Domain Sales Leader: Core Network & Cloud Transformation

Ericsson; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson Domain Sales Manager CNM WSA in Midrand, South Africa, leads growth across Core Network, Cloud Infrastructure, and Network Management for West and Southern Africa. The role blends telecom expertise with strategic sales and executive engagement to position Ericsson as a transformation partner for leading operators.

The successful candidate will translate technology trends into business value, manage CXO relationships, and drive revenue through consultative selling and tailored solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree as listed in the required qualifications.
• Significant experience in telecommunications sales, business development, solution sales, or domain consulting.
• Strong expertise in Core Network technologies and Network Management solutions.
• Deep understanding of telecom cloud infrastructure, digital transformation, and network modernization strategies.
• Experience influencing customer technology strategies and executive-level decision-making processes.
• Proven track record in consultative sales and business development within telecommunications environments.
• Strong commercial, financial, and business case development skills.
• Ability to articulate complex technical solutions in business-focused language.
• Experience managing strategic customer relationships at CXO and senior leadership levels.
• Strong understanding of telecom operator business models, network evolution, and service transformation.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Drive Core Network, Cloud Infrastructure, and Network Management business growth across West and Southern Africa.
• Influence customer vision, strategy, and technology roadmaps within the Core Network and Network Management domains.
• Position Ericsson as a trusted strategic partner through proactive customer engagement and consultative selling.
• Develop and execute domain-specific sales strategies aligned with regional growth objectives.
• Lead business development initiatives and identify new sales opportunities across telecom operators and enterprise customers.
• Translate emerging telecom technology trends into compelling customer value propositions.
• Build and maintain strong executive-level relationships with customer stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Drive Strategy-to-Win (S2W) activities and support country-specific business growth initiatives.
• Develop and manage the sales funnel and pipeline for Domain Digital Services (DGS) opportunities.
• Support proposal development, commercial negotiations, and solution positioning activities.
• Collaborate with solution architects, delivery teams, and business units to develop winning customer solutions.
• Own and support CSS financial plans, growth targets, quarterly business objectives, and Order Book (OB) commitments.

Skills

telecommunications sales

business development

solution sales

domain consulting

Core Network technologies

Network Management solutions

telecom cloud infrastructure

digital transformation

network modernization

executive-level engagement

consultative sales

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications, Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

Job description

Ericsson Domain Sales Manager CNM WSA in Midrand, South Africa, leads growth across Core Network, Cloud Infrastructure, and Network Management for West and Southern Africa. The role blends telecom expertise with strategic sales and executive engagement to position Ericsson as a transformation partner for leading operators.

The successful candidate will translate technology trends into business value, manage CXO relationships, and drive revenue through consultative selling and tailored solutions.