Job Description

We're in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry.
This type of work-work that changes the world-is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.
THE ROLE
Do you have the technical skills and ambition to drive strategic growth through partnerships?
Pure Storage is looking at the possibility of hiring a driven and experienced Partner Technical Manager (PTM) to elevate our partner ecosystem across UAE and the wider GCC region. This dedicated Partner System Engineer (SE) role is ideal for an individual with an existing core technical competency who is ready for a faster track to leadership and commercial engagement.
While we are not currently hiring for this role if you are interested in becoming a Partner Technical Manager for Pure please respond to the advert and we will be in touch shortly. If you are successful, your primary focus in a role of this nature will be using your expertise to train, enable, and mentor our partners' technical teams, ensuring they provide world-class service and sales support for the Pure Storage portfolio. Beyond enablement, you will apply your commercial acumen by actively engaging in the pre-sales cycle, helping partners identify, mature, and convert substantial deals. If you possess a technical background and are ready to translate that into tangible business success, this is the perfect platform for your next career chapter.
WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Regular interaction with partner principals, executives, and sales and sales management at existing and prospective value added and direct market re-sellers.
• Align Pure's go-to-market strategy with that of our National Partners to ensure growth consistent with Pure's stated goals, and ensure long-term relationships with our most strategic Channel Partners.
• Conduct regular sales training presentations with partner technical and sales teams to ensure understanding and articulation of Pure's Value Proposition and Industry Leadership.
• May assist with driving pipeline, sales qualification, and closing of business through the ISO and Channel.
• Define and deploy business plans to deepen our traction with existing channel partners, reviewing and re-assessing quarterly.
• Develop and execute a regional strategy for recruiting new channel partners as needed to support growth.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Pure's competitive positioning in the marketplace.
• Oversee relationship building activities and account mapping activities between Pure's Sales organisation and specified partners.
• Be the trusted advisor and advocate to our National Partners/channel estate and regional teams as an extension of the Systems Engineering team. Coaching and teaching how to Sell and Compete.
• Driving channel autonomy & independence through Pure Storage partner enablement programs with the regional sales teams.
• Identify, refine and research technical requirements of each sales opportunity by working closely with Pure Sales Teams, Partners & Customers in the design and implementation
• Participate in the creation of channel sales strategy and tactics and takes ownership of technical responsibilities within customer accounts with emphasis on the channel partner(s) in region.
• Mentor and assist partners/customers with evaluations and benchmarks, system configurations.
• Demonstrate technical guidance and subject matter expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, applications, solutions and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS and SAN product spaces. Be a Pure Storage technical expert and in areas of Storage, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, SDN, SaaS solutions, Networking, Dev-ops, Machine Learning, Competition and Channels Business Dynamics.
• Build meaningful relationships with assigned National Partners and Pure Storage Sales Teams within their resident geography and assigned partner base.
• Focus on enablement & relationship building throughout our National Partner's business.
• Management and creation of technical enablement plan for assigned National Partners; work closely with the Partner Program to determine needed tool sets to drive partner enablement and autonomy; owns, monitors, reports on, and drives technical enablement activities for assigned partner base.
• Coordinate partner training activities with wide range of Pure Storage field & corporate resources.
• Provide ad-hoc support for evaluations and post sales issues with partner engineers, and quickly transition them to appropriate pure storage internal resources.
• Present at national, regional and in-geo channel driven marketing activities.
• Collaborates with Pure Channel SE's, PTMs and in-geo SE's & CAMs, PureIQ trainers.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Strong cross functional ownership and excellent communications skills that drive consensus across groups both internally and within the Channel/Partner organisations.
• Strong, Business level written and verbal communication skills in Arabic and English and can clearly and effectively articulate Pure's value and technical leadership.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving environment, to prioritise effectively to think big picture, and to use good judgment in resolving difficult issues.
• Thorough understanding of the architecture, design and implementations of multi-tiered client/server computing solutions.
• Preparation and delivery of technical product and architecture presentations.
• Contribute significant portions and/or lead responses to RFPs, RFQs and RFIs.
• Good knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN).
• Familiarity with modern web architecture a plus (LAMP stack, scale-out vs scale-up architectures, NoSQL alternatives).
• Familiarity with Artificial intelligence, ML, Big Data, IOT and the associated applications/architectures.
• VMWARE, WINDOWS, LINUX, UNIX OS, NFS, SMB file systems, and UNIX distributed network environments.
• Existing relationships with key partners Knowledge of Hypervisor Technologies (VMWare, Citrix, MSoft), Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP and general networking.
• Ideally some Channel Account Management experience with a proven track record of success in the region.
• Possess high EiQ and dealing with people in multi-culture environment.
• Passion, Commitment, and drive for success working in a Motivated Team environment.
• 2+ years minimum Pre-Sales experience supporting the Sales / Channels of enterprise storage, networking or systems solutions to a combination of large enterprise accounts.
• Must be willing and able to work in an open office, team environment.
• This is a predominantly office based role where the successful candidate will be required to spend time both onsite with customers and partners, and in Pure Storage offices across EMEA where needed.

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

• Pure Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers.
• Pure Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been Named Fortune's Best Large Workplaces in the Bay Area(TM), Fortune's Best Workplaces for Millennials(TM) and certified as a Great Place to Work!
• Pure Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources and company-sponsored team events. Check out for more information.
ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY:
Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this, contact us at if you're invited to an interview.
OUR COMMITMENT TO A STRONG AND INCLUSIVE TEAM:
We're forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isn't just accepted but embraced. That's why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person, cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership.
Pure is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire.
JOIN US AND BRING YOUR BEST.
BRING YOUR BOLD.
BRING YOUR FLASH.

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