Client Technical Director Germany - Strategic Accounts

Were in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here you lead with innovative thinking grow along with us and join the smartest team in the industry.

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.

As Client Technical Director you typically are a senior level technical Solutions Architect who will work with and focus on Pures Strategic clients. In turn you will also work in collaboration with Pures Enterprise and Field presales and account teams. As CTD you also have a great grasp of IT industry trends broad and deep IT industry experience and a high degree of business acumen andwill be working in the forefront of Pures global sales capability.

As a CTD you will be required to work closely with your customer base building a trusted relationship identifying and quantifying outcome based opportunities that can be delivered from our portfolio.

You must be knowledgeable across industry business IT strategy and technology domains and be comfortable presenting to CSuite clients discussing process with business managers or working with developers on solution strategy architecture and code and with storage admins designing operating models from boardroom to hackathon to storage ops. Critically you will be accustomed to creating a value proposition that is directly linked to a clients business model challenges and issues plus their future vision.

You will be an expert in quickly learning new business models and drivers and will be able to articulate to multiple customer stakeholder personas across different regions and countries. This will include presenting and explaining the benefits and differentiators of our chosen technology how our solution has been mapped to meet their industry business and operational requirements our implementation methods and the proposed commercial and financial models.

Building and articulating financial and commercial models with their benefits to our customers and internal stakeholders is a key aspect of the ever evolving CTD role.

It is expected that the CTD will be able to translate our core values differentiators and capabilities across our portfolio plus previous articulate customer success stories benefits seen and acknowledged by customers and known outcomes to multiple levels of stakeholders within the strategic accounts.

You have gravitas and authenticity. You will be expected to have first class interpersonal skills combined with a comfortable open and compelling communication and presentation style.You also bring a high degree of diplomacy and a strong EQ.It is imperative that we can look at our value propositions from the viewpoint of our customers therefore empathy is critical.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE AS A CTD AT PURE YOU WILL...

1: Solution Definition:
Define endtoend solutions encompassing industry and business approaches implementation methods technology usage and influence commercial and financial models.

1. Stakeholder Management:
   Understand stakeholders their drivers challenges their goals and expectations and effectively communicate the right messages to them.
2. Financial Acumen:
   Calculate Total Cost of Ownership scenarios for customers explaining how they align with their challenges and Pures benefits.
3. Leadership and Collaboration:
   Lead large IT projects establish yourself as a thought leader and trusted advisor collaborate with sales engineering and product management teams.
4. Collateral Production:
   Create client collateral including presentations papers demonstrations proofs of concepts and contribute to joint offerings with other Pure teams.
5. Sales Guidance:
   Guide the sales team in delivering optimal technology solutions in a competitive environment.
6. Technical Leadership:
   Provide technical leadership and mentoring for the SE organization engage in field marketing events.
7. Market Insight:
   Identify key trends map customer challenges with Pure Storages technology strategy predict longterm competitive trends.
8. Cultural Maintenance:
   Help maintain the companys technical culture retain and attract top technical talent.

WHAT YOULL NEED TO EXCEL IN THIS ROLE...

1. Technical Expertise:
   Strong technical prowess across storage compute database networking virtualization and emerging technologies. A strong infrastructure background with a considerable knowledge in data management and storage technologies.
2. Versatility:
   Technical understanding in data science modern IT architecture modelling Agile application development DevOps CICD automation principles infrastructure operations project management and IT security.
3. Strategic Thinking:
   Combine bigthinking strategic perspective with a detailoriented approach to problemsolving.
4. Communication Skills:
   Outstanding communication skills able to articulate complex ideas to both technical and nontechnical audiences. Be able to build that trusted relationship with your customers.
5. Industry Knowledge:
   Understand commercial and disruptive technology trends in the clients market and interpret their implications for target solutions. This will include a deep appreciation and understanding of technical operations in large enterprise customers. You will know your competitors their strengths and weaknesses and how to articulate Pures differentiators and advantages to your customers for the right use cases.
6. Learning Orientation:
   Embrace lifelong learning with approximately 10 of time dedicated to training and participation in industry conferences.

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 companysponsored team events check out purebenefits for more information.

There is no application deadline and we accept applications on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

• Pure Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers.
• Pure 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 Large Workplaces in the Bay Area Fortunes Best Workplaces for Millennials and certified as a Great Place to Work!
• Pure 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 companysponsored team events. Check out purebenefits 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.

WHERE DIFFERENCES FUEL INNOVATION:

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. At Pure Storage diversity equity inclusion and sustainability are part of our DNA because we believe our people will shape the next chapter of our success story.

Pure Storage is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples racialized people people with disabilities people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We also encourage you to apply even if you feel you dont match all of the role criteria. If you think you can do the job and feel youre a good match please apply.