CloudOps Sales Specialist (f/m/d)

As a CloudOps Sales Specialist, you drive long-term growth in a strategic geographic area by selling hybrid cloud management solutions and AI-driven operations. You will partner with HPE sales teams to expand market share and build a strong pipeline for complex, referenceable deployments. The role combines deep domain know-how with consultative selling to executive-level customers and key accounts. You will influence outcomes by shaping solutions across edge to cloud, Observability, and automation domains. This is a hybrid role with office days in Germany.

• competitive salary and extensive benefits package (pension, insurances, company car, bike and leasing)
• flexible working time and hybrid workplace model
• 30 vacation days and Wellness-Fridays
• up to six months paid parental leave
• support for education, training, and career development
• diverse and dynamic work environment

• Develop and expand the long-term sales pipeline to increase HPE's market share in the specialized area
• Identify and advance opportunities by leveraging domain expertise and cross-portfolio knowledge
• Support Account Managers and steer business development directions
• Create and grow reference customers and sell complex solutions on a partnership basis
• Potentially dedicate focus to strategic accounts and manage smaller outsourcing deals with services
• Grow contractual renewals for large, complex accounts and improve total contract value
• Establish senior-level client relationships (including C-suite) to understand business needs and align solutions
• Maintain broad market and competitor knowledge to build credibility with customer executives
• Contribute to enduring executive relationships that showcase HPE's consultative professionalism
• Keep up-to-date on IT trends, budgets, objectives, and metrics across clients

• University or Bachelor's degree; advanced degree (MBA) preferred
• 12+ years of related sales experience with a track record of quota attainment
• Direct, diverse selling experience across multiple responsibilities
• Experience selling VMware or other hypervisors; public cloud knowledge a benefit
• Experience selling monitoring and observability solutions desirable
• Project management skills
• Fluency in German and English
• Strong alignment with partner-centric, consultative selling and cross-portfolio knowledge

• Partnering
• Innovating
• Delivery-focused mindset
• VMware or other hypervisors
• Public cloud experience
• Monitoring and observability solutions