[Remote] NA Compute Sales Specialist IV, Solutions

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. They are seeking a NA Compute Sales Specialist IV to lead sales pursuits, collaborate with account managers, and drive the sales pipeline while acting as a subject matter expert. This role involves developing professional relationships with clients and contributing to business development efforts.


Responsibilities

  • Responsible for creating and driving their sales pipeline. Capture leads outside of specialization and uses closed-loop lead management to ensure assignment and follow- up by others.
  • Maintains knowledge of competitors in account to strategically position the company's products and services better.
  • Use specialty expertise to seek out new opportunities and expand and enhance existing opportunities to build the pipeline in and drive pursuit.
  • Provide support to Account managers and provide input regarding business development and solution expertise.
  • Development of quota objectives and future direction for defined product category.
  • Some specialists also responsible for selling outsourcing deals.
  • Establish a professional, working, and consultative, relationship with the client, up to and including the C-level for mid-to-large accounts, by developing a core understanding of the unique business needs of the client within their industry.
  • May invest time working with and leveraging external partners to deliver sale.
  • For Services Consultants: Focus on growing contractual renewals for mid-to-large accounts with more complexity, to higher- total contract-value renewals.
  • Directs or coordinates supporting sales activities.

Skills

  • University or Bachelor's degree.
  • Directly related previous work experience.
  • Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota, diversity of business customer, and higher-level customer interface.
  • Extensive selling experience within industry and on similar products.
  • Typically, 8-12 years of advanced sales experience.
  • Project management skills required.
  • Is considered an expert in knowledge of products, solution or service offerings as well as competitor's offerings to be able to sell large solutions.
  • Understands the industry and market segment in which key accounts are situated, and integrates this knowledge into consultative selling.
  • Understands and applies program/project management methods and processes to define, plan, cost, resource, track and ensure successful pursuit.
  • Understands the role of IT within area of specialization and how the company's solutions differentially address specific vertical industry challenges as well as their cross-segment capabilities.
  • Account planning and accurate account revenue forecasting skills.
  • Collaborates with management and sales teams in shared accounts to ensure seamless integration of specialist sales with other sales activities.
  • Cultivates & maintains positive relationships with customers to ensure account retention & growth and positions the company as the preferred vendor for meeting all business needs.
  • Establishes a professional working relationship, up to the executive level, with the client.
  • Demonstrates leadership and initiative in successfully driving specialty sales in accounts - prospecting, negotiating and closing deals.
  • Demonstrates high service or product knowledge and professionalism in researching and sharing service-related information with account teams and customers.
  • Deep knowledge of products, solution or service offerings as well as competitor's offerings.
  • Understands how to leverage the company's portfolio and change the playing field on our competitors.
  • Utilizes Siebel as an expert and accurately forecasts business.
  • Understands and sells high value software solutions.
  • Understands selling of services sales.
  • Leverages services as part of strategic product sales.
  • Maintain expertise of industry trends, associated solutions, and key partner/ISV solutions.
  • Maintains expertise on IT at all levels - new applications, maintenance, typical budgets of the CIO's, typical objectives, measures, metrics.

Benefits

  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Personal & Professional Development
  • Unconditional Inclusion

Company Overview

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an edge-to-cloud company that uses comprehensive solutions to accelerate business outcomes. It was founded in 1939, and is headquartered in Spring, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.hpe.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 447 in 2025, 585 in 2024, 591 in 2023, 523 in 2022, 551 in 2021, 398 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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