Pure Storage is hiring a Systems Engineering Manager to lead and inspire a high-performing team of pre-sales Systems Engineers within our Enterprise organization. You will guide talent to help large companies modernize their data strategies using all-flash storage, cloud, and AI-driven solutions.
What You'll Do
- Demonstrate effective people development in a rapidly evolving technical space.
- Act as an employee advocate focused on team and individual growth.
- Drive operational excellence and support the creation and validation of technical demand.
- Lead by example, embodying the Pure Values: Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership, Customer-first.
- Develop an exhaustive understanding of what drives a customer’s business and their decision-making process.
- Passionately communicate the advantages of Pure Storage solutions.
- Refine sales strategy and tactics, taking command of technical responsibilities.
- Delight customers and teammates with technical leadership on storage products, architectures, and competitive offerings.
- Enable your team to capture requirements and translate business needs into innovative solutions.
- Enable your team to author responses to RFI and RFP documents when needed.
- Enable your team to seek out opportunities for interoperability, functional, and performance testing and validation.
- Enable your team to promote mutual roadmap and planning exchanges.
- Stay current with market trends and the competitive landscape to promote thought leadership.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of Management experience leading high-performing Sales or Systems Engineering teams selling into Enterprise Accounts.
- 10+ years of experience supporting the sales of storage, networking, or systems solutions to large accounts and data centers.
- Deep understanding of the architecture, design, and implementation of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions.
- Prior experience in setting team strategy to acquire new prospects and convert them into clients.
- Knowledge of the business impact of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN).
- Strong knowledge of digital transformation to a Cloud Native architecture, including On-Prem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and Containers.
- Knowledge of VMWare, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and general networking.
- Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills.
Team & Environment
You will lead a high-performing team of pre-sales Systems Engineers in the Enterprise organization.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $156,100—$234,500 USD + equity eligibility.
- Flexible time off policy.
- Wellness resources.
- Company-sponsored team events.
Work Mode
This position is remote.
Company Culture
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. Pure Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.
Pure is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action 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.
