Account Manager (f/m/d) Federal Public

In a typical day in this Account Manager position you:

• Are responsible for an extraordinary set of accounts of German public and defense customers.
• Focus on few large FedGov (Federal Government) clients (f.ex. Bundesagentur für Arbeit), driving forward the HPE story around IT transformation; these clients are large, complex, demanding but also rewarding.
• Influence and drive frame contracts in the FedGov area. These frames are having large values and complex T&Cs. Specific need to early align with critical partners and essential to influence the clients early in the sales phase to allow HPE, placing winning bids.
• Are the central HPE contact for the clients.
• Execute initiatives within the clients to win multi-BU deals for HPE.
• Execute existing server frame contract and win additional frames in the upcoming years.
• Built up executive relations within the account.
• Partner with other HPE divisions, establish senior relations with the defence dedicated partner landscape. Focus on triangulation.
• Hunt new opportunities and extend existing customers to develop a short- and long-term sales pipeline.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of client's business, organization structure and future challenges to define and adapt a solution road map to fulfil this business needs.
• Interface with both internal and external/industry experts to anticipate customer needs and facilitate solutions development.
• Work closely together with sales specialists, presales, support organizations and our business partners to orchestrate deal-specific sales teams and lead to success.
• Maintain knowledge of competitors in account to strategically position the company's solutions better.

If you are…

• Good at partnering, innovating, and making things happen? Good start, you are aligned to our core values!

If you have these Skills, Expertise, Attitude and Education…

• Academic degree in an economic or technical field of study.
• > 5 years sales experience with a focus on IT solution/services sales ideally with the ability to cover HPE portfolio.
• Experience in public tenders and procurement procedures.
• Profound knowledge of the IT market.
• Strong will to win behavior, ready to go an extra mile to achieve something exceptional.
• Experienced financial understanding.
• Good mixture between customer relationship management skills and solution content.
• Sales attitude and closing skills - recognize new opportunities, generate new business and close the deal.
• Excellently skilled in collaboration and leading with other sales teams.
• Profound communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Excellent German and English language skills.

Join us and make your mark!

We offer:

• Competitive salary and extensive benefits package (pension scheme, insurances, company car, bike and car leasing, and other fringe benefits)
• Work-life balance (flexible working time and hybrid workplace model, 30 vacation days, four HPE Wellness-Fridays, up to six months paid parental leave)
• Support for education, training, and career development
• Diverse and dynamic work environment

Part-time work or job-sharing is also applicable to this position.

HPE is:

• Ranked in the Top 3 in the Women's Career Index Germany in 2025 for the twelfth time (FKi Hall of Fame member)
• Named Gold Champion in Pride Index Germany in 2023
• Ranked 9th on Fortune’s 2023 list of Best Workplaces in Technology
• Ranked 5th on Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024
• Named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion for the eighth year in row
• Recognized as one of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women by Seramount in 2023

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