Enterprise Agreement (EA) Solution Sales Specialist (SSP)

Overview

At NetApp, our High Achievement Principles shape how we work: we innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel as a team. We have a history of helping customers turn challenges into business opportunities. As part of our sales organization, your role will require a strategic blend of technical acumen and charismatic client engagement, ensuring that every partnership is nurtured towards its maximum potential. As a pivotal link between NetApp and our clients, your contributions will directly influence the growth and direction of our department, making a lasting impact on the organization's success. This is more than a job—it's a chance to be part of a team that values innovation, supports professional growth, and celebrates shared victories.

Success profile

Ready for a sales career at NetApp? Explore the traits that can help you thrive.

• Relationship expertise
• Communicator
• Results-driven
• Strategic
• Collaborative
• Perceptive

Responsibilities

• London, England, United Kingdom; Schiphol-Rijk, North Holland, Netherlands; Netherlands; Windsor, England, United Kingdom; Manchester, England, United Kingdom; Germany; United Kingdom; Cork, Munster, Ireland; Munich, Bavaria, Germany

• Job category: Sales

• Job ID: 136789-en_US

• Own Every Moment at NetApp

• At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

• Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Role Overview

The Enterprise Agreement (EA) Solution Sales Specialist (SSP) is a customer-facing sales specialist responsible for driving Enterprise Agreement adoption, pipeline growth, and bookings within an assigned geography.

Partnering closely with Account Teams, Area Leadership, Business Desk, Finance, Legal, and other cross-functional stakeholders, the EA SSP helps identify, qualify, position, and advance Enterprise Agreement opportunities from initial discovery through close.

The EA SSP serves as the subject matter expert for the Enterprise Agreement portfolio and is responsible for enabling sellers, engaging customers, shaping commercial strategies, supporting negotiations, and driving business growth across the assigned territory.

The relative focus on seller enablement, market development, customer engagement, and deal execution may vary based on geography, market maturity, and business priorities.

What You'll Do

Drive Enterprise Agreement Business Growth

• Drive Enterprise Agreement pipeline generation and bookings across the assigned geography.
• Identify prospective EA opportunities and partner with Account Teams to qualify and advance them.
• Develop and execute strategies to increase Enterprise Agreement adoption.
• Support geo and area business objectives by influencing opportunity creation, progression, and closure.
• Maintain visibility into active opportunities, pipeline health, and forecast accuracy.

Engage Customers and Shape Opportunities

• Engage directly with customers throughout the sales cycle.
• Lead Enterprise Agreement discovery and qualification conversations.
• Position the business and financial value of Enterprise Agreements with customer stakeholders.
• Expand relationships within the customer buying center, including business, IT, procurement, and executive stakeholders.
• Help customers understand and evaluate the appropriate Enterprise Agreement approach based on their business objectives.

Lead Commercial Strategy

• Partner with Account Teams to develop Enterprise Agreement strategies and account plans.
• Help shape commercial structures and value propositions.
• Support contract, pricing, and negotiation discussions in partnership with the Business Desk, Finance, and Legal teams.
• Guide opportunities from qualification through close, helping remove obstacles and maintain momentum.
• Act as the commercial lead and subject matter expert for Enterprise Agreement opportunities.

Enable Sales Teams and Build Market Adoption

• Deliver Enterprise Agreement enablement to sellers and sales leaders.
• Provide coaching on EA qualification, positioning, and opportunity development.
• Share best practices, market insights, customer success stories, and competitive observations.
• Help establish repeatable sales motions that accelerate Enterprise Agreement growth.
• Support regional adoption efforts based on market maturity and business needs.

Education

• Key Success Measures

• Commercial outcomes Adoption and effectiveness

• Enterprise Agreement bookings Opportunity progression and conversion

• Enterprise Agreement pipeline generation Seller engagement and enablement effectiveness

• Enterprise Agreement adoption Customer engagement and executive relationship development

• Influence on geo business performance

• Experience in enterprise technology sales, solution sales, commercial strategy, or complex deal leadership.

• Proven ability to identify, develop, and advance strategic opportunities.

• Strong customer-facing communication and executive engagement skills.

• Experience supporting multi-stakeholder sales cycles and commercial negotiations.

• Ability to translate customer business objectives into actionable commercial strategies.

• Strong collaboration skills across Sales, Finance, Legal, Operations, and partner organizations.

• Business and financial acumen, including value selling and commercial positioning.

Why This Role Matters

Enterprise Agreements are a strategic growth opportunity for NetApp. The EA Solution Sales Specialist plays a critical role in helping customers understand the value of Enterprise Agreements while enabling sales teams to identify, position, and close opportunities more effectively.

By combining customer engagement, commercial leadership, seller enablement, and business development, the EA SSP helps accelerate Enterprise Agreement adoption and drive long-term growth across the business.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You'll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.

If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one. Apply now.

Submitting an Application

To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision-making.

Our values

Put the customer at the center. Care for each other and our communities. Think and act like owners. Build belonging every day. Embrace a growth mindset.

Benefits

• Volunteer time off

• 40