Sr Secure Networking Sales Specialist

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As a Senior Networking Technology Sales Specialist at NTT DATA, you will use your expertise to pursue and secure qualified leads, working closely with our Client Management team and other departments. You are also responsible for generating your own pipeline and opportunities within your assigned client base. You will identify new opportunities within existing accounts and present tailored solutions that meet client needs, showcasing our value propositions and innovative revenue models.

In this role, you will spend a significant amount of time directly engaging with clients at various levels within their organizations, as well as collaborating with our internal subject matter experts. You’ll contribute to the pre‑sales process by working with pre‑sales architects to create optimal solutions while also building strong, lasting relationships with clients.

Your deep knowledge of networking technology will support the closure of sales. You’ll address any conceptual challenges during the sales process and consistently bring meaningful conversations to the table. By keeping an eye on the competitive landscape, you will help define and execute sales strategies that not only meet but exceed market demands.

Working with technology vendors, you will ensure a thorough understanding of their solutions and how they contribute to our offerings. You will articulate client solutions that focus on deliverables rather than products, preparing and conducting engaging workshops and presentations. By understanding our clients’ business goals, you will personalize recommendations and drive sales processes smoothly to closure.

• Proven success in achieving and exceeding sales and financial goals
• Excellent ability to deliver engaging sales presentations
• Proficiency in a team‑selling approach to maximize opportunities
• Thorough knowledge of competitors and the ability to employ successful sales strategies
• Advanced negotiation skills to craft beneficial solutions for customers, partners, and the organization
• Extensive sales experience in a technology or services environment, especially in IT Managed Services
• Strong skills in building and nurturing meaningful customer relationships up to the senior leadership level
• Ability to define and execute sales strategies with a client‑centric approach
• Flexibility to adapt to new missions or urgent deadlines quickly
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology/systems, sales, or a related field
• Industry/Vendor sales certifications required

• Assert subject matter expertise in the Secure Networking technology domain
• Support the closure of sales based on technology domain knowledge
• Address the technology conceptual challenges during the sales process
• Assert a high level of relevant product and service knowledge to have meaningful conversations with potential and existing clients
• Maintain awareness of the competitive landscape, market pricing, and strategy and how to penetrate a new market
• Contribute 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
• Co‑own the client relationship and continuously build a professional relationship within assigned accounts
• Work with relevant technology vendors and ensure a deep understanding of their solutions and how they can contribute to our own solutions set
• Engage and interact with clients to uncover and understand client business goals
• Articulate the solution/deliverables that the client requires, as opposed to the products that they need to buy
• Prepare and conduct client workshops and presentations and establish relationships with multiple client stakeholders and secure deals with clients to achieve assigned sales quotas and targets
• Use understanding of the client’s business…