Partner Solution Architect - Strategic Partners
Job Description
The Elevator Pitch: Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?
A Partner Solutions Architect on the Strategic Partners team is responsible for leading the technical relationship with one of our top partners in North America. A VMware Partner Solutions Architect (PSA) works collaboratively with partner business managers (PBMs), solution specialists and other partner resources to empower our partners to sell and deliver VMware solutions.
Success in this role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?
Learn the ins and outs of the solutions that our partners sell, help them understand how VMware solutions can solve their customer's challenges
Lean on your mentors for situational advice, technical questions, and career advice.
Have an innate curiosity for the technology that you work with, and the business processes in place. You can never ask too many questions!
We want you to offer a fresh perspective, we encourage you to identify gaps and areas we can improve upon as a team.
Build relationships with other stakeholders at VMware to develop a holistic understanding of the business and how you can make an impact.
What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?
Own the technical side of the partner's relationship with VMware and increase their competency with VMware solutions
Collaborate with Partner Business Managers and marketing teams to drive partner sales and exceed partnership revenue goals
Increase partner sales and delivery capacity around key focus areas such as hybrid cloud, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), software-defined networking, modern applications and security.
Manage and grow the technical accreditations and certifications held by the partner.
Mentor and enable partner technical sellers on new VMware Cloud Solutions.
Develop Vision, Strategy and Roadmaps deliverables to meet technical solutions.
Participate in and drive elements of the pre-sales process to understand customer business, technical objectives, and product requirements.
Participate in regional marketing events to promote VMware and Partner strategy.
Author blogs, technical articles or white paper based on experiences
Speak at events such as VMworld, Sales Kick-Offs, Technical Summits etc.
Collaborate with the VMware Business Units to provide real-time feedback and trends to help drive accurate roadmaps based on partner and customer needs and objectives.
Where is this role located?
This role is remote but will require occasional travel to St. Louis. This means it could be done anywhere with a strong internet connection and limited distractions. VMware has a policy to empower to work from wherever they feel most productive and health whether that be at home, a VMware Office or a coffee shop.
What are the benefits and perks of working at VMWare?
You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com (https://usc-word-edit.officeapps.live.com/we/www.benefits.vmware.com) .
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types
Generous Time Off Programs
40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community
Rethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities
Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)
Wellness reimbursement and online fitness and wellbeing classes
This job requisition is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsored by VMware.
Due to the Biden Administration issuing an Executive Order (EO) that effectively mandates COVID-19 vaccination for all U.S. based employees of federal contractors and subcontractors, all U.S. based VMware employees will need to be fully vaccinated by their first date of employment, subject to legally required accommodations.
This job may require the candidate to travel and/or work from a facility that requires full vaccination prior to entry.
Category : Sales
Subcategory: Solutions Architect
Experience: Business Leadership
Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time
Posted Date: 2022-10-19
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