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The focus is on global accounts in the financial services and insurance sectors.\nDesign and present relevant Splunk and Cisco technical solutions based on identified business requirements to solve enterprise challenges.\nLead engagements with IT professionals and business decision-makers to translate strategic business needs into actionable technical requirements.\nGuide a virtual support team of sales resources to efficiently move deals through the technical sales process.\nCollaborate with account and connected sales teams on comprehensive customer plans to ensure joint customer success and satisfaction.\nWorking with Global Splunk and CIsco diverse teams.\nMaintain knowledge of the Splunk and Cisco portfolio to drive cross-selling and up-selling opportunities to create use-cases, and its alignment to customer challenges and objectives\nDevelop and maintain deep expertise of Splunk’s portfolio, use-cases, and its alignment to customer challenges and objectives\nProvide active feedback to Sales teams regarding strategic customer needs, market opportunities, and competitive tactics to inform product strategy.\nDedicate the majority of your selling time to landing new opportunities and growing our footprint within existing accounts.\nLead the technical relationship with customers and partners, maintaining deep knowledge of their environments and competitor plays to position our solutions effectively.\nLeverage relevant tools and resources to support deals and achieve key success metrics, including increased revenue and net new customer acquisition. and developing and executing Technical Account Plans, acting as the Splunk CTO for your customers\nWorking with Global Splunk and CIsco diverse teams.\nMinimum qualifications\n5+ years of experience in Solutions Engineering, or a related technical sales role within the enterprise software industry.\n5+ years relevant experience in cyber security and/or observability is highly desired.\nDemonstrated experience configuring, deploying, or selling Splunk software and platforms in a technical, engineering, or sales capacity.\nExperience leading technical sales cycles, including designing and presenting technical architectures to enterprise customers.\nExperience collaborating with account teams and virtual support teams in a B2B enterprise software environment.\nPreferred qualifications\nBachelor’s degree or commensurate experience\nOutstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively lead others in a highly-collaborative team environment\nRelevant industry or vendor certifications, such as Splunk Core Certified Power User, Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, or Cisco certifications are a plus.\nPractical experience with the Splunk platform or competing solutions is a plus.\nPrevious experience working directly with enterprise customers and partners within the Swiss market.\nExceptional presentation and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nStrong problem-solving abilities and a strategic mindset to navigate competitive sales environments.\nAvailable to travel up to 50% to visit prospects and customers across Switzerland and internationally if needed.\nFluent German (both written & spoken)\nWhy Cisco?\nAt Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. 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