UK Data Services & Storage Presales Leader
Work hybrid: average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
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
We are hiring for a UK Presales Manager for Data Services and Storage, leading a team of Technical Architects aligned to our Public Sector & Commercial business. We’re looking for a leader who can enable the team members to be a success, and to develop and grow, alongside being a business partner for the aligned sales manager(s). Collaboration should be at the heart of what you do, and you should be able to operate across a larger pre‑sales ecosystem and engage with technical and global stakeholders. The Data Services & Storage portfolio continues to develop, with key offerings for block storage, unstructured data for file and object workloads, and data protection. The leader will be responsible for setting the direction, managing the deliverables of the assigned group, and achieving revenue and expense objectives, whilst enabling the team to develop best‑in‑class solutions for customers. Customer engagement is a key focus, supporting by the team to maintain customer satisfaction, but also build strategic executive relationships with external clients and partners. Internally, they are responsible for representing assigned area to all levels of sales and other company management and building relationships. They will manage the performance of individual contributors and the team overall and grow and develop talent within the organization.
Responsibilities
Managing the Business
* Manages a group of pre‑sales resources to provide account support or shared resource support.
* Resource management & intra‑region support – creates pre‑sales utilization plans that reflect the requirements and opportunities within area of control.
* Actively collaborates with peers to address regional pre‑sales coverage gaps and leverage technical expertise where warranted to win opportunities for the company.
* Partnering with Sales & account planning – assists in planning sales strategy; collaborates within the company and with the field to prioritize, facilitate and direct the use of resources; works with Sales managers to assess sales pipelines in area of control to ensure appropriate and timely utilization of pre‑sales support.
* Contributes to and builds the overall culture of the pre‑sales organisation, in alignment with peers, ensuring the best‑in‑class experience for team members and connecting functions.
Business Acumen
* Continuously monitors, troubleshoots, and improves area‑of‑control operations to ensure alignment with the company's business direction, the quality of business practices, optimum organisational performance and a highly motivated pre‑sales force.
* Understands business, financial and legal concepts to develop meaningful business recommendations.
Leading & Managing Pre‑Sales People
* Coaching – assesses and manages employee performance to ensure individual and group excellence; counsels and supports individuals through selling challenges; manages performance and results of high and low performers.
* Leadership – models effective selling skills; motivates and supports pre‑sales teams; demonstrates a high level of support in the pursuit and closing of deals.
* People development – nurtures and advances the talent required to maintain company pre‑sales force excellence within area of control; sponsors and directs skill‑building activities to increase the productivity and accomplishments of the pre‑sales force; ensures strong technical acumen across the group needed to support sales.
Selling as a Pre‑Sales Manager
* Focuses on strategic direction – understands the overall company/BU strategic direction and portfolio, and can assist sales teams in customizing solutions based on client needs.
* Consultative selling – strategises with and coaches their team on how to apply consultative‑selling techniques to advance sales opportunities; demonstrates client‑sensitive practices within the account(s) and internal gate‑keeping within the company to support building strategic trusted advisor status.
* Financial selling – employs a financial selling approach to meet customer needs; works with team to build business cases that link proposals to customer's goals, strategies and relevant business metrics, and that demonstrate industry and competitive proficiency.
Education and Experience Required
* University or Bachelor's degree.
* Typically 7+ years experience in sales.
* Directly related management experience and work results including success in supporting the achievement of progressively higher quota or other sales related goals.
* Demonstrated level of project management skills.
* Additional specialised knowledge in breadth and/or depth.
Knowledge and Skills
Business Management
* Forecast/Budget Control Operations.
* Building/Improvement.
* Resource Brokering/Allocation.
* Management of business processes.
Business Development
* Strategic Account Support.
* Negotiation skills within the company.
Consultative Selling
* Presentation and communication skills.
* Ability to develop strong customer relationships.
* Consultative, solution selling and business development skills.
Workforce Planning & Development
* Workforce Planning.
* Career Planning & Development.
Workforce Management
* Coaching & Supervision.
* Timely management of low performers.
* Skill Development/Enhancement.
Additional Skills
Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Assertiveness, Bias, Building Rapport, Buyer Personas, Coaching, Complex Sales, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross‑Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience Strategy, Customer Interactions, Design Thinking, Empathy, Financial Acumen, Follow‑Through, Growth Mindset, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Industry Knowledge, Intellectual Curiosity, Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity.
What We Can Offer You
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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