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Cloud Regional Sales Manager - West

Weka.IO

Weka.IO

Sales & Business Development
Seattle, WA, USA
Posted on Jul 18, 2024

WEKA is architecting a new approach to the enterprise data stack built for the AI era. The WEKA® Data Platform sets the standard for AI infrastructure with a cloud-native AI solution that can be deployed anywhere. It transforms legacy data silos into data pipelines that make GPUs, AI, and other performance-intensive workloads run 20x faster, work more efficiently, and consume less energy.

WEKA is a pre-IPO, growth-stage company on a hyper-growth trajectory. We’ve raised $375M in capital with dozens of world-class venture capital and strategic investors. We help the world’s most innovative enterprises and research organizations, including 12 of the Fortune 50, reach discoveries, insights, and outcomes faster and more sustainably.

We’re passionate about helping our customers overcome complex data challenges to accelerate their innovation and help grow their businesses. If you share our passion, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.


What’s Cool About This Job

As a WEKA Cloud Representative, you will be the face of our cloud solutions, engaging with potential clients, understanding their unique needs, and demonstrating how WEKA’s cloud-native storage platform can address their challenges. You will play a crucial role in expanding our customer base and fostering long-term relationships with clients.

Bring Your Expertise – and Your Passion

You have a deep understanding of AWS and it’s ecosystem

You have relationships with customers and focus partners across the West

You have experience building out new territories

You have a passion for winning and are results-driven

You have an ability to influence others to achieve results

Responsibilities include:

  • Sell WEKA on AWS via Marketplace
  • Demonstrate a deep understanding of WEKA and the value to our customers
  • Develop and execute against a strategic plan to create sales pipeline while acquiring new logos and maintaining positive ongoing relationships with customers
  • Accelerate customer adoption through education and engagement
  • Work with strategic and VAR partners to cultivate and manage joint selling opportunities
  • Collaborate on and improve all aspects of the sales cycle, including product, support, and sales engineering
  • Interface at many levels of WEKA senior management

Desired Qualifications

  • 10+ years of IT Sales experience
  • Passion and desire to work in a fast paced startup culture directly impacting the growth of the company
  • Proven track record of effective selling through the marketplace
  • Knowledge and experience in the AWS ecosystem
  • 2+ years of field engagement with the AWS teams
  • Knowledge of GCP, Azure, OCI operating models a plus
  • Ability to drive Enablement and Alignment with the AWS teams
  • Superb written and verbal communications skills
  • Bachelors Degree preferred

USA Residents Only: The OTE hiring wage range for this position which the Company reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position in the specified geographic areas or locations, is $290,000-320,000. Final compensation will be dependent on various factors relevant to the position and candidate such as geographical location, candidate qualifications, certifications, relevant job-related work experience, education, skillset and other relevant business and organizational factors, consistent with applicable law. In addition, the position may include some of the following comprehensive benefits such Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401(K), Flexible Time off (FTO), sick time, leave of absence as per the FMLA and other relevant leave laws.

Concerned you don’t meet every qualification? Don’t let it stop you from applying!
WEKA is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this position but don’t meet every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway – you may just be the right candidate for this or other positions at WEKA.


WEKA is an equal-opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.