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SE ManagerPre Sales, Enterprise (Tokyo, Japan)

Pure Storage


Job Location:

Tokyo - Japan

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 18 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 24 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Everpure (NYSE: P) has evolved from storage pioneer to data platform closing fiscal 2026 with $3.7 billion in revenue its first billion-dollar quarter and accelerating growth into FY27. Our strategic agenda spans the companies defining the next era of technology - hyperscalers AI labs the AI hardware supply chain data platform providers and the broader AI ecosystem.

This type of workwork that changes the worldis what the tech industry was founded on. So if youre ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark come join us.

THE ROLE

The System Engineering Manager Enterprise will lead district-level pre-sales strategy and execution driving revenue contribution by proactively guiding and enabling the account team beyond the SE organization. (Team Size: 4 direct reports)

  • This role is central to three strategic priorities:

    • Pipeline growth
    • Competitive differentiation
    • Partner enablement

Key Performance Indicators: Deliver Business Results Accelerate Value to Customers Throughout the Lifecycle

The manager will shape the strategic direction for district-specific solutions and selling motions while building and developing a high-performing proactive and collaborative SE organization.

WHAT YOULL DO

Strategy & Customer Engagement

  • Develop an exhaustive understanding of what drives a customers business and what motivates their decision-making
  • Connect technology solutions including the Everpure portfolio and broader ecosystem offerings to measurable customer business outcomes
  • Partner closely with account managers specialists and channel partners to create a seamless holistic customer experience and strategy that drives revenue growth and net-new business
  • Passionately communicate the advantages of an Everpure solution

Technical Leadership

  • Refine sales strategy and tactics while taking ownership of technical responsibilities
  • Provide technical leadership and domain expertise on storage products distributed storage architectures file systems and competitive offerings across DAS NAS and SAN
  • Own evaluations benchmarks and system configurations
  • Build and deliver technical product and architecture presentations that secure the technical win with clients and prospective accounts
  • Capture requirements and translate customer business needs into innovative solutions that accelerate their growth and capacity

Proposals & Enablement

  • Author responses to RFIs and RFPs
  • Identify and pursue new opportunities for interoperability functional and performance testing/validation
  • Promote mutual roadmap and planning exchanges with partners
  • Liaise with product and technical marketing to produce supporting materials (whitepapers web presentations) for overall alliance plans and objectives

Market Awareness & Culture

  • Stay current with the competitive landscape and ensure materials reflect the latest differentiated solution positioning
  • Track market trends to promote thought leadership within the organization
  • Lead by example living the Pure Values: Persistence Creativity Teamwork Ownership and Customer-first

WHAT YOU BRING

  • Core Attributes

    • Creativity empathy an open mind curiosity and a desire for continuous learning

    Experience

    • Pre-sales experience required
    • 5 years of relevant experience across technology design and communications
    • Experience supporting sales of enterprise storage networking systems cloud or software to enterprise accounts preferred
    • Proven track record targeting new prospects and converting them into clients
    • Experience leading or significantly contributing to RFP RFQ and RFI responses

    Technical Expertise

    • Deep understanding of the architecture design and implementation of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions
    • Superior knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures (FC iSCSI NAS OSD SAN)
    • Linux NFS file systems and Linux distributed network environments
    • Installation/configuration of distributed computing multiprocessing virtual memory subsystems storage subsystem architecture shared memory architectures cache architectures and windowing systems
    • Strong knowledge of Cloud Native digital transformation across On-Prem Public Cloud Provisioning Automation and Containers
    • Knowledge of VMware Local Area Networking Ethernet TCP/IP and general networking

Preferred / Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with AWS Azure and GCP
  • Familiarity with containers Kubernetes and microservices architectures
  • Familiarity with modern web architecture (LAMP stack scale-out vs. scale-up architectures AWS Well-Architected Framework microservices)
  • Familiarity with storage-intensive applications and their requirements such as structured databases (SQL Oracle)

Education

  • BS in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or other technical degree and/or equivalent experience

Communication

  • Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills both in Japanese and English

Work Arrangement

  • Primarily in-office; expected to work from the Tokyo office in compliance with company policy except during PTO work travel or other approved leave

#LI-ONSITE

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

  • Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers.
  • Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been named Fortunes Best Workplaces in Technology Fortunes Best Workplaces in the Bay Area and certified as a Great Place to Work!
  • Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance including flexible time off wellness resources and company-sponsored team events. Check out for more information.

ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY:

Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this contact us at if youre invited to an interview.

OUR COMMITMENT TO A STRONG AND INCLUSIVE TEAM:

Were forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isnt just accepted but embraced. Thats why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership.

Everpure is proud to be an equal opportunity 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.

Join us and bring your best.

Bring your bold.

Pure and simple.


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