HPC&AI Sales Specialist

HPC&AI Sales Specialist

  

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Job Description:

   

Job Family & Management Level Definition

As an HPC & AI Sales Specialist, you are a product and solution expert responsible for leading high-value sales pursuits within the high-performance computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure market. You will collaborate with Account Managers, leverage specialized knowledge to build a robust pipeline, and drive strategic campaigns from prospecting to closing.

Operating at an advanced management level, you will apply deep subject matter expertise to solve complex technical and business challenges. You will exercise significant independent judgment to navigate multi-million-dollar GPU cluster opportunities, represent the organization to C-level executives, and guide internal cross-functional project teams to victory.

Responsibilities

• Drive HPC & AI Pipeline & Sales Pursuit: Create, expand, and drive a proactive sales pipeline for HPC & AI solution portfolios—including NVIDIA & AMD high-performance GPUs, NVIDIA/AMD/Intel CPU cluster servers, AI networks (InfiniBand/High-speed Ethernet), and high-performance storage.
• Consultative Selling & C-Level Engagement: Establish professional, working, and consultative relationships with clients up to the C-level for major accounts by thoroughly understanding their unique business needs, GenAI/LLM workloads, and advanced computing challenges.
• Target Segment Focus: Lead and manage key strategic deals across assigned target customer segments:
  • Enterprise: Major manufacturing companies and telecommunication providers (Telcos).
  • Public: Top-tier national research institutes and academic supercomputing centers.
• Strategic Positioning against Competitors: Maintain an in-depth understanding of the competitive landscape (e.g., alternative GPU/server vendors, CSP options) to strategically position our high-density AI infrastructure and change the playing field.
• Account Team Collaboration: Provide specialized business development and solution expertise to Account Managers, ensuring seamless integration of specialist sales with broader account activities.
• Partner & Alliance Ecosystem Leverage: Invest time working with and leveraging key external partners (including NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and domestic Top-tier SI/distributor partners) to maximize win rates and deliver complex turnkey solutions.
• Quota Alignment & Forecast Management: Develop and meet quarterly/annual quota objectives for the defined product category and accurately forecast business pipeline within internal CRM systems.

Education and Experience Required

• Education: University or Bachelor's degree (Degrees in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Data Science, or related STEM fields are highly preferred, but equivalent advanced IT sales experience will be fully valued).
• Overall Experience: Typically 10 to 15+ years of advanced IT infrastructure sales experience (with a demonstrated track record of achieving progressively higher quotas and managing diverse enterprise/public customers).
• (Preferred) Specialized Experience: 2 to 3+ years of dedicated product sales experience in the HPC and AI infrastructure space (e.g., GPU servers, high-density cluster systems, large-scale data center infrastructure solutions).
• Proven Track Record: Experience driving large-scale infrastructure bidding processes, dealing with complex public Procurement/RFP processes, or closing multi-million-dollar enterprise deals.
• Project Management Skills: Required to coordinate cross-functional supporting sales activities, technical pre-sales, and vendor-side pricing approval desks.

Knowledge and Skills

• HPC & AI Domain Expertise: Regarded as a subject matter expert with deep knowledge of next-generation accelerator architectures (NVIDIA/AMD), high-density cluster setups, and advanced interconnect technologies.
• Market & Industry Acumen: Thoroughly understands the industry trends, macroeconomic trends, and market segments of key manufacturing, Telco, and research sectors in Korea.
• Deal Orchestration & Leadership: Demonstrates proactive leadership and initiative in successfully driving specialty sales in shared accounts—expertly managing prospecting, technical scoping, pricing negotiations, and closing.
• Complex Solution Selling: Ability to integrate hardware, high-value software stacks, and professional implementation services into a comprehensive strategic offer.
• Global Collaboration & Communication: Excellent professional working relationship-building skills, with the English proficiency required to smoothly navigate regional/global approvals (APAC/HQ) and training programs.
• CRM Expertise & Forecasting: Competent in utilization of sales forecasting tools (such as Salesforce) to expertly and accurately manage pipeline visibility.

#LI-Hybrid

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Assertiveness, Bias, Building Rapport, Buyer Personas, Coaching, Complex Sales, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience Strategy, Customer Interactions, Design Thinking, Empathy, Financial Acumen, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Industry Knowledge, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 6 more}

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.

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#highperformancecompute, #sales

Job:

Sales

Job Level:

Expert

    

    

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