9 years ago
Base Salary
$230k - $280k/yr
Responsibilities
- Support Client Directors with technical presentations, solution design, and technical sales campaigns.
- Own technical campaign activities through handoff to consulting and services teams.
- Design, architect, and sometimes consult on client solutions across enterprise cloud and data center environments.
- Present technical briefings, lab demonstrations, conferences, user groups, and forums.
- Qualify opportunities based on technical requirements, decision processes, funding, and campaign viability.
- Qualify and position consulting engagements and services while driving conversions to additional solutions.
- Build account strategies, identify relevant technologies and vendors, and develop client relationships.
- Lead the Solution Verification and BOM Review process for the assigned geography.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to team resources and contribute feedback on new solutions and internal efficiencies.
- Track work effort, client engagement, and key performance indicators using provided tools.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- At least 4 years of pre-sales and data center experience.
- Experience serving as a technical lead in a pre-sales sales campaign.
- Extensive knowledge of one or more data center solutions, including storage, networking, compute, virtualization, data center management or automation, and security.
- Professional communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work under critical conditions and influence others to achieve results.
- Strong interpersonal, presentation, teamwork, independence, self-motivation, and customer-focused skills.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan.
- Paid company holidays and paid time off.
- Paid parental and caregiver leave.
- Professional development through certifications, credentials, cross-department training, and access to a multi-million-dollar technology lab.
- Equal opportunity workplace with diversity and inclusion programs and employee groups.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About AHEAD
AHEAD is an IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and operates digital platforms for large enterprises across cloud infrastructure, automation, data and analytics, security, and DevOps. It generates revenue through consulting, systems integration, and managed services, including cloud management and operations. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Chicago, it is privately held and owned by Centerbridge Partners.