Manager, Solution Architecture

Job Summary:

The Red Hat Solutions Architecture team is looking for a Manager, Solution Architecture to join us in Tokyo, Japan. In this role, you will manage a team of account solutions architects responsible for positioning Red Hat’s solutions and services to our customers and partners. You'll collaborate with sales management as well as the Consulting, Engineering, and Support teams to meet the outlined company sales objectives. You'll assist your team in developing and delivering business-facing messaging on technical subjects. This is an office based position in Tokyo, with frequent travels to customer sites.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the Account Solutions Architecture team to support Red Hat's sales efforts
• Support the sales team with recommendations to develop and implement complex solutions to achieve sales quotas
• Meet revenue goals for subscriptions, services, and training related to our offerings
• Be responsible for hiring and talent evaluation
• Manage solutions architect alignments to support sales
• Focus constantly on improvement and enablement of solutions architects
• Spend time in the territory with the Sales teams
• Support and Contribute to marketing activities (Events, conferences, user groups, thought leadership on social networks...)

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of experience, including a significant time working as a manager and a solutions architect with demonstrated presales experience
• Sales experience with enterprise accounts
• Ability to interpret customer business and technical needs
• Understanding of complex enterprise solutions and architectures around Red Hat’s portfolio (Hybrid Cloud, Container platforms, Automation, infrastructure and middleware) 
• Ideally, knowledge and understanding of Open Source development models
• Excellent presentation, communication, and documentation skills; fluency in Japanese
• Record of developing relationships at engineering, commercial, and executive levels throughout large enterprise IT organizations
• Willingness to travel up to 25%, following Red Hat’s COVID-19 guidelines
  

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

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