Technical Sales Professional

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 8 May 2026
LOCATION
Not specified
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Technology
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SKILLS

Cisco Portfolio Presales Observability APM Competitive Intelligence Strategic Planning Customer Engagement Technical Sales

FULL DESCRIPTION

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is hiring a Technical Sales Professional to serve as a trusted technical advisor, leading customer engagements, developing multi-year strategic plans, and driving cross-architecture solutions. Requires 8+ years of presales experience with a focus on Observability and APM.

Your Impact

Technical sales professional, owning the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] brand with customers and partners. Provides technical solutions to address customer and partner business needs. Collaborates with the account team and connected sales teams on the customer plan, jointly ensuring customer success. Serves as an expert, or trusted technical advisor by the account team and customer/partner

  • Specialization and Focus - Strong knowledge of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s portfolio, including specialized/architecture perspective, Increases penetration via cross/up-selling and displaces competition, Owns technical relationship with customer(s)/partner(s)
  • Customer Engagement and Accountability - Leads engagements with IT & decision makers at customer/partner and LOB interaction, Knowledgeable of customer environment and market, including competitor plays, Primary technical sales influencer, Translates customer/partner business need into technical requirements
  • The Internal Sales Process, Most selling time spent landing opportunities and expanding within an account, Involved in customer strategic planning
  • Corporate Interlock - Provides active feedback to BEs and relevant sales teams on strategic customer needs and market opportunities, and competitive market tactics
  • Typical Sales Cycle, Takes the lead on moving deals across technical sales process, Designs and presents relevant solution based on technical and business requirements identified by the customer or partner, Manages virtual support team of sales resources, Leverages relevant tools and resources to support a deal
  • Success Measures - Increase revenue: Closed opportunities converted to closed deals, Displace a competitor/increased market share, Increase net new customers on a quarterly basis

What You'll Do

  • Develops multi-year strategic plans for customers, integrating [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s portfolio
  • Deepens expertise of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s portfolio by integrating extensive domain knowledge with cross-architectural solutions
  • Shapes senior executives' technical strategy
  • Integrates customer’s business objectives and industry knowledge to develop comprehensive cross-architecture solutions
  • Shapes strategic cross-architecture frameworks for customers
  • Leads the strategy and planning of demand generation and enablement initiatives
  • Identifies latent customer needs and showcases cross-architecture solutions
  • Leads demonstrations that emphasize how [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] solutions can drive business outcomes
  • Utilizes advanced competitive intelligence to differentiate [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] solutions
  • Mobilizes a broad network of stakeholders to drive transformative synergies and optimize customer relationships
  • Directs SE virtual and extended sales teams toward continuous improvement and oversees educational programs
  • Demonstrates agility by adjusting strategies in response to significant disruptions.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors + 8 years of related experience in Presales, Observability & APM. Masters + 6 years of related experience OR PhD + 3 years of related experience

Why [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], and our power starts with you.

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