pre-sales Systems Engineers who help some of the world's largest and most innovative companies modernize their data strategies with industry-leading all-flash storage, cloud, and AI-driven data solutions. If you're passionate about coaching technical talent, elevating customer outcomes, and shaping the future of data-driven enterprises, this is your opportunity to make a visible impact at one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
  • Demonstrate effective people development in a rapidly evolving technical space
  • Act as an employee advocate who is focused on team and people development, demonstrating high EQ
  • Have a desire to drive operational excellence; create a team support creation and validation of technical demand
  • Lead by example, living the Everpure Values: Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership, Customer-first
  • Develop an exhaustive understanding of what drives a customer's business and what motivates their decision making
  • Passionately bring to light the advantages of a Pure Storage solution
  • Refine sales strategy and tactics, taking command of technical responsibilities
  • Delight customers and teammates with your technical leadership and domain expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS and SAN product spaces
  • Enable team to:
    • Capture requirements and translate Customer's business needs into innovative solutions to accelerate their growth and capacity
    • Author responses to RFI & RFPs when needed
    • Seek out and spur new opportunities for interoperability, functional, and performance testing/validation
    • Promote mutual roadmap and planning exchanges
  • Move with market trends and competitive landscape to promote thought leadership within our organization

WHAT YOU BRING:
  • 5+ years of Management experience leading high performing Sales Engineers selling in Enterprise Accounts
  • 10+ years experience supporting the sales of storage, networking or systems solutions to a combination of large accounts and data centers
  • Deep understanding of the architecture, design and implementation of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions
  • Prior experience in setting team strategy to acquire new prospects and converting them into clients
  • Knowledge of business impact of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN)
  • Strong knowledge of digital transformation to a Cloud Native architecture, On-Prem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and Containers
  • Knowledge of VMWare, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP and general networking
  • Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills
  • BS in CS, EE or other technical degree and/or equivalent experience

#LI-REMOTE

Salary ranges are determined based on role, level and location. For positions open to candidates in multiple geographical locations, the base salary range is reflective of the labor market across the applicable locations.

This role may be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity.

There is no application deadline and we accept applications on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

The annual base salary range is:

$156,100-$257,600 USD

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:
  • Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge, and aspire to be trailblazers.
  • Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been named Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology™, Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™, and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
  • Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events. Check out http://benefits.everpuredata.com/ for more information.

About Pure Storage

Pure Storage is a data storage company that provides all-flash storage solutions. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Pure Storage's products are designed to help businesses manage and store large amounts of data. The company has over 7,000 customers and operates in over 40 countries. Pure Storage went public in 2015 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PSTG.
Learn more about Pure Storage
Size
4,300 employees
Market Cap
$8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$282 million
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+24.2%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
NASDAQ

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