SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE AS A SLED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGER YOU WILL…..Demonstrate effective people development in a rapidly evolving technical space Act as an employee advocate who is focused on team and people development, demonstrating high EQHave a desire to drive operational excellence; create a team support creation and validation of technical demandLead by example, living the Pure Values: Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership, Customer-firstDevelop an exhaustive understanding of what drives a customer’s business and what motivates their decision makingPassionately bring to light the advantages of a Pure Storage solutionRefine sales strategy and tactics, taking command of technical responsibilitiesDelight customers and teammates with your technical leadership and domain expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS and SAN product spacesEnable team to:Capture requirements and translate Customer’s business needs into innovative solutions to accelerate their growth and capacityAuthor responses to RFI & RFPs when neededSeek out and spur new opportunities for interoperability, functional, and performance testing/validationPromote mutual roadmap and planning exchangesMove with market trends and competitive landscape to promote thought leadership within our organizationWHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...5+ years of Management experience leading high performing Sales Engineers. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience with SLED Accounts10+ years experience supporting the sales of storage, networking or systems solutions to a combination of large accounts and data centersDeep understanding of the architecture, design and implementation of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutionsPrior experience in setting team strategy to acquire new prospects and converting them into clientsKnowledge of business impact of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN)Strong knowledge of digital transformation to a Cloud Native architecture, On-Prem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and ContainersKnowledge of VMWare, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP and general networkingExcellent verbal and written interpersonal skillsBS in CS, EE or other technical degree and/or equivalent experienceThe annual base salary range is: $147,700 – $221,900. Salary ranges are determined based on role, level and location. For positions open to candidates in multiple geographical locations, the base salary range is reflective of the labor market across the applicable locations. This role may be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity. And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events - check out purebenefits.com for more information. #LI-JL4