NetApp

Sr Director, Solutions Engineering

NetApp
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Mumbai, India or Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own technical execution, architecture quality, opportunity management, pipeline influence, competitive success, and market growth.
  • Lead and scale a multi-country Solutions Engineering organization while developing technical talent, leaders, succession plans, and organizational capabilities.
  • Partner with sales leadership and Area, GEO, and worldwide executives on strategy, priorities, strategic planning, and go-to-market execution.
  • Advocate for customer, partner, market, and resource needs in executive engagements, partner ecosystems, and industry forums.
  • Translate customer and market insights, including AI use cases and adoption challenges, into product, portfolio, enablement, and go-to-market recommendations.
  • Lead organizational transformation, experimentation, operating-model improvements, and execution-discipline initiatives supporting AI and cloud growth.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of progressive technical leadership experience in enterprise infrastructure, AI, cloud, data management, storage, or adjacent technology markets.
  • Experience leading and scaling pre-sales or Solutions Engineering organizations and leading other leaders in a global technology organization.
  • Senior leadership experience in Solutions Engineering, Presales, Technical Sales, or Enterprise Technology leadership.
  • Deep understanding of enterprise infrastructure, AI, Intelligent Data Infrastructure, Hybrid Multicloud, Cybersecurity, and Data Management technologies.
  • Significant executive customer engagement, customer transformation, and strategic account leadership experience.
  • Strong business acumen and experience influencing product direction, go-to-market strategy, and business priorities through customer, partner, and market insights.
  • Exceptional communication, executive presence, and talent leadership capabilities, including developing future leaders and building diverse, high-performing teams.
  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced business or technical qualifications preferred.

Categories

Solutions Engineering
NetApp

About NetApp

10,000+ employees

NetApp builds data storage and data management software and hardware for enterprises, including ONTAP-powered all-flash arrays and hybrid cloud services that integrate with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. It sells systems and subscriptions that support backup, disaster recovery, databases, and container/Kubernetes workloads. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in San Jose, California, NetApp is a public company listed on NASDAQ.

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