Director, Pre-Sales Solutions Engineering – Automotive

Pure Storage

full-time

Posted on: 9/1/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $186,000 - $249,000 per year

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About the role

Pure Storage seeking an operationally sound, accomplished, and highly motivated Client Solutions Director to lead strategy and execution for technical sales in automotive global accounts.
Hybrid 'working' Strategic Solutions Director performing strategic pre-sales activities and guiding systems engineers; provides primary pre-sales coverage for one or more strategic accounts.
Set executive technical strategy and direction for global accounts, align with organizational goals and financial targets.
Lead and develop a high-performance technical pre-sales team and mentor systems engineers.
Drive operational excellence through data-driven analysis of pipeline and provide technical details to sales forecasting.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Principal Engineers, Field Solutions Architects, and Customer Success.
Provide change management, executive communication, risk management, and act as client advocate to ensure customer needs are met.

Proven leader of direct and globally matrixed teams; demonstrating 5+ successful years of global field technical leadership.
Advanced skill set and experience delivering world class technical solutions for the financial services industry.
Experience supporting large Financial Services accounts, with a proven track record of delivering enterprise solutions that deliver against business outcomes for closing Global Enterprise customers.
In-depth technical knowledge of Pure’s portfolio with the ability to take a holistic approach to create business solutions for customers.
Credibility, savvy, and influence to both understand and scale up and down a customer's organization.
Ability to adeptly navigate around a global account and quickly understand the internal dynamics.
Proven success at effectively alternating between player and coach to drive results.