Enterprise Client Executive - Bay Area

NetApp; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 287,000 - 372,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement or Pension Plans

Paid Time Off

Leave options

employee stock purchase plan

restricted stocks (RSU’s)

Job summary

NetApp is seeking a Client Executive to own territory strategy, relationships, and revenue in a remote Bay Area-based role. You will partner with Solutions Engineers, Channel Partners, and internal specialists to drive new business and expand existing accounts.

You will lead complex sales cycles, manage MEDDICC, and orchestrate resources to deliver customer value. This role rewards strategic thinking, forecasting, and ROI communication to executives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of quota-carrying sales experience.
• Experience selling NetApp technologies or adjacent solutions.
• Proven ability to generate new business including breaking into accounts, creating pipeline, and closing net-new opportunities.
• Strong experience working within a channel-driven sales model, building and leveraging VAR relationships to drive revenue.
• Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with Solutions Engineers, Partner Managers, and Specialists to win complex deals.
• Highly disciplined in forecasting, pipeline management, and deal execution.
• Strong business and financial acumen able to structure deals, build value propositions, and communicate ROI to executive stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the territory strategy, identifying whitespace, expanding existing accounts, and building a pipeline that supports consistent over-attainment.
• Develop deep relationships with customers, partners, and key stakeholders understanding business drivers, technical priorities, and decision processes.
• Partner closely with your Solutions Engineer to build, position, and deliver compelling solutions aligned to customer outcomes.
• Build and leverage strong relationships with channel partners (VARs) to create demand, expand reach, and accelerate deal execution.
• Lead complex sales cycles end-to-end, including discovery, qualification (MEDDICC), solution positioning, deal structuring, and closing.
• Maintain disciplined pipeline management and forecasting accuracy, with clear visibility into deal progression and risks.
• Drive both in-quarter execution and long-term account planning, balancing immediate results with multi-quarter growth strategy.
• Orchestrate internal resources including Partner Managers, Specialists, and Customer Success to deliver a seamless customer experience.

Skills

Quota-carrying sales

NetApp technologies

New business development

Channel partnerships

Forecasting & pipeline

Cross-functional collaboration

ROI presentations

Executive stakeholder communication

Tools

MEDDICC process

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. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

LOCATION

This is a remote position, however, candidates MUST be based in the greater San Francisco Bay Area to support customers and partners in the region. Candidates not located within the region will be automatically disqualified.

INTRODUCTION

The market has shifted. AI is accelerating. The key to AI success is intelligent data and the infrastructure to manage it. Customers are urgently rethinking how they modernize, secure, and unlock value from their data. NetApp is built for this exact moment, with a differentiated platform, deep enterprise credibility, and a clear strategy to win. Joining NetApp now means operating in a high-achievement environment where you are empowered to own every moment. Our culture is grounded in three principles: innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel as a team. These are more than words, they define how we show up, how we sell, and how we grow.

Job Summary

As a Client Executive at NetApp, you are the quarterback of the account. You own the strategy, the relationships, and the outcomes. You partner closely with Solutions Engineers, Channel Partners, and internal specialists to drive new business, expand existing accounts, and deliver measurable customer impact. This is a role for sellers who enjoy the hunt. You’ll inherit established customer relationships and existing business, but the opportunity is much bigger than what’s already there. Growth comes from identifying whitespace, creating new opportunities, expanding our footprint, and finding new ways to bring value into the account. If you’re energized by opening doors, building relationships, and turning opportunity into revenue, you’ll thrive here.

What You’ll Do

• Own and drive the territory strategy, identifying whitespace, expanding existing accounts, and building a pipeline that supports consistent over-attainment.
• Develop deep relationships with customers, partners, and key stakeholders understanding business drivers, technical priorities, and decision processes.
• Partner closely with your Solutions Engineer to build, position, and deliver compelling solutions aligned to customer outcomes.
• Build and leverage strong relationships with channel partners (VARs) to create demand, expand reach, and accelerate deal execution.
• Lead complex sales cycles end-to-end, including discovery, qualification (MEDDICC), solution positioning, deal structuring, and closing.
• Maintain disciplined pipeline management and forecasting accuracy, with clear visibility into deal progression and risks.
• Drive both in-quarter execution and long-term account planning, balancing immediate results with multi-quarter growth strategy.
• Orchestrate internal resources including Partner Managers, Specialists, and Customer Success to deliver a seamless customer experience.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of quota-carrying sales experience with a consistent track record of meeting or exceeding targets.
• Experience selling NetApp technologies or adjacent solutions across storage, data center, infrastructure, cloud, or data platforms.
• Proven ability to generate new business including breaking into accounts, creating pipeline, and closing net-new opportunities.
• Strong experience working within a channel-driven sales model, building and leveraging VAR relationships to drive revenue.
• Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with Solutions Engineers, Partner Managers, and Specialists to win complex deals.
• Highly disciplined in forecasting, pipeline management, and deal execution.
• Strong business and financial acumen able to structure deals, build value propositions, and communicate ROI to executive stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and business audiences.
• Deep understanding of enterprise sales cycles and how to navigate multiple stakeholders across IT, Finance, Procurement, and executive leadership.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment with accountability for results.

Compensation

The target salary range for this position is 287,300 - 371,800 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. The range is based on 'On Target Earnings’ (OTE) representing the total potential earnings, which is the sum of the base salary and potential commission earned when performance targets are achieved. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. These offerings are subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. We will provide detailed information about the specific benefits for your region during the recruitment process.

• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Retirement or Pension Plans
• Paid Time Off
• various Leave options
• employee stock purchase plan
• restricted stocks (RSU’s)

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 federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You’ll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision-making.