Presales Consulting Manger, Networking

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Calgary; On-site; CAD 218,000 - 404,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Canada seeks a Presales Consulting Manager to lead a high-performing Systems Engineering team supporting one of HPE Networking’s strategic customers. You will shape technical sales strategy, mentor engineers, and partner with account leadership to accelerate growth and deepen executive engagement.

You will guide multi-domain networking, security, cloud, and AI-driven infrastructure initiatives, drive solution-selling, and ensure delivery excellence across a

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in networking, telecommunications, infrastructure, or cloud technologies.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing Systems Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or Presales teams.
• Proven success supporting large telecommunications providers and distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Systems Engineering organization with deep networking expertise.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and technical growth.
• Develop succession plans and career growth opportunities for top talent.
• Partner with Account Executives to drive revenue growth and strategic customer engagements.

Skills

Leadership

Executive presence

Strategic thinking

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

This position is for an existing vacancy.

As the Presales Consulting Manger, you will lead a team of high-performing Sales Engineers responsible for supporting one of HPE Networking's most strategic customers. This leadership role is accountable for driving technical sales strategy, developing world-class presales talent, and partnering closely with account leadership to accelerate business growth and strengthen executive-level customer relationships.

The successful candidate will combine deep networking and telecommunications expertise with exceptional leadership, business acumen, and customer engagement skills. You will serve as the senior technical leader, ensuring our systems engineering team delivers differentiated customer outcomes through innovative networking, security, AI-driven networking, cloud, and infrastructure solutions.

Working closely with Sales Leadership, Product Management, Services, Channel Partners, and Executive Stakeholders, you will develop and execute technical account strategies, support large and complex opportunities, and foster a high-performance culture that enables growth and customer success.

This role requires the ability to effectively engage customer executives, influence strategic technology decisions, and lead a geographically distributed team through complex sales cycles and transformational initiatives.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead a talented Systems Engineering organization with deep expertise across networking domains.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and continuous technical growth.
• Model HPE Bold Goals leadership behaviors—Think Big, Win as a Team, Act with Urgency, and Innovate & Transform.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain top technical talent while developing succession plans and career growth opportunities.
• Establish team goals and performance metrics aligned with regional and corporate objectives.

Customer & Business Leadership

• Serve as the senior technical leader and trusted advisor for service providers.
• Develop executive-level relationships with customer technology and business stakeholders.
• Partner with Account Executives and Sales Leadership to create and execute account strategies that drive revenue growth and market share expansion.
• Provide strategic guidance on networking, security, cloud, AI, automation, and infrastructure initiatives.
• Support executive briefings, customer workshops, and strategic planning sessions.

Presales & Technical Strategy

• Lead technical sales engagements for complex, multi-domain networking and infrastructure opportunities.
• Guide solution architecture, technical validation, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and competitive positioning efforts.
• Ensure technical resources are aligned to priority opportunities and customer objectives.
• Drive solution-selling methodologies that connect technical capabilities to measurable business outcomes.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to address customer requirements and influence product direction.

Operational Excellence

• Manage technical opportunity pipelines, forecasting activities, and resource planning.
• Improve SE productivity, coverage, and technical program consistency across the Area.
• Align resources to high‑value opportunities and ensure predictable, high‑quality execution.
• Support HPE’s Operate Efficiently goals by simplifying processes and scaling best practices.
• Drive consistency and operational rigor across the systems engineering organization.
• Monitor competitive activity and market trends within the telecommunications industry.
• Partner with channel organizations and strategic partners to expand market opportunities and customer engagement.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of experience in networking, telecommunications, infrastructure, or cloud technologies.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing Systems Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or Presales organizations.
• Demonstrated success supporting large telecommunications providers, preferably service providers or comparable Tier 1 service providers.
• Experience leading geographically distributed technical teams.
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and participate in strategic customer engagements.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking, telecom architectures, cloud networking, security, automation, and AI-driven infrastructure solutions.
• Proven track record of supporting large-scale, complex sales opportunities and driving business results.
• University or Bachelor's degree, advanced university or Master's degree preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Juniper networking technologies and carrier-class networking environments.
• Experience with service provider architectures, WAN, routing, switching, SD-WAN, security, and network automation.
• Deep expertise in service provider networking (MPLS, Segment Routing, BGP, IS-IS, etc.), data center networking (EVPN/VXLAN, leaf‑spine), and campus & branch networking.
• Knowledge of AI-powered networking and cloud-native network operations.
• Experience working within matrixed global organizations.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic leadership and executive presence
• Customer-first mindset
• Talent development and coaching
• Cross-functional collaboration and influence
• Business and financial acumen
• Innovation and transformational thinking
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Results-oriented execution

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job

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Job Level

Manager_2

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.

– Canada: Annual Salary CAD 218,000 - 404,000 // 218,000 - 404,000 in Ontario

This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 75%/25%.

L’échelle salariale prévue pour un nouvel embauché basé au Canada occupant ce poste est indiquée ci-desus. L'offre peut varier dans cette échelle en fonction de l'emplacement géographique, de l'expérience professionnelle, de et/ou du niveau des compétences. S'il s'agit d'un rôle de vente, l'échelle salariale indiquée reflète le salaire de base combiné à la rémunération des ventes ciblées. S'il s'agit d'un rôle non commercial, l'échelle salariale indiquée reflète uniquement le salaire de base. Des incitations variables peuvent également être proposées.

Information about employee benefits offered in Canada can be found at https://myhperewards.com/pdf/hpe-recruit-brochure-can.pdf

Des informations sur les avantages sociaux offerts sont disponibles sur https://myhperewards.com/pdf/hpe-recruit-brochure-can-fr.pdf

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