Distributed Cloud Sales Specialist
F5
Unknown, województwo mazowieckie, Polska
Contract
Competitive
RemoteSenior
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
F5 is looking for entrepreneurial and customer-focused individuals to grow our newF5Distributed Cloudand Managed Services platformbasedbusiness!
Join our growing team focused on increasing adoption of F5 application services for cloud by engaging with Enterprises adopting SaaS as their primary software consumption model.Do you have the sales, technical background, businessdevelopmentand customer experience to help F5 grow our cloud SaaS business and support our customers in their digital transformation initiatives?
This is a product specialist, overlay, newbusiness developmentrole and not an Account Management role.We develop programmaticinitiatives,leveragingcross-functional teams incustomer success,product management,marketing,channelsand sales to drive the growth in the business on top of the quarterly business cycle.In addition, we have a laser-likefocus ondealexecution,whether these are new business or expansionopportunitiesin order todrivemomentum inthe business.We are accountable for the target for Distributed Cloud sales across EMEA.
Your focus will be on F5’sDistributed Cloudand managed services platform,leveragingall technologies in the F5 suite.You will work with customers on theircutting-edgetechnology projectsadoptingmulti-cloud, deploying Kubernetes, edge compute, IOT andmore!
Responsibilities include:
Partner closely with regional F5 sales teams in the Central and Eastern European regions to drive understanding, awareness, demand, and pipeline for F5 Distributed Cloud within target accounts.
Build and develop net‑new customer relationships focused on innovative use cases and strategic growth opportunities.
Establish andmaintainstrong relationships with key ecosystem partners (e.g.,hyperscalersand cloud solution architects) to generate joint leads.
Develop long‑term strategic relationships with priority accounts across assigned regions or verticals.
Collaborate with F5 channel teams and partners to extend market reach and accelerate adoption.
Articulate compelling value propositions for F5 Distributed Cloud and Managed Services aligned to customer outcomes.
Identify, qualify, and progress short‑ and long‑term opportunities while proactively addressing competitive threats.
Drive programmatic business development initiatives in collaboration with marketing and cross‑functional teams.
Own sales execution by managing forecasting, pipeline hygiene, quoting, and commercial negotiations to meet or exceed targets.
Act as the voice of the customer and partner within F5, providing actionable feedback and sharing best practices across the virtual team.
Basic qualifications
Multiple years’ experience and strong recordwitha significant portioninIaaS, PaaS orSaaS,relatedsalesor business development.
Current or very recent experience of being a Sales Specialist or OverlaySalespersonin this area.
Sales excellence skills and processes including pipeline management and forecasting.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to distil and simplify complex ideas.
Understanding of cloud provider technologies and their value proposition.
Able to read, write and speak English fluently.
Multilingual, as this role supports our local customers.
Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
Preferred qualifications and experience
Proven experience and success defining strategies to exceed cloud services adoption and revenue targets.
Proven ability tobe able to deal with ambiguity and have a start-up mentalityto resolving issues.
Engagement withsenior decision makers up to theC-levelto articulate businessgoals and benefits.
Proven efficiency working across multiple business units to achieve results.
Track recordof externalcommunications e.g.,conferences, meet-ups, online and social-media.
F5 is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes diversity in the workplace.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or@myworkday.com).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.