Title:  Client Executive - US Navy

Job Summary

In this role, you will be responsible for owning and nurturing the business relationship for NetApp’s best-in-class hybrid cloud data and data management products. You will be responsible for driving net-new opportunities while expanding NetApp’s footprint within your account – the United States Navy (specifically the Shipyards). As an account lead, you will be responsible for understanding the market pressures your customers are facing and mapping NetApp’s technology to help solve some of their most complex data problems. You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and use business acumen and technical expertise to influence customer decisions. You will also champion the account strategy and define NetApp’s technology direction/vision within the account. 

***Portsmouth, NH or Norfolk, VA location highly preferred***

Responsibilities

• Use relationship management techniques to develop selling opportunities within the United States Navy
• Schedule and attend sales meetings with customers and other NetApp sales team members
• Have discussions with new levels and buyer profiles (Cloud Architect, Application Developer, Chief Data Scientist, Chief Information Officer, etc.)
• Utilize the NetApp advanced value selling methodology to:
  • Discover opportunities for NetApp to co-create customer value by effectively gathering information about what the customer values most from a business perspective throughout the sales process
  • Align internally and externally with what matters most to NetApp’s Customers
  • Position NetApp’s strengths and capture customer mindshare by articulating solution value and differentiation – aligned to business initiatives
  • Discuss business issues with customer and develop a formal quote, written sales proposal, or formal sales presentation addressing their business needs
  • Build and strengthen your business relationship with customers within existing account and ensure that their needs are met
  • Provide status information to your manager including forecast/pipeline information

Education and Experience

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Must have general knowledge of the shipyards and previous experience selling into them
• Broad exposure to a variety of storage and cloud technologies/concepts
• Current AWS and Azure relationships desired