Senior Client Executive

NetApp; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Singapore seeks an experienced sales manager to drive engagements with large enterprises and government accounts. The successful candidate will develop sales strategies, manage customer relationships, and exceed revenue targets. With a background in enterprise sales and a deep understanding of IT solutions, this role demands strong communication and negotiation skills. The company promotes a hybrid working environment and offers comprehensive benefits including volunteer time off and educational support.

Benefits

Paid volunteer time off

Comprehensive health care

Educational assistance

Qualifications

• 8+ years of proven enterprise sales experience.
• Ability to engage senior decision makers effectively.
• Experience with storage, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Skilled in navigating complex sales cycles.
• Exceptional negotiation and strategic selling capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage and drive sales engagements for large enterprises.
• Develop and execute a business development strategy.
• Exceed sales targets and secure new customers.
• Build strong customer relationships and act as a trusted advisor.
• Collaborate with internal teams to create opportunities.

Skills

Enterprise sales experience

Strong commercial acumen

Deep expertise in enterprise IT

Exceptional communication skills

Negotiation skills

Job description

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins.

Job Summary

In this key role, you will manage and drive sales engagements for large enterprises and WA Government accounts, working closely with NetApp's strategic partners in your assigned territory. Your focus will be to develop and implement a comprehensive sales strategy including territory, account, and opportunity plans to drive enterprise-wide adoption of NetApp's products and services. You will be responsible for meeting and exceeding quarterly and annual revenue targets while ensuring all sales and delivery activities are executed efficiently and effectively.

You will cultivate and strengthen executive relationships with key buyers and influencers, leveraging these connections throughout the sales process to secure bids, proposals, RFIs/RFPs, and Statements of Work. Ultimately, you will negotiate with clients to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes, fostering strong, long-term, value-driven partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a business development strategy aligned with NetApp's global vision to drive long-term customer engagement.
• Consistently exceed sales targets by expanding NetApp's footprint across government accounts, securing new customers and workloads.
• Manage the full sales cycle, identify, qualify, and close high-value opportunities, with accurate pipeline and revenue forecasting.
• Use industry insights to position NetApp as a strategic partner aligned with customer goals.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships, acting as a trusted advisor to drive adoption and long-term value.
• Stay across industry trends, customer challenges, and the competitive landscape to maintain market leadership.
• Maintain structured accounts and opportunity plans to support sustained business growth.
• Collaborate with internal teams, strategic partners, and distributors to create and convert opportunities.

Critical Skills For Successful Candidate

• Proven enterprise sales experience (8+ years) with a track record of closing and expanding large enterprise and government accounts uncovering new opportunities and driving business outcomes.
• Strong commercial acumen and executive presenceable to engage senior decision makers with insights that reshape thinking and influence direction.
• Deep expertise in enterprise IT, including storage, cloud, and hybrid environments, with the ability to clearly articulate complex solutions and reframe customer perspectives.
• Skilled in navigating complex sales cycles, balancing strategic planning with execution urgency to consistently deliver results.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and strategic selling skillsable to anticipate objections, adapt quickly, and keep momentum in the room.
• A persuasive, results-driven leader who influences stakeholders, creates urgency, and drives alignment across teams.
• Proactive and collaborativebuilds trust with customers and internal teams while challenging assumptions and guiding toward long-term value

Personal characteristics

• Results-driven, with a proven ability to work under pressure, exceed sales targets, and drive revenue growth.
• Highly competitive and self-motivated, with a hunter mentality that thrives in a fast-paced, ever-evolving technology environment.
• Action-oriented and strategic, with the ability to navigate complex sales cycles, influence stakeholders, and close high-value deals.
• An exceptional communicator and relationship builder, confident in engaging C-level executives and key decision makers.
• Curious and inquisitive, with the ability to translate complex technical solutions into compelling business value for clients.
• Independent yet highly collaborative, committed to delivering exceptional customer experiences and tailored solutions that align with business needs.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, and any protected classification.

Why NetApp

We are all about helping customers turn challenges into business opportunity. It starts with bringing new thinking to age-old problems, like how to use data most effectively to run better - but also to innovate. We tailor our approach to the customer's unique needs with a combination of fresh thinking and proven approaches.

We enable a healthy work-life balance. Our volunteer time off program is best in class, offering employees 40 hours of paid time off each year to volunteer with their favourite organizations. We provide comprehensive benefits, including health care, life and accident plans, emotional support resources for you and your family, legal services, and financial savings programs to help you plan for your future. We support professional and personal growth through educational assistance and provide access to various discounts and perks to enhance your overall quality of life.

If you want to help us build knowledge and solve big problems, let's talk.