Summary
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, is a leading provider of next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise: http://www.arubanetworks.com/company/about-us.
We are looking for a Systems Engineering Manager to join our team.
The Systems Engineering Manager will lead a team of Systems Engineers that specialize in pre-sales activities of Aruba products and solutions. This position provides technical leadership and guidance to regional teams in support of sales and development efforts. In this role, you will be planning the technical direction for the team, identifying technical expertise requirements to grow the team as needed, and facilitating key partnerships between internal, partner, and client organizations. This is an ideal position for someone who has proven leadership skills and related industry and technical expertise to advance their career in management. The SE Manager (SEM) will report into the Inside Sales Director.
Responsibilities:
Sales Support/Opportunity/Customer Management
- Support large, strategic opportunities by working with Sales Account/Territory Manager, Systems Engineer and Sales Operations Director to develop and implement a specific , technical resource plan as part of the strategic account plan
- Develop and maintain key technical & management relationships in our large, installed base accounts to drive incremental revenue / solutions footprint
- Manage and prioritize the efforts of our limited technical resources by qualifying opportunities and ensuring coverage of the business
- Insure the SE team is 100% aligned with the goals, priorities and direction of the Regional Sales Operations Director
- Escalate all critical customer issues and actively participate as the customer advocate in TAC escalation and critical account review processes
- Escalate all sales opportunity special needs or requirements to insure HQ support resources deliver on requests to win new opportunities and retain/grow our installed base accounts.
- Deliver senior level sales support with expert technical presentations, design support, product/solution demonstrations and customized content/messaging,
- Insures that sufficient trained resources are in place in the local operation to fulfill the mission of the sales organization including any specialized technical resources needed locally by leveraging virtual teams, area and HQ product subject matter experts, etc.
People Management
- Recruit, hire & retain top talent
- Provide leadership, inspiration, motivation, and direction to the SE team in order to overachieve on Sales revenue goals and insure customer satisfaction.
- Provide team leadership and coaching to develop a strong, tight knit team of SEs that becomes much greater than the sum of its individual parts.
- Provide ongoing SE performance management to the direct report SEs with regular feedback and guidance for improvement
- Provide annual focal performance review for each SE by soliciting input from the sales account / territory managers, regional Operations Director, Consulting Systems Engineers, product specialists and corporate stakeholders that work with them on a regular basis.
- Develop and advance SE’s knowledge and professional skills. Identify technical deficiencies & growth requirements for each SE to be successful by developing, agreeing and executing an individual training/development plan (including advanced certifications).
Business Operations Management & Support - Strengthen the business
- Identify, communicate and leverage best practices for SEs across the organization
- Coordinate SE team support for regional marketing activities, product launch events, customer events, user groups, etc,
- Drive communication between field and HQ resources on technical support and product requirements
- Provide management of regional Sales and SE demonstration equipment requirements (planning for SE Home Lab needs and new product introduction requirements)
- Insure SEs are well equipped with necessary tools to troubleshoot, analyze and resolve complex customer issues
- Work with Customer Advocacy management team to insure critical post sales customer issues requiring onsite support are covered with a local SE assisting CA filed resources, or working directly with TAC
- Constantly work to maximize pre-sales cycles of SEs and minimize post –sales resource drains by insuring support organization resources effectively address and resolve customer issues.
- In all cases, embody the spirit of our CUSTOMER FIRST, CUSTOMER LAST philosophy to insure customer success
- Provide support to the Sales Operations Director to train new Account/Territory Managers on our core solutions & technology differentiation
- Provide local support for channel partner enablement and development
- Develop and maintain key partner relationships
- Drive technical excellence and enablement into the channel
- Foster and accelerate channel loyalty
- Own the mindshare of the channel engineering community
- Must have excellent skills in critical account management.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of a BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent, required.
- Minimum of Twelve (12) years related experience in data networking infrastructure, AAA Policy Management applications, unified communication applications and services, related tools, testing systems, services.
- Minimum of Eight (8) year of leadership/management experience and/or or demonstrated leadership track record of technical teams is desired.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters degree.
- Aruba Networks and Industry certifications.
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