Digital Sales Account Manager - VM Essentials

Digital Sales Account Manager - VM EssentialsThis role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Job Description:

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:

VM Essentials is HPE’s streamlined, cost-effective virtualization solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It simplifies infrastructure management, enhances performance, and provides seamless scalability, making it an ideal choice for organizations looking to modernize their IT environment.

The Digital Sales Account Manager is a specialist in HPE VM Essentials, responsible for pipeline creation, progression, and conversion within the Down Market Segment (Commercial, SMBs and below customer segments). This role focuses on new logo acquisition and new revenue streams, driving proactive campaigns and leveraging industry expertise to qualify opportunities. The position involves close collaboration with Account Managers, partners, and hybrid solution leaders to scale standard solutions and expand HPE’s presence in the virtualization market.

In this role you:

• Develop and support a portfolio of new and existing customers, focusing on HPE Virtualization solutions.
• Drive proactive sales efforts, aligning HPE’s product portfolio with customer needs and industry trends.
• Analyze customer industries and competitive landscapes to effectively position HPE solutions.
• Manage and optimize sales projects while creating growth forecasts.
• Participate in solution campaigns to increase sales and generate new projects.
• Execute up-selling and cross-selling strategies to strengthen customer relationships.
• Source, develop, and expand new opportunities, maintaining a focus on customer outcomes.
• Meet quarterly and annual sales objectives through effective pipeline management.
• Provide weekly updates on active accounts, reporting on sales activities, status, and progress.
• Leverage PTB and IB data to target and prioritize opportunities in collaboration with Account Managers.
• Conduct account and industry research to position HPE VM Essentials effectively.
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of competitor strategies to position HPE more effectively.
• Lead initial customer conversations, validating virtualization opportunities and use cases.
• Develop pursuit plans and manage the sales pipeline to align with account managers’ and partner´ strategies.
• Establish professional consultative relationships, understanding client business needs and aligning them with HPE’s virtualization solutions.
• Collaborate with partners, including Channel, GSI, and SDPs, to drive market expansion.

If you are…

• Good at partnering, innovating, and making things happen? Good start, you are aligned to our core values!

If you have these Skills, Expertise, Attitude and Education…

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, ideally in business, IT, or a related field
• > 5 years of IT sales experience with a proven track record in achieving sales targets
•  HPE VM Essentials or VMware knowledge is a strong advantage
• Experience with Salesforce or other CRM systems
• Experience selling Hypervisor technologies
• Channel sales experience is preferred
• Outgoing personality with strong interpersonal and communication skills
• High degree of self-motivation, responsibility, and eagerness to learn.

Join us and make your mark!

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

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.

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Job:

Sales

Job Level:

Intermediate

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