Senior Sales Engineering

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The Senior Sales Engineer (SSE) is a technical sales support position responsible for arranging pre-sales engagement to current and prospective clients. The position requires a strong technical leader who understands how their decisions impact and influence the customer’s bottom line while driving revenue for Commvault.The SSE must be seen as a trusted advisor at all levels within an account (C-Suite, technical partners, etc.), The SSE drives or supports complicated sales opportunities by translating business requirements into solution technical requirements; sizing, defining delivery and deployment approach, timeline, and required resources; Work as part of the account team to formulate and produce territory plans, account strategies, and sales plans including engaging specialist resources for accounts determined by the Sales and SE Manager. Anticipate technology trends and successfully build positive relationships with external partners and internal departments (sales, support, business units, product management, marketing, development), as appropriate, to ensure success during sales campaigns and/or to ensure the customer experience is extremely positive.Adopt calling on senior level IT leadership often without account executive present at the same time and engage with the customer to qualify and understand key technical, financial, operational, and business issues that can be addressed with anyone or all of Commvault products.Proactive in establishing relationships with technical decision makers within end-user accounts and driving detailed, executable Technical Account Plans for all focus targets and current customers using Commvault Target Account Selling methodology for both open opportunities and ongoing customer happiness.Distill the pre-sales discovery into a concise message, outlining the salient technical, business, operational, and financial inefficiencies/challenges that Commvault addresses with its products.Propose and professionally demonstrate Commvault products through the use of presentations, existing customer solutions, white board, demo’s, pilots, "proof-of-concepts", etc.Actively participate in all Sales and regional meetings, QBRs, making valuable contributions and technical leadership on all topics (field marketing, qualifying, etc.).Continuously develop and maintain technical and market expertise through training, certifications, conferences, etc.Keep senior management and relevant internal groups well informed of key issues and changes which may impact encouraged business results through business reviews and Salesforce.Assist with potential product or process improvements to appropriate internal groups and participate where vital in formulating innovative solutions.5+ years in the software or storage industry; 3+ years of proven experience serving in a pre-sales sales engineer role.Provides strong competitive knowledgeProven strong experience selling, conducting Proof of Concept, architecting data management solutions (backup and recovery, data migration, replication, compliance, SRM, etc.).Work in a rapid growth environment where priorities, roles and responsibilities are continuously updated to meet market and customer demands.Experienced in participating in and establishing teams of specialists to support customers and sales cycles to successful outcomes.Basic knowledge with common Software licensing practices (cloud, perpetual, term, maintenance)Specialized knowledge/skills and demonstrated proficiency with at least one major open systems operating system, hypervisor or cloud.Enterprise application exposure or knowledge of SAP, Oracle, Exchange, db2, SharePoint, etc.Solid knowledge of infrastructure technologies such as storage, servers, networking, cloud, hyper-convergence, etc.Success penetrating and managing a minimum of three major accounts (Fortune 500-1000).Ability to work in an organized, procedural manner using tools such as Salesforce.BS or MS degree in Computer Science/engineering or related and proven technical field experience in IT industry preferred.Sales methodology experience (MEDDIC, TAS, SPIN, Solution Selling, Challenger, etc.)Able to work remotely and autonomouslyTravel up to 50%Meet the Hiring Manager: Derek Glascoe - Senior Manager, Sales EngineeringYou’ll love working here because:High income earning opportunities based on self-performanceOpportunity for Presidents ClubEmployee stock purchase plan (ESPP)Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathingSales training in MEDDIC and Command of the MessageGenerous competitive benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balanceReady to #makeyourmark at Commvault? 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