We're Hitachi Vantara, a global infrastructure business. Our people are the force of meaningful progress. We enable the incredible with data - from taking theme park fans on magical rides, conserving natural resources, protecting rainforests to saving lives. We empower businesses to automate, optimize and advance innovation. Together, we create a sustainable future for all.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to inspire he future. We don't expect you to 'fit' every requirement - your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally important to us.

*Current residency in the Bay Area or Sacramento area required

The team

We represent Hitachi Vantara to enterprise clients across industries, establishing business relationships to understand customer challenges so that we can deliver profitable business for Hitachi products, services, and solutions. We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure the success of our customers; success that is celebrated and shared. Our solutions bring value to every line of business, and we need people like you to build those deep relationships and to passionately articulate our value proposition.

The role

• Build strong relationships and trust with new and existing customers across industry sectors.
• Articulate our industry leading solutions, which include Data Centre/Storage, Hybrid Cloud, Big Data and Advanced Analytics to enable your customers to realize the highest levels of success.
• Support, mentor and motivate a team of experienced Sales professionals.
• Responsible for the region achieving quotas on a quarter over quarter basis.
• Coordinate with Field Marketing to develop and execute regional events.
• Motivate matrixed resources to engage with sales team and drive accountability.
• Set team expectations in alignment with company strategy and manage transformation.
• Hire, train and manage performance of team members.
• Forecast district business accurately and timely

What you'll bring

• Sales experience in infrastructure, data storage, cloud storage, hybrid cloud, data management and other data center technologies
• At least 5 years of industry experience and at least 2 years of management experience
• An ability to think creatively and work consistently to identify, develop, and close opportunities within new or prospect customers and you'll be able to share specific examples to illustrate where and how you have done this
• The aptitude to identify key decision makers and build relationships that enable you to increase your level of influence within accounts
• A track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets throughout your sales career, illustrating your persistent focus on supporting customers to realize required business outcome
• An ability to build virtual teams around you to create and deliver innovative solutions
• You follow and are passionate about industry trends and can share advise and expertise with your customers, extrapolating the business benefits of technology solutions to meet their needs
• High-energy sales leadership experience with a proven track record motivating and inspiring sales teams to deliver results while transforming to meet market demands.

As required by the equal pay and transparency acts, the expected compensation for this position is: $190K - $210K base, $300K - $350K OTE. The expected pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi Vantara's sales target incentive and are subject to the program's conditions and restrictions.

Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings . We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.

How we look after you

We want to help you take care of your today and tomorrow - at home and at work. Which is why we offer industry-leading benefits that go far beyond compensation. That means support, services, and resources that also take care of your holistic health and wellbeing. We're always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. Here, you'll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with. We're also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent).

About us

We're a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society . If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

We're proud to say we're an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic . Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.