Client Director – Strategic AI Infrastructure – U.S. West Coast region.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a Strategic AI Client Director within the assigned West Coast territory, driving adoption of DDN’s AI infrastructure solutions across enterprise and research organizations.
- Drive revenue growth and achieve or exceed assigned sales quota across the West Coast region.
- Develop and execute strategic territory and account plans targeting organizations building large‑scale AI and high‑performance computing environments.
- Identify and qualify new opportunities across industries including financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, technology, research institutions, and large enterprise organizations.
- Build trusted relationships with senior technical leaders, AI infrastructure teams, and executive decision‑makers within target accounts.
- Partner with solutions architects and engineering teams to design and present AI infrastructure and high‑performance data storage solutions.
- Deliver compelling presentations, product demonstrations, and proposals showcasing the value of DDN’s AI‑optimized storage platforms.
- Manage the full enterprise sales cycle including pipeline development, forecasting, contract negotiation, and deal closure.
- Develop strong relationships with channel partners, system integrators, OEM partners, and distributors to expand market reach.
- Stay current on market trends related to AI infrastructure, GPU computing, large‑scale model training, and high‑performance data environments.
- Represent DDN at industry events, conferences, and customer engagements to generate new opportunities and strengthen market presence.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
- 8+ years of experience in enterprise technology sales, preferably within storage, compute, networking, or infrastructure platforms.
- Demonstrated experience selling AI infrastructure, HPC solutions, cloud platforms, or enterprise data center technologies.
- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales quotas in enterprise technology environments.
- Experience managing complex enterprise sales cycles involving technical buyers and executive stakeholders.
- Ability to travel within the West Coast territory as needed.
Preferred Experience
- Experience selling AI infrastructure, GPU clusters, or high‑performance computing platforms.
- Familiarity with the AI ecosystem including technologies from NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, Cerebras, Graphcore, or Google TPU.
- Knowledge of enterprise storage technologies including SAN, NAS, object storage, and parallel file systems.
- Experience working with channel partners, system integrators, and distributor ecosystems.
- Familiarity with technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, and large‑scale AI data center environments.
Base Salary Range
$175,000 – $200,000.
Benefits
Role is eligible for variable compensation (commission). All other standard corporate benefits apply.
DataDirect Networks, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, sex stereotyping, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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