Global Client Executive (SAN JOSE)

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure-delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary

At NetApp, we believe data is the currency of innovation. Within our Strategics Sales Organization, we partner with the world's most influential enterprises to power how digital content is created, distributed, secured, and monetized at global scale.

We are seeking a Global Client Executive (GCE) to lead one of NetApp's most visible and demanding Media & Entertainment relationships. This role is intended for a senior sales leader who can reset trajectory, elevate executive engagement, and drive material change across a highly complex, multibusiness enterprise.

This is not a maintenance role. It is a leadership assignment.

If you are energized by ambiguity, accountability, and the opportunity to build momentum where it matters most, we encourage you to apply.

Location: Remote (Preferred: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA)

Your Impact

As a Global Client Executive, you will be the Account Owner for a large, globally distributed Media & Entertainment enterprise with multiple business units, buying centers, platforms, and decision-makers. You will be accountable for reestablishing strategic relevance , sharpening NetApp's value narrative, and executing a multiyear growth strategy that materially expands our footprint and influence.

You will be expected to assess what is working, confront what is not, and drive a stepchange in execution, engagement, and outcomes, both internally and with the customer.

This role requires executive courage, operational rigor, and the ability to lead through complexity without waiting for perfect clarity.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the executive sponsor and primary point of accountability for a large, diversified Media & Entertainment enterprise.
• Define and execute a clear, opinionated multiyear account strategy that prioritizes the right businesses, workloads, and growth vectors.
• Lead a crossfunctional virtual account team with high standards for execution, transparency, and followthrough.
• Elevate and expand executivelevel relationships , creating access, credibility, and trust across business, technology, and operations leadership.
• Navigate fragmented buying centers and competing priorities to drive alignment and decision velocity.
• Identify and convert stalled, underpenetrated, or adjacent opportunities into material netnew growth.
• Advocate forcefully for the customer inside NetApp, influencing investment decisions, roadmap alignment, and executive engagement.
• Establish a strong operating cadence focused on outcomes, value realization, and accountability.
• Model NetApp's values of ownership, growth mindset, customer centricity, belonging, and high performance-especially when pressure is highest.

Requirements & Education

What We're Looking For

This role is best suited for a changeoriented sales leader who has operated successfully in highstakes, highvisibility environments.

• 12 + years of proven track record leading large, complex global enterprise accounts through inflection points or transformation.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge the status quo , reset expectations, and drive execution in matrixed organizations.
• Strong business acumen and credibility within Media & Entertainment , including streaming, broadcast, studios, content operations, and platform ecosystems.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders through clarity, insight, and decisiveness.
• Experience leading crossfunctional teams without direct authority-and holding them accountable to results.
• A growth mindset paired with intellectual honesty and resilience.
• Commitment to inclusive leadership, collaboration, and cultural stewardship.
• Working knowledge of cloud, data infrastructure, and enterprise technology platforms.

Ready to Lead:

If you are motivated by accountability, energized by complexity, and ready to make a measurable impact in a globally significant Media & Entertainment environment, we invite you to apply.

This role is for leaders who take ownership, move the needle, and leave things better than they found them.

The target salary range for this position is 325,550 - 421,300USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. The range is based on 'On Target Earnings' (OTE) representing the total potential earnings, which is the sum of the base salary and potential commission earned when performance targets are achieved. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off (PTO), various Leave options, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU's). These offerings are subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. We will provide detailed information about the specific benefits for your region during the recruitment process.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You'll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment-you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed-they drive everything we do.

If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one. Apply now.

Submitting an Application

To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support-rather than replace-human decision-making.

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