Red hat Sales Specialist - RHEL London Office United Kingdom 

United Kingdom 

173312256

What you will do

• Own the development of new Red Hat Enterprise Linux sales opportunities.

• Lead customer presentations/sessions around business problems, Red Hat solutions, business value, competitive positioning, product capabilities, and roadmaps.

• Maintain relevant and detailed knowledge about products in your domain (features, updates, success stories, etc.) and general knowledge of the Red Hat portfolio.

• Maintains knowledge and enables account teams on current "Plays" and “Tactics” in your domain (ISVs, use cases, solution blueprints, Red Hat Sales Plays, etc.).

• Advises on and speaks to forecasts for appropriate products, services and training.

• Guides strategy based on deep knowledge of industry or speciality.

• Positions right-sized solutions (subs, services, partners) in the context of addressing the customer’s challenges or problems in their environment.

• Drive adoption and growth beyond initial sales and deployment to scale and expand to other relevant products.

• Coordinate with other technical sellers on the delivery of the proposed business value/solution.

What you will bring

• 10+ years of sales or delivery experience for an enterprise software, SaaS, cloud provider or consulting organization.

• 5+ years of technology experience working as either a business-focused Solution Architect, Technical Leader, Product Manager, Specialist, App Dev delivery, etc.) with the ability to translate product capabilities into business value.

• Extensive knowledge of the Linux market, use cases, competitors and value.

• Passion and curiosity about technology, the market and its future are demonstrated by what you read, follow, subscribe to, listen to, etc.

• Strategic thinker who sees beyond selling an individual product to a single need, building long-term customer relationships.

• Entrepreneurial spirit with a motivation to run your own business within the role.

• Highly effective orchestrator and collaborator with the ability to lead a cross-functional team (internal and partner ecosystem) through a complex sales cycle.

• Compelling presenter of business and technical topics, capable of delivering demos for your domain.

• C-Suite presence: charismatic, outgoing and able to “own the room” to connect individually.

• Experience with Hyperscalers and expertise in Cloud consumption models.

• Solid understanding of data centers and the full life cycle of managing server operating systems at scale.

• Ability to conceive and lead the delivery of complete solutions (inclusive of ISVs) and orchestrate multi-vendor cycles.

• Expert-level knowledge of the principles and processes of open-source technology.

• Execute strategic plans developed to support product transitions and migrations, partnering with operations staff, developers, marketing, region and partner sales, both within and outside of Red Hat.