Senior Google Cloud Sales Specialist

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NTT DATA is looking for an experienced Google Cloud Sales Specialist to join our Cloud Services team.

The Google Cloud Sales Specialist is a seasoned subject matter expert on GCP Cloud Solutions and primarily pursues, and lands qualified leads, across their assigned market segment. 

The Cloud Sales Specialist identifies new opportunities from a selection of existing accounts in addition to net new client acquisition, and presents solutions, value propositions, partner configurations, cost structures, and revenue models to the client that meet their strategic needs. 

The Cloud Sales Specialist works directly with clients at a variety of levels, as well as internal subject matter experts. This role leads the sales cycle end to end, by working with pre-sales architects to create the best solution design for the client, as well as building and developing excellent stakeholder relationships with new and existing clients, whilst developing new business channels and territories.

• Identify and act on new sales opportunities within an account or set of accounts and work with the sales teams to drive them to closure.
• Pursue and land qualified leads identified by the client managers and other lead generation sources. Execute on the sales strategy and support the wider territory sales plan, defining own plan for the solution to ensure that sales target is achieved.
• Engage and interact with clients to uncover and understand client business goals.
• Assert subject matter expertise in the GCP technology domain and industry providing a high level of relevant product and service knowledge to have meaningful conversations with potential and existing clients.
• Support the closure of sales based on technology domain knowledge.
• Articulate the solution/deliverables that the client requires, as opposed to the products that they need to buy. Prepares and conducts client workshops and presentations and establishes relationships with multiple client stakeholders and secure deals with clients to achieve assigned sales quotas and targets.
• Use understanding of the client’s business and depth of knowledge on the technology-specific solution to personalize the recommended solution in line with the client’s need.
• Address the technology conceptual challenges during the sales process.
• Identify, assess and highlight client risks that could prove detrimental to the client’s organization and credibility.
• Maintain awareness of the competitive landscape, market pricing, and strategy and how to penetrate a new market. Contributes to the knowledge base of the company's solutions and services within a practice area or service area by sharing best practices with internal teams, as well as client teams.
• Uses sales methodologies and tools such as opportunity plans, and account plans to drive the sales process.

• 3 to 5 years sales experience within the GCP ecosystem over the lifecycle of customer cloud journeys, including: migration, data and ai, security, marketplace, modernization, transformation programs and consulting.
• Advanced demonstrable experience of solution-based selling with a proven track record of sales over-achievement.
• Advanced demonstrable experience in selling complex cloud solutions and services to C-Level clients.

• Ability to work with Client Managers within NTT DATA to drive GCP sales strategy within set accounts.
• Work with GCP ecosystem partners.
• Ability to grow the Marketplace and GCP Resell business within NTT DATA.
• General understanding of Google's Funding mechanisms for GCP.
• Demonstrated success in achieving and exceeding sales and financial goals.
• Track record in developing and encouraging meaningful customer relationships up to senior leadership level.
• Advanced proficiency in delivering engaging sales presentations.
• Advanced knowledge of competitors and ability to apply competing successful sales strategies.
• Ability to define sales strategy coupled with seasoned solutions sales capabilities.
• Client-centric approach with ability to understand customer problems and find best-fit solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in information technology/systems or sales or a related field.
• SPIN and / or Solution Selling certification(s) preferred.
• GCP certifications.

Some of our Benefits

NTT DATA is a Global and Australian Top Employer, and holds Family Friendly Workplace accreditation. We believe in bringing out the best in you by providing an environment and flexibility that enables you to thrive at work and at home.

As part of the NTT DATA family, here is a small sample of the benefits you will enjoy:

• Flexible and hybrid working 
• Leave options that allow you to contribute to your community, study, or just take time to recharge.
• A parental leave policy that supports parents and carers.
• Income protection insurance
• A comprehensive wellbeing program and associated benefits

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