Presales architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, IT ServicesIndustries

Requirements

  • Advanced knowledge of the company's portfolio
  • Ability to articulate proposals and ensure customers’ business and technical needs are met
  • Expertise in identifying key risks and detailing key value points
  • Knowledge of end-customer IT trends, requirements, gaps, or unmet needs
  • Ability to translate functional design into scalable technical design and architecture
  • Skill in communicating solution value propositions addressing customer business needs
  • Awareness of industry trends, emerging technologies, competitor offerings, and activities
  • Capability to show customers how to migrate and/or integrate technologies in new or existing environments
  • Experience contributing to industry developments (e.g., content support, presentations, demos, booth support at conferences, events, social media)
  • Knowledge of the industry and customer’s technical environment for designing/delivering solutions
  • Ability to participate in deep-dive discussions, articulate value propositions, define differentiators, and draft high-level solution designs
  • Skill in balancing costs, scope, scale, and benefits for optimal results
  • Participation in account business planning processes
  • Proactive collaboration with account team leadership (HPE and Partners)
  • Expertise in mapping partners to opportunities and transferring knowledge
  • Ability to build pipeline by identifying opportunities (enhancements, unmet needs, upselling, cross-selling)
  • Monitoring account pipeline and nurturing deals from opportunity to close
  • Active participation in sales forecast meetings with feedback to accelerate sales lifecycle
  • Proficiency in documenting work using specific tools/resources and sharing best practices
  • Ability to develop and nurture professional relationships with customer technical teams and key executives

Responsibilities

  • Apply advanced knowledge of the company's portfolio to articulate proposals and meet customer business/technical needs
  • Identify key risks and detail value points for the account team
  • Provide input on end-customer IT trends, requirements, gaps, or unmet needs
  • Translate functional solution design into scalable technical architecture
  • Communicate how solution value proposition addresses customer business needs
  • Track industry trends, emerging technologies, competitors, and leverage with customer environment
  • Demonstrate to customers how to migrate/integrate technologies
  • Contribute to industry developments via conferences, events, social media
  • Design and deliver solutions aligned to customer business requirements
  • Participate in deep-dive discussions, articulate value, define differentiators, draft solution designs
  • Deliver optimal results balancing costs, scope, scale, benefits
  • Participate in account business planning
  • Collaborate with account team/leadership to develop value propositions, negotiation points, identify opportunities
  • Map partners to opportunities and transfer knowledge for effective customer results
  • Proactively build pipeline by identifying opportunities (enhancements, unmet needs, upselling, cross-selling)
  • Monitor account pipeline and nurture deals to close
  • Participate in sales forecast meetings and provide feedback to accelerate sales
  • Document ongoing work/activities/tasks using tools and share best practices with peers/partners

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

PresalesSolution ArchitectureTechnical DesignIT TrendsRisk IdentificationValue PropositionPortfolio KnowledgeCustomer Requirements

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

Is this role remote or onsite?

This role has been designed as ‘Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

What is the salary for this Presales Architect position?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What skills are required for the Presales Architect role?

The role requires advanced knowledge of HPE's portfolio, ability to translate functional designs into scalable technical architectures, track industry trends and emerging technologies, and communicate solution value propositions to address customer business needs.

What is the company culture like at HPE?

HPE's culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next, values varied backgrounds, offers flexibility to manage work and personal needs, embraces bold moves together, and supports career growth.

What makes a strong candidate for this Presales Architect position?

Strong candidates will have experience articulating proposals, identifying risks, designing scalable solutions, tracking industry trends, and collaborating with account teams to deliver value aligned to customer business requirements.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Provides enterprise IT solutions and services

About Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett Packard Enterprise provides enterprise IT solutions with a focus on cloud services, artificial intelligence, and edge computing. Their products include HPE Ezmeral for managing containers, HPE GreenLake for cloud services, and HPE Aruba for networking. These solutions help businesses improve their performance and adapt to digital changes. HPE's business model includes selling hardware, software, and services, as well as offering subscription-based services and long-term contracts. What sets HPE apart from competitors is its commitment to open-source projects and its active developer community, which supports collaboration and innovation. The company's goal is to empower organizations to transform digitally and optimize their operations.

Houston, TexasHeadquarters
1939Year Founded
IPOCompany Stage
Hardware, Enterprise Software, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
10,001+Employees

Risks

Integration challenges with Juniper Networks may delay AI-driven networking benefits.
Competition from startups like Flywheel could impact HPE's AI and cloud services.
HPE's acquisition strategy may strain resources and distract from core operations.

Differentiation

HPE's GreenLake offers a unique hybrid cloud platform for diverse IT environments.
HPE Ezmeral provides advanced container management, enhancing enterprise AI and analytics capabilities.
HPE's Aruba solutions integrate cloud security and networking for seamless, secure connectivity.

Upsides

HPE's acquisition of Juniper Networks boosts AI-driven innovation in networking.
OpsRamp acquisition enhances HPE's IT management with AI-based automation capabilities.
Axis Security integration strengthens HPE's cloud security offerings with SASE solutions.

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