Manager Cybersecurity Presales - DACH Region (f/m/d)

Manager Cybersecurity Presales - DACH Region (f/m/d)
This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
The secure, AI-native network is not just a vision—it is our mission.
Juniper Networks is now part of HPE—creating the industry's first secure, AI-native network, purpose-built with AI and for AI to deliver the best experiences across enterprises, service providers, and cloud operators.
HPE Networking is bringing together unparalleled products and talent, bolstered by a long heritage in both networking and AI.
The Presales team plays a key role here, providing technical expertise, thought leadership and being the trusted advisor for customers and partners. The Cybersecurity solutions are offering a huge opportunity for growth and completing the HPE Networking portfolio.
Being the first to market comes with a lot of market development work, which is why we are increasing our focus and resources for Cybersecurity including this additional role of a dedicated Manager Cybersecurity Presales for the DACH Region building and managing a team of Presales Architects across DACH. The team works in close cooperation with the sales teams as well as the partner ecosystem.
As the Manager Cybersecurity Presales, you would
Own the presales contribution to the business results and KPIs in the region
Partner with sales helping to drive sales strategy, account planning as well as proactively assess the sales pipelines in areas of control
Monitor and manage resource assignment and utilization, leveraging the ecosystem of local and remote resources, focusing the right people on the right activities to meet the business goals in the most effective way
Collaborate across organizational boundaries to represent a constructive "voice-from-the-field" presence in business decision-making and product design
Coach, assess and manage employee performance to ensure individual and group excellence aligned with the HPE cultural principles
Actively lead and support the team to build up the necessary skills and evolve their sales approach as HPE transforms its business and portfolio
Employ a financial and as-a-Service selling approach to meet customer needs and build business cases that link proposals to customer's goals
Lead by example – Represent the HPE Strategy and act as an evangelist for the new Cybersecurity Portfolio internally and externally
Build and maintain cybersecurity expertise across the DACH presales organization through coaching, technical enablement, certifications, reusable architectures, and field mentoring
Ensure consistent security messaging and architectural positioning across networking, SASE, SSE, data-center security, identity, and cloud-security opportunities
Provide leadership and escalation support for strategic customer opportunities, competitive situations, technically complex proofs of concept, and cybersecurity-related customer concerns
Build up and maintain an active relationship with decision-makers and thought leaders in the management of our ecosystem partners and customers
Build and maintain a motivated high-performance team being recognized internally and externally as thought leaders and evangelists for the new Cybersecurity portfolio
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…
University or Bachelor's degree
typically 10-12+ years’ experience in technical sales or sales related functions
Ability to combine a strong technical acumen with business skills
Experience in people management
Positive attitude and the ability to motivate others
Deep understanding of modern enterprise security architectures and the HPE product line, including SASE, Security Service Edge, Zero Trust, secure SD-WAN, network access control, and hybrid-mesh firewall architectures
Strong knowledge of network and security technologies, including NGFW, IDS/IPS, IPsec, TLS inspection, VPN/ZTNA, SWG, CASB, DLP, and identity-based access controls
Ability to guide teams through complex security discovery, threat and risk discussions, architecture design, competitive positioning, and technical validation
Experience leading customer workshops, executive briefings, architecture whiteboarding sessions, demonstrations, and proofs of concept for enterprise cybersecurity solutions
Working knowledge of identity and access management concepts, including MFA, SSO, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, RBAC, and least-privilege access models
Understanding of security operations and integrations across SIEM, SOAR, XDR, EDR, AI SecOps, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and incident-response ecosystems
Familiarity with cybersecurity and compliance frameworks relevant to DACH customers, such as NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, CIS Controls, MITRE ATT&CK, GDPR, NIS2, and DORA, where applicable
Entrepreneurial attitude to drive new approaches and develop new businesses
Excellence in communication, presentation and negotiation, especially with C-level clients
Ability to coach and supervise a team and develop strong relationships within HPE and with customers and partners
Business proficiency in German and English language
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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