Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you.
- Work as a team for the most efficient use and deployment of resources. Provide timely and input back to other functions
- Responsible for forecasting, keeps management informed in a timely fashion, be up to date on competitor activity, and gives feedback to marketing.
- Track customer activity in internal systems in order to implement sales strategy and identify additional opportunities.
- Understand and help identify the Observability landscape within accounts and collaborate with account teams and Global Strategists to develop positioning tactics.
- Provide customer demos and/or product training
Qualifications
- 5-10 years of experience in a customer-facing role in enterprise/SaaS software environment
- Prior Observability Solutions consulting selling
- Practitioner expertise with IT Operations, Observability capabilities is a plus
- Demonstrate deep understanding of industry & competitive trends in the one or more of the IT Operations or observability markets.
- Strong executive presence and communication. Proven to be able to hold strategic and executive relationships with key persona in Observability domains.
- Strong ability to analyze sales trends as well as market and competitive activity/insights to synthesize strategies to grow sales, customer success or create solution cross-sell or up-sell motions.
- Adept at developing solution focused business plans for sales scaling, sales campaigns, new product introduction (NPI) and/or advisory programs.
- Familiarity with & comfortable using value based selling tools, account-targeting strategies, and methods to drive & lead sales motions, knowledge of MEDDIC or challenger methodologies is a plus.
- Some travel will be required (20%)
Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer: At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Note:
OTE Range
For sales roles starting salaries are expressed as On Target Earnings or OTE (OTE = base + on-target incentives in the form of sales commission plans).
Australia
On Target Earnings: AUD 264,000.00 - 363,000.00 per year
Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the On Target Earnings (OTE) range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the OTE will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to OTE, this role may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.
Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, wellbeing expense reimbursement, and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.
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