Our Company

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks – can focus on achieving the incredible with data.

The team

The Solutions Consultant (SC) is a pre-sales technical professional who leads the build of customer-centric and business outcome value propositions Working on key deals with both new and existing customers (and partners) the SC builds and nurtures relationships by helping to optimize their investments in Hitachi Vantara solutions.

When qualified as an opportunity requiring Hitachi Vantara technical sales support, the SC orchestrates the application of technical resources to the opportunity. Working with all resources, the SC provides leadership to the Account Managers and Channel Partners in the solution design process. The SC must possess strong technical and interpersonal skills and be able to lead technical discussions with the customer, the partner and the account team regarding the challenges in today's market, industry trends, and the Hitachi Vantara vision. The SC helps the Account Managers and Channel Partners to translate business needs into technical requirements. The SC can present a technical vision, business case and solution set specifically developed for the customer.

The role

Opportunity Qualification and management
Illicit, define &/or review of customer business requirements as provided by the customer and/or sales colleagues (Hitachi Vantara or Partner).
Apply knowledge of customer business requirements to lead the creation of a technical opportunity & strategy
Solutions Design and Development + Presentation
Active in managing deals through the sales process - supporting HV sales, HV partners and customers through the cycle.
Orchestrate and engage all technical resources; Hitachi Vantara and/or partner
Coordinate solution development by leveraging pre-tested solutions and designs; and by researching customized solutions
Develop and lead Proof of Concept (PoC) and incl. the Center of Excellence (CoE) when needed
Lead/assist in the presentation of Hitachi Vantara solutions to partners/customers: including white-boarding, presentations, demo
Leverage additional HV resources: i.e. Technical Experts (TE), Industry CTOs, and/or Enterprise Architects (EA))
Network effectively and build trust and confidence among partners, customers and peers
Act in a consultative fashion and enhance the role as a trusted technical advisor to the customer and to our partners

What you’ll bring

7 years+ related experience in a Presales organization with focus on IT solution offerings
Strong knowledge of the storage market and ecosystem, ideally gained in one or more other vendors
Understanding and interest in adjacent technologies: network fabric, data protection and resiliency, hybrid cloud, AI Infrastructure
Persuasive presentation and public speaking skills
Able to work in unstructured environments and situations, and prioritize effectively with minimal supervision
Independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices to determine best method for achieving objectives
Bachelor's Degree or appropriate equivalent is desired
Hybrid work
Willingness to travel to customers and partners

About us

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

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Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.

Presales Solutions Consultant

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