Partner Technical Manager Central Region

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Partner Technical Manager, Central Region
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USA
About Us
Our ambitious goal of helping innovators build a better world with data started in 2009. Today, we are one of the fastest growing enterprise companies in history, exceeding $1B in revenue at the end of 2017.
The world is experiencing a technological revolution driven by AI, machine learning, virtual reality, quantum computing and self-driving cars -- all of which require large amounts of data and put Pure’s technology literally in the driver’s seat. Our solutions deliver real-time, secure data to power critical production, DevOps, and modern analytics in multi-cloud environments. With a Satmetrix NPS score in the top 1% of B2B companies worldwide, our customer-first culture and commitment to innovation build a fast-growing company that employees, customers, partners, and investors love. For more information on our business, check out the corporate fact sheet here
Channel Team at Pure
Puritans come from various backgrounds and we thrive off challenging the norm. This cross pollination of backgrounds led to numerous ground breaking ideas and has helped us build one of the most reliable and easy to use storage systems in the industry. We strive to hire the best and brightest people, who excel in a cutting edge, fast paced, collaborative and transparent environment. We are seeking enthusiastic individuals to solve real world problems while having fun along the way.
The **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. Partner Technical Manager (PTM) position is a highly critical and senior role in shaping the growth of Pure’s Partners. The PTM is a Member of the SE Leadership team and responsible for representing **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. to the most important and strategic portion of our business. In this role, you will be leading and enabling select Partners and the Pure Channel with our market and industry leadership, culture, //FlashArray and FlashBlade products and solutions through interaction with the Pure Channel, Systems Engineering and Sales Teams, Executives and Regional / National Pure Channel Management.
This strategic leadership role will drive our Partners in the Central Region to a successful self-sufficient, autonomous state through go-to-market integration, technical and sales enablement, industry knowledge and meaningful collaboration. Additionally, you will be accountable for gathering the partner’s input and technical requirements for new features, needs and knowledge; In concert to this autonomy driven model, you will act as the technical advisor and advocate of record to your assigned Partners, guiding them in accounts and opportunities managed solely by them through the entire sales cycle. Additionally, this role will assist and support the Pure ISO (inside sales) team and business units with its need to drive opportunities for growth to our Partners.
As an extended member of the Channels and Sales team, the PTM will align with the **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. Regional Sales/SE teams and Channel Account Managers (CAMs) to ensure Regional (cross district) alignment to your assigned Partner strategies, determine needs, create and drive business impacting programs, while developing, guiding and executing the partner sales/technical enablement strategies.
Ultimately the PTM is responsible for the Partner enablement and sales success across the US.
This Partner Technical Manager may be located anywhere in the Central US and will travel up to 50% in support of the Partners in the Central region.
What You Will Be Doing
Regular interaction with partner principals, executives, and sales and sales management at existing and prospective value added and direct market re-sellers.
Align Pure’s go-to-market strategy with that of our Partners to ensure growth consistent with Pure’s stated goals, and ensure long-term relationships with our most strategic Channel Partners.
Conduct regular sales training presentations with partner technical and sales teams to ensure understanding and articulation of Pure’s Value Proposition and Industry Leadership.
Assist with driving pipeline, sales qualification, and closing of business through the ISO and Channel.
Define and deploy business plans to deepen our traction with existing channel partners, reviewing and re-assessing quarterly.
Develop and execute a regional strategy for recruiting new channel partners as needed to support growth.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Pure’s competitive positioning in the marketplace.
Oversee relationship building activities and account mapping activities between Pure’s Sales organization and specified partners.
Be the trusted advisor and advocate to our Partners/channel estate and regional teams as an extension of the Systems Engineering team. Coaching and teaching how to Sell and Compete.
Driving channel autonomy & independence through **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. partner enablement programs with the regional sales teams.
Identify, refine and research technical requirements of each sales opportunity by working closely with Pure Sales Teams, Partners & Customers in the design and implementation
Participate in the creation of channel sales strategy and tactics and takes ownership of technical responsibilities within customer accounts with emphasis on the channel partner(s) in region.
Mentor and assist partners/customers with evaluations and benchmarks, system configurations, and system installations.
Demonstrate technical leadership and subject matter expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, applications, solutions and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS and SAN product spaces. Be a **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. technical expert and in areas of Storage, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, SDN, SaaS solutions, Networking, Dev-ops, Machine Learning, Competition and Channels Business Dynamics.
Demonstrate industry and market prowess, thought and practice-leadership as a senior member of our SE team.
Build meaningful relationships with assigned Partners and **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. Sales Teams within their resident geography and assigned partner base.
Focus on enablement & relationship building throughout our Partner’s business.
Management and creation of technical enablement plan for assigned Partners; work closely with the Partner Program to determine needed tool sets to drive partner enablement and autonomy; owns, monitors, reports on, and drives technical enablement activities for assigned partner base.
Work closely with Engineering and Product Management in helping to define product requirements and usability from the Channel POV.
Mentor in-geo **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. SEs on how to manage and deliver partner enablement plan for their partner base leveraging the Pure Partner Ambassador Program; Provide on the job training for partner SE’s by allowing partner SE’s to shadow presentations and evaluation installations.
Coordinate partner training activities with wide range of **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. field & corporate resources.
Provide ad-hoc support for evaluations and post sales issues with partner engineers, and quickly transition them to appropriate **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. internal resources.
Present at national, regional and in-geo channel driven marketing activities.
Collaborates with Pure Channel SEs, CTMs and in-geo SEs & CAMs, PureIQ trainers.
What You Bring To The Team
Strong cross functional leadership and excellent communications skills to drive consensus across groups both internally and within the Channel/Partner organizations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and can clearly and effectively articulate Pure’s value and technical leadership.
Ability to work in a fast-moving environment, to prioritize effectively to think big picture, and to use good judgment in resolving difficult issues.
Thorough understanding of the architecture, design and implementations of multi-tiered client/server computing solutions.
Preparation and delivery of technical product and architecture presentations.
Contribute significant portions and/or lead responses to RFPs, RFQs and RFIs.
Superior knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN).
Familiarity with modern web architecture a plus (LAMP stack, scale-out vs scale-up architectures, NoSQL alternatives).
Familiarity with Artificial intelligence, ML, Big Data, IOT and the associated applications/architectures.
VMWARE, WINDOWS, LINUX, UNIX OS, NFS, SMB file systems, and UNIX distributed network environments.
Installation/configuration of distributed computing, multiprocessing, virtual memory subsystem, storage subsystems architecture, shared memory architectures, cache architectures, windowing systems. (Plus)
Knowledge of Hypervisor Technologies (VMWare, Citrix, MSoft), Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP and general networking.
Channel Account Management experience with a proven track record of success
Existing relationships with key partners in the region.
Possess high EiQ and dealing with people in multi-culture environment.
Passion, Commitment and drive for success working in a Motivated Team environment.
5-10 years minimum experience supporting the Sales / Channels of enterprise storage, networking or systems solutions to a combination of large enterprise accounts.
BS in CS, EE or other technical degree and/or equivalent experience.
Must be willing and able to work in an open office, team environment.
Pure creates opportunities for your development and career growth.
At Pure, we believe that each Puritan is a leader contributing to the success of our business, regardless of role. We offer an assortment of learning options available to all Puritans, including workshops on leadership, management, career development and more! We’re here to change the world and we hope you join us!
Popular Perks
Our rewards philosophy is tailored to provide Puritans globally competitive compensation and benefit programs that enable innovation and growth. We offer a wide variety of benefits and perks including comprehensive medical insurance, meal service, opportunities to attend events, join sports leagues, employee assistance program, work-life services, travel assistance, and employee resource groups – all of which are thoughtfully designed to maintain mind and body wellness. Through our Pure Good Foundation, we also offer numerous volunteer opportunities for employees to give back across the globe.
Pure is Committed to Equality
Pure is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ****.

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