PNW Sales Leader - Networking
This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
The Enterprise Sales Manager is responsible for leading and developing a high‑performance sales organization covering PNW territory focused on large enterprise and strategic accounts. This role manages a team of experienced sales professionals selling the full HPE Networking portfolio, including Aruba Networking and Juniper Networking solutions, across data center, campus, branch, WAN, wireless, security, and cloud-managed networking.
The Sales Manager sets the strategic direction for the team, drives disciplined execution through strong sales methodology and ensures consistent achievement of revenue, growth, and expense objectives. This leader partners closely with customers, channel partners, and internal stakeholders to position HPE as a trusted advisor and deliver differentiated, outcome‑based networking solutions.
The role requires strong people leadership, deep enterprise networking sales experience, and the ability to engage confidently with C‑level decision makers while coaching teams on complex, multi‑stakeholder enterprise deals.
Responsibilities
- Accountable for enterprise business growth, market share expansion, and revenue attainment within assigned territory or customer set.
- Leads a team of enterprise account managers and sellers, setting clear quotas, goals, and performance expectations aligned to HPE growth priorities.
- Drives rigorous pipeline management and deal execution using MEDDPICC, ensuring qualification discipline, accurate forecasting, and deal inspection.
- Coordinates all HPE sales activities within the defined area-of-control, including direct sellers, overlay specialists, partners, and alliances.
- Develops and executes tactics to generate new enterprise opportunities, expand the installed base, and accelerate consumption of the full HPE Networking portfolio.
- Provides guidance to the team on sales strategy, cost optimization, forecasting accuracy, and disciplined process management (pipeline reviews, QBRs, account planning, and deal cadence).
- Ensures optimal sales coverage through a blended go-to-market model leveraging direct sales, channel partners, distributors, and alliances.
- Coaches and supports sellers on strategic and complex enterprise opportunities, including deal strategy, stakeholder mapping, competitive positioning, and executive alignment.
- Builds and executes Account Business Plans focused on long-term enterprise growth, customer outcomes, and portfolio expansion.
- Develops and reinforces a consultative, solution-selling culture, enabling sellers to build compelling business cases that articulate customer value and ROI.
- Partners closely with Sales Engineers, Specialists, Channel Partners, ISRs, and Marketing to ensure end-to-end selling coverage and solution alignment.
- Acts as an executive escalation point for customer issues and plays an active role in key enterprise negotiations.
- Builds and maintains executive-level relationships (C-suite and senior IT leadership) within large enterprise customers.
- Demonstrates strong understanding of enterprise networking trends and positions HPE as a thought leader across campus, branch, data center, AI-driven operations, and secure networking domains.
- Creates a performance-driven culture focused on accountability, excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Recruits, develops, and retains top sales talent while building a succession pipeline to support long-term organizational growth.
- Balances short-term execution with long-term planning and investment to sustain profitable enterprise growth.
- Education and Experience Required
- Bachelor’s degree required; Advanced degree or MBA preferred.
- 1-5 years of progressive sales leadership experience, with direct responsibility for managing enterprise sales teams.
- 5-7 years of technology sales experience, with a strong emphasis on enterprise networking, infrastructure, or cloud-related solutions.
- Proven track record of consistently exceeding revenue targets and expanding enterprise accounts.
- Demonstrated experience selling and managing teams across complex, multi-year enterprise deals.
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Enterprise Networking Sales Expertise – Deep understanding of networking technologies including campus and branch networking, wireless, WAN, security, data center, and cloud-managed solutions; familiarity with Aruba and Juniper portfolios strongly preferred.
- MEDDPICC Sales Methodology – Proven experience coaching teams on opportunity qualification, deal inspection, forecasting accuracy, and execution using MEDDPICC (Metrics, Economic Buyer, Decision Criteria, Decision Process, Paper Process, Identify Pain, Champion, Competition).
- Strategic Sales Planning & Execution – Develops and executes strategic sales plans aligned to enterprise customer needs and HPE business objectives.
- Pipeline, Forecast, and Deal Management – Drives consistent sales process discipline to ensure predictability and transparency.
- C-Level Engagement & Executive Presence – Builds trusted relationships with CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and other enterprise executives.
- Competitive Strategy & Positioning – Leverages competitive intelligence to differentiate HPE Networking solutions and counter competitive threats.
- Financial & Business Acumen – Understands enterprise buying models, business cases, ROI justification, and P&L considerations.
- People Leadership & Talent Development – Builds, coaches, and inspires high-performing sales teams in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Change Leadership – Champions innovation, transformation, and adoption of new tools, processes, and go-to-market strategies.
- Cross-Functional Leadership – Effectively collaborates across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Product, Channel, and Global Business Units.
Additional Skills:
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
Let's Stay Connected:
Follow @HPECareers on Instagram to see the latest on people, culture and tech at HPE.
Job:
SalesJob Level:
Manager_2The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 234,000 - 568,000 in Idaho & Oregon & Washington
This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 50%/50%.
Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html
HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.
HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.
No Fees Notice & Recruitment Fraud Disclaimer
It has come to HPE’s attention that there has been an increase in recruitment fraud whereby scammer impersonate HPE or HPE-authorized recruiting agencies and offer fake employment opportunities to candidates. These scammers often seek to obtain personal information or money from candidates.
Please note that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), its direct and indirect subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and its authorized recruitment agencies/vendors will never charge any candidate a registration fee, hiring fee, or any other fee in connection with its recruitment and hiring process. The credentials of any hiring agency that claims to be working with HPE for recruitment of talent should be verified by candidates and candidates shall be solely responsible to conduct such verification. Any candidate/individual who relies on the erroneous representations made by fraudulent employment agencies does so at their own risk, and HPE disclaims liability for any damages or claims that may result from any such communication.