The Red Hat Sales team is looking for a Tech Sales Leader to join us in Malaysia, with responsibilities across multiple countries.

In this role, you will be an experienced sales leader who loves technology and partnering closely with associates in South Korea, world-wide technology sales and go-to-market teams, Segment and Ecosystem Sales team, world-wide product teams, and Marketing, Finance, and Legal teams. You will lead a team of technical sales professionals to engage with corporate and public sector customers to discuss and represent key aspects of the Red Hat go-to-market strategies.

As a Head of Tech Sales, you will conduct business reviews, hire, train, and develop this highly specialized team of persuasive technologists to ensure healthy growth for Red Hat, your team, and customers and ensure success in working on global standards. You oversee and manage the South Korea specialist forecast and sales process to gain a deep understanding of our customers and the business.

Hire and mentor technology sales professionals and leaders in South Korea to lead with mastery in open innovation and cultureDevelop teams with a global mindset by focusing on onboarding, enablement, and capability-building programsProvide governance with respect to organization planning and design of roles, titles, responsibilities, incentives, and performance and development managementManage potential drift in an open and transparent wayOwn and manage the planning and budget specialist sales and help to establish and implement guidelines for allocation of technology sales talentOwn and manage the call for specialist forecast and pipeline to the businessRepresent the region at a global level by articulating region-specific needs to stakeholders and manage change in a collaborative mannerOwn and guide enablement for presales and specialist sales to identify skill gaps or region-specific focused offerings and solutions and construct enablement programs and refresher training sessions regularlyDevelop executive relationships and alignment, coordinated closely with Red Hat’s product leadership to ensure that design pursuits fit with the overall Red Hat market and business strategy and commercial modelsCommunicate progress, status, and lessons learned from sales pursuits to all internal stakeholders and customers, as applicable; demonstrate the ability to interpret technology and market trends as a foundation for product and technology roadmap

Requirements

10+ years of combined experience with technical sales and presales in the IT industry, performing these roles in the past and todayExtensive experience with business development and go-to-market strategy; experience with public credibility is a big plusExperience with customer service and managing presales teams across multiple countries and culturesExcellent leadership, technical, and executive engagement skills Record of building and managing successful teams with a key focus on people development and customer focusProven experience in technical selling, competitive outlook or forecasting, and understanding of end to end sales processes Solid technical background in an IT professional role with the ability to relate and earn credibility with a technical team as a thought leaderPassionate communication skills with equal abilities in listening and storytellingExcellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work with diverse senior executives and program ownersHighly collaborative work style with proven ability to gather consensus and get support for decisive and timely actionWillingness to travel in line with Red Hat’s COVID-19 guidelines and customer or partner needsExpertise in cloud infrastructure, including managed services, and application platforms is a big plus

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

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