National Practice Manager - Networking

Data#3; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working

Vendor partnerships access

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Data#3 is seeking a National Practice Manager - Networking to lead the strategy, growth, and success of Australia’s Networking Practice across the country. You will shape the portfolio, drive vendor-aligned offerings, and ensure sales teams are empowered to win major opportunities.

This leadership role emphasizes customer outcomes, team development, and commercial excellence, with collaboration across sales, services, and vendor management to maximise business impact.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in technology sales, solutions, or practice leadership roles.
• Deep understanding of enterprise networking technologies, their customer value, and opinions on emerging technologies.
• Demonstrated success building strategic vendor relationships that deliver mutual growth.
• Commercial experience managing revenue targets, business planning, forecasting, and profitability.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Strategic mindset coupled with a hands-on approach to execution.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the strategy for Data#3’s Networking Practice.
• Drive growth across networking solutions, services, and vendor-aligned offerings.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with key customers and strategic vendors.
• Lead go-to-market initiatives, ensuring sales teams are enabled to position networking solutions.
• Connect emerging technologies with market opportunities to grow the practice portfolio.
• Own pipeline, forecasting, profitability and performance metrics.
• Lead, coach, and mentor networking specialists while fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.
• Work closely with sales, services, vendor management, and leadership teams to maximise business outcomes.

Job description

Lead the future of networking solutions across Australia.

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded National Practice Manager - Networking to lead the strategy, growth, and success of our Networking Practice. This is a national leadership role responsible for developing and executing practice strategy, driving vendor partnerships, enabling sales success, and growing a high‑performing specialist team.

This opportunity will suit a networking leader with deep industry expertise, strong commercial acumen and a passion for innovation, customer outcomes, and team leadership.

What you'll be doing

As the National Practice Manager, you will:

• Develop and execute the strategy for Data#3’s Networking Practice.
• Drive growth across networking solutions, services, and vendor-aligned offerings.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with key customers and strategic vendors.
• Lead go-to-market initiatives, ensuring sales teams are enabled to successfully position networking solutions.
• Connect emerging technologies with market opportunities to continuously grow and evolve the practice portfolio.
• Own pipeline, forecasting, profitability and performance metrics.
• Lead, coach, and mentor networking specialists while fostering a collaborative and high‑performing culture.
• Work closely with sales, services, vendor management, and leadership teams to maximise business outcomes.

About you

You are an accomplished technology leader with a strong background in industry leading networking and related solutions.

You'll bring:

• Extensive experience in technology sales, solutions, or practice leadership roles.
• Deep understanding of enterprise networking technologies, their customer value, and considered opinions regarding the impact of emerging technologies on systems integrators and managed services providers.
• Demonstrated success building strategic vendor relationships that deliver both mutual and profitable growth.
• Commercial experience managing revenue targets, business planning, forecasting, and profitability.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• A strategic mindset coupled with a hands‑on approach to execution.

Why join Data#3?

At Data#3, our people are our greatest asset. You'll join an award‑winning ASX‑listed organisation where innovation, collaboration, and customer success are at the heart of everything we do.

We offer:

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Access to industry‑leading vendor partnerships.
• A collaborative, supportive, and inclusive culture.
• The opportunity to shape the future direction of a nationally significant practice.