Purestorage
Client Technical Sales Engineer - Germany, Strategic Accounts (Automotive and Manufacturing)
Munich, Germany. Posted 22 days ago
The role
You will act as the technical voice for Strategic Accounts in southern Germany and selected global automotive accounts. You will define end-to-end solutions, build relationships with C-suite leaders, and partner with sales and engineering teams to close deals.
What you will do
- Define end-to-end solutions and use cases for German and global automotive customers.
- Build trusted-advisor relationships with C-suite leaders, business managers, developers and storage admins.
- Create TCO and financial models that link benefits to client vision.
- Partner with Sales, Engineering, Product Management, alliances and global integrators to close deals.
- Create presentations, demonstrations, proofs of concept and joint offerings.
- Shape automotive strategy and roadmap by tracking industry trends.
- Bring customer and competitive insight back to Product and Go-to-Market teams.
- Mentor the local and regional Systems Engineering team.
- Represent the company at industry events and communities.
Required qualifications
- Deep technical command of infrastructure and data (storage, compute, databases, networking, virtualisation and cloud-native architectures).
- Understanding of the automotive value chain (OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, production plants, logistics and digital services).
- Credibility and relationships to engage strategic German automotive accounts.
- Ability to present to the boardroom, run workshops, and work with developers and storage operations teams.
- Business-fluent English.
- Native-level German.
- Financial and commercial acumen to build and explain TCO and business-case models.
- Ability to invest at least 10% of time in training, certifications and community events.
Benefits
- Flexible time off
- Wellness resources
- Company-sponsored team events
About the company
Everpure (NYSE: P) has evolved from storage pioneer to data platform. Its strategic agenda spans hyperscalers, AI labs, the AI hardware supply chain, data platform providers, and the broader AI ecosystem.