Technical Sales Enablement Manager

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.

Role Overview:
 

This Technical Sales Enablement Manager plans, designs, develops and delivers effective technical training initiatives for F5’s Solutions Engineering and Channel teams around the world. You will use skills and knowledge of F5 solutions to drive the worldwide enablement programs to build pipeline growth and sales revenue.
 

Sounds interesting? Read on! 
 

What You’ll Do:

• Deliver strategic sales enablement initiatives to drive sales productivity and effectiveness across the organization

• Build and maintain courseware for internal and external technical sales team members (including lab guides presentations, web-based training, demo guides, role plays)

• Leverage wide-ranging experience to deliver instructor-led training in both in-person and virtual environments across the APCJ theatre solving for language and regional needs

• Evaluate learners on the successful completion of courses, including assessments of technical presentations and demos

• Work closely with Field Enablement leadership along with Technical Sales leadership and Product Management on adding new topics to enablement curriculum

• Participate in and support global F5 Sales and Technical Sales annual conferences

• Provide quarterly program reports for Sales leadership

• Responsible for upholding F5's Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the code or other company policies

• This is a regional role involves up to 50% travel and collaboration across multiple time zones

What You’ll Bring:

• BA/BS in Engineering, Computer Science and IT application related disciplines

• 5+ years of in training-related functions in technology companies selling to enterprise customers

• 3+ years in field sales, consulting, or similar customer-facing role

• Prior Solutions Engineering experience or in-depth knowledge of F5 application delivery and security platforms and solutions, SaaS platforms, cloud solutions, and network/computing concepts or similar technologies is highly desirable

• Experience with automation and orchestration, modern application platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.), REST APIs, both imperative and declarative is a plus

• Proven success leading complex projects from start to finish, working effectively across internal functional teams and external vendor relationships

• Highly organized and reliable, with strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills

• Able to work independently and a good team player

• Confidence and presence to collaborate with management and field personnel

What You’ll Get:

• Hybrid working mode

• Career growth and development opportunities  

• Recognitions and Rewards

• Employee Assistance Program

• Competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and cool perks

• Culture of Giving Back

• Dynamic Diversity & Inclusion Interest Groups
   

Apply if you believe your own unique capabilities can contribute to the success of this role and our organization! 

 

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.