Migration & Modernization Business Development Manager

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Job Summary:

Net App is helping organizations modernize their data infrastructure across hybrid and multi-cloud environments while maintaining control, security, governance, and flexibility. As organizations navigate cloud migrations, data center modernization, regulatory requirements, virtualization changes, and infrastructure refresh cycles, there is a significant opportunity for Net App to engage earlier in transformation decisions. The Migration & Modernization Business Development Manager is responsible for creating demand, generating qualified pipeline, and accelerating growth across EMEA/LATAM.

This is a highly strategic business development role focused on identifying market opportunities, engaging customers and partners, and driving measurable pipeline and bookings growth. Success will be measured by pipeline creation, opportunity progression, and business impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Drive Pipeline Growth Own the Migration & Modernization pipeline generation strategy across EMEA/LATAM. Identify and prioritize target accounts based on modernization triggers such as infrastructure refreshes, end-of-life technologies, cloud migrations, virtualization changes, regulatory initiatives, and data center transformation projects. Work with Sales, Marketing, and Partners to execute campaigns, workshops, executive engagements, and assessments that generate qualified opportunities. Develop executive-level relationships and engage directly with customers to uncover and qualify opportunities.

Accelerate Business Growth Expand opportunities within the existing customer base through modernization and cloud transformation initiatives. Drive net-new business through migration events, competitive displacement opportunities, and infrastructure transformation programs. Identify growth areas, improve conversion rates, and help scale repeatable demand-generation motions. Develop Go-to-Market Plays Create and refine migration and modernization value propositions focused on hybrid cloud, data center modernization, workload mobility, virtualization transformation, sovereignty, compliance, and consumption-based models.

Build repeatable programs that provide account targeting, customer messaging, business value frameworks, competitive positioning, and pipeline generation activities. Enable the Field Equip Client Executives, Systems Engineers, and Partner teams with the tools, messaging, and frameworks needed to identify and qualify modernization opportunities. Support strategic opportunities through executive engagement, business case development, and competitive positioning. Partner & Ecosystem Engagement Build joint migration and modernization programs with hyperscalers, systems integrators, managed service providers, cloud providers, and other strategic partners.

Drive partner-sourced pipeline through joint customer engagements and migration initiatives. What Success Looks Like Consistent creation of net-new, self-sourced Migration & Modernization pipeline. Growth in bookings and opportunity conversion rates. Increased partner-sourced opportunities and customer expansion initiatives. Greater adoption of modernization plays across Sales and technical teams. Increased engagement earlier in customer transformation decisions.

Job Requirements:

Required 8 years of experience in Business Development, Strategic Sales, Go-to-Market, Cloud Transformation, or Infrastructure Modernization. Proven track record of generating pipeline and influencing revenue growth within…