Public Sector Industry Advisor Apac

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Are you a government junkie and public servant at heart? Do you love cutting edge technology and want to make a difference to Public Sector in Australia at a Federal and State Level - Federal agencies and the Intelligence Community (IC)? Are you passionate about helping the government leaders make the best use of their data to accelerate business and mission outcomes and deliver sublime services to citizens and stakeholders? If this sounds like you, then we have a home for you at Splunk In this role you will be a trusted guide through the execution of sales plays and workshops for our Federal Civilian, Defense, and IC customers and prospects jointly with Splunk’s sales teams. In addition, you will build both sales assets for the field and marketing assets that help drive campaigns.

You will be a Splunk spokesperson, relied on and empowered to deliver thought-leading content at government and higher ed industry events, company conferences and with the press. A person skilled at collaboration and executive engagement, you will partner with internal functions at Splunk such as Field Sales, Product Marketing, Partner/Channel, and Government Affairs to provide feedback from the voice of engaged executives and senior leaders.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Evangelize relevant Splunk industry solutions internally with the field and externally with partners, up-leveling everyone’s knowledge of Splunk’s capabilities and value proposition to government agencies.
- Earn a seat at the table at the C-Level with government customers, building trusted relationships and partnerships
- Customize product offerings tailored to the vertical markets in our commercial business to be relevant and applicable to Federal customers. Assist in building a set of supporting assets for the sales and marketing teams, including relevant and compelling messaging.
- Execute workshops, presentations and other meaningful engagements publicly at events including.conf, GovSummit, or similar venues to help create, grow and accelerate opportunities to close.
- Drive solutions pipeline and adoption with existing customers and prospects as they relate to government-specific technology needs and trends.
- Assist the field in creating, growing, accelerating, and winning government business. This includes partnering with our Government System Integrators (GSI), Cloud Service Providers (CSP), and Managed Service Providers (MSP) on Splunk’s cloud-forward partner strategy and amplifying success through a collaborative approach.

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Minimum of 5 years experience in an advisory, consulting, or sales role directly supporting federal government customers and partners. Passionate about driving mission success and digital transformation for government agencies and organizations.
- Proven skill and experience with executive communications and public speaking to audiences of both technical and business/mission leaders
- Strong communicator with executive presentation skills and excellent ability to nurture relationships.
- Deep expertise with and understanding of the complexities of technology adoption and investments in federal government organizations, including but not limited to policy, acquisition, political, and operational nuances. Experience in their unique trends and standard methodologies, which you leverage to make sound recommendations on modern, disruptive technologies.
- History and reputation of delivering excellence in your work and references to back this up.
- Experience with system / solution sales within large Enterprise accounts.
- Success with development & refinement of multi-year adoption strategies & business cases that support digital transformational business imperatives.
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, ideally in a public sector or government technology field.
- Active duty military and/or civil service experience strongly preferred
- Experience using Splunk preferred.

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