Cloud Sales Area Leader

hpe; Albenga; Remote; EUR 161,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Cloud Sales Area Leader to drive strategic growth with hyperscaler accounts. You will lead a global team of Cloud Account Managers, build executive relationships, and shape long-term sales strategies across AI infrastructure, data centers, and hybrid cloud initiatives.

This role emphasizes forecasting discipline, cross-functional collaboration, and multi-year planning to expand market share and accelerate revenue growth in a remote/work-from-home model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of enterprise technology sales experience, including cloud, infrastructure, or AI.
• Sales leadership experience managing strategic or global account teams.
• Proven success selling to hyperscale cloud providers.
• Experience forecasting, territory planning, and pipeline management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the hyperscaler sales strategy for major cloud provider accounts.
• Lead a team of Cloud Account Managers focusing on strategic hyperscaler accounts.
• Set performance expectations, objectives, and development plans for the team.
• Conduct pipeline reviews, forecasting, and account planning activities.
• Recruit and retain top cloud sales talent and build a high-performance culture.
• Identify opportunities across cloud infrastructure, AI, networking, storage, and data center.
• Build multi-year account plans aligned to customer priorities and roadmaps.
• Lead complex negotiations with executive stakeholders and establish trusted advisor relationships.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Finance to drive outcomes.
• Coordinate global resources and influence product roadmap with customer feedback.

Skills

Cloud sales leadership

Enterprise sales

Executive relationships

Forecasting

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering/CS

Job description

Cloud Sales Area Leader

This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.

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:

The Cloud Sales Leader, Hyperscaler Accounts will lead a team of Cloud Account Managers responsible for driving strategic growth and revenue across major hyperscale cloud providers. This leader will develop and execute the hyperscaler sales strategy, build executive-level customer relationships, and create a high-performing sales organization focused on accelerating growth, expanding market share, and driving long-term strategic partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the sales strategy for major hyperscale cloud provider accounts.

• Drive revenue growth, market share expansion, and strategic account penetration across assigned hyperscaler customers.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Cloud Account Managers focused on strategic hyperscaler accounts.

• Set clear performance expectations, sales objectives, account strategies, and professional development plans for the team.

• Conduct regular pipeline reviews, deal inspections, forecasting sessions, and account planning activities.

• Recruit, onboard, and retain top cloud sales talent while building a high-performance, accountable sales culture.

• Identify and pursue new opportunities across cloud infrastructure, AI infrastructure, networking, storage, security, data center, and hybrid cloud initiatives.

• Build multi-year account plans aligned to customer investment priorities, technology roadmaps, and business objectives.

• Lead complex negotiations and large-scale commercial agreements with executive‑level customer stakeholders.

• Establish trusted advisor relationships with senior executives and technical decision‑makers within hyperscaler organizations.

• Engage with cloud infrastructure, networking, AI, data center, procurement, and business leadership teams.

• Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Alliances, Operations, and Finance teams to drive successful customer outcomes.

• Coordinate global account resources to support strategic programs and large‑scale deployments.

• Influence product roadmap decisions by bringing customer requirements, competitive insights, and market trends back into the organization.

• Leverage cloud marketplace programs, co‑sell initiatives, and joint go‑to‑market opportunities.

• Maintain disciplined forecasting, pipeline management, business review, and executive reporting processes.

• Establish measurable KPIs tied to revenue growth, account expansion, customer satisfaction, forecast accuracy, and strategic business objectives.

• Serve as an escalation point for critical customer initiatives, complex sales opportunities, and strategic pursuits.

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

• 10+ years of enterprise technology sales experience, including experience selling into cloud, infrastructure, networking, data center, AI, or platform environments.

• Sales leadership experience managing strategic, enterprise, or global account teams.

• Demonstrated success selling into major hyperscale cloud providers.

• Experience managing forecasting, territory planning, quota attainment, pipeline inspection, and performance management processes.

• Proven ability to hire, coach, develop, and retain high‑performing sales professionals.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, data center technologies, networking, AI infrastructure, security, storage, and hybrid cloud architectures.

• Strong executive presence with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence senior customer stakeholders.

• Deep knowledge of enterprise sales processes, strategic account planning, complex deal management, and sales forecasting.

• Ability to lead through influence in a highly matrixed, global organization.

• Strong business acumen, negotiation skills, communication skills, and commercial judgment.

• Ability to translate customer requirements and market trends into actionable sales strategies and product feedback.

• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, performance management, talent development, and succession planning.

• Experience with cloud marketplace programs, cloud consumption models, co‑sell programs, and partner‑led growth strategies preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience working for or selling directly into a hyperscaler, cloud provider, or large‑scale cloud infrastructure organization.

• Experience managing Cloud Account Managers, Strategic Account Managers, Global Account Managers, or similar enterprise sales professionals.

• Knowledge of AI infrastructure, cloud networking, data center modernization, hybrid cloud solutions, and as‑a‑service business models.

• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

• Experience managing global accounts and international business relationships.

Scope and Impact

• Leads a sales organization responsible for strategic engagement with major hyperscale cloud provider accounts.

• Accountable for revenue growth, pipeline development, account penetration, forecast accuracy, and customer executive engagement across assigned accounts.

• Influences strategy, product direction, go‑to‑market investments, and cross‑functional execution supporting hyperscaler growth.

• Provides leadership, coaching, and direction to Cloud Account Managers and extended account teams.

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.

Job:

Sales

Job Level:

Director

This 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.
– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 305,000 - 652,000 in California
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 50%/50%.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.