Pre Sales Manager - Japan
Core
Lead VAST's Systems Engineering effort in Japan, owning technical strategy, customer engagements, and the growth of the local SE team.
Role type
Senior IC/Manager pre-sales systems engineer
Builds
Enterprise data infrastructure solutions for AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing workloads
Domain
Enterprise storage, data platforms, HPC, AI/ML infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
People leadership, solution architecture, proof-of-concept strategy, enterprise customer relationship management, channel ecosystem development, technical evaluation and benchmarking, roadmap influence, executive presence (via careerplan.io/jobs/43-001-0D-D6F-pre-sales-manager-japan-at-vast-data)
Preferred skills
Competitive storage platform experience, AI/ML and GPU-accelerated computing exposure, pre-sales team scaling experience
Technologies
Linux, virtualisation, file/object protocols, AI/data pipelines
Responsibilities
Lead, coach, and grow the Systems Engineering team in Japan; Act as the senior technical authority for solution architecture and technical win plans; Partner with Sales leadership on regional strategy and forecasting; Build deep technical relationships with enterprise customers and research institutions; Develop and enable the partner and channel ecosystem; Lead technical evaluations, benchmarks, and POCs; Represent VAST at industry events and executive briefings
