Autobahn Project Manager

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Role

Do you want to make an impact and help transform the way companies do business? Splunk’s Cloud business is continuing to grow rapidly, and we are looking for a top-notch team member to help ensure its success. Candidates should have a measurable track record in project management, especially around enabling the sales and adoption of SaaS solutions. Experience in transforming the way a salesforce sells is especially valuable for this role The Autobahn Project Manager will play a key role leading the salesforce to take a ‘Cloud First’ mentality to selling Splunk’s solutions in a way that results in continued growth and equally importantly, customer success and good business for Splunk overall.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that proper steps of Autobahn POV process are followed by account teams and other parties.
• Project manage & facilitate other initiatives such as new lane development and coordinating with other cross functional organizations including Specialists, Cloud Ops, Vertical teams, Sales Engineers and others.
• Prepare and help deliver regular education sessions to the sales teams that will make it natural for them to leverage the Autobahn POV process in a ways that accelerates sales cycles, deal sizes, customer success and ensures good business.
• Responsible for Autobahn reporting, tracking metrics, and building Salesforce dashboards
• Manages process with Enablement team to provide updated content and changes to the Sales Enablement portal.
• Communicate to leadership observations from the Field that may help change or adjust overall program Participate in business and strategy planning meetings with overall Splunk Cloud Sales team.
• Identify obstacles in the current Autobahn process and lead programs to remove them.
• Comfortable working as part of a Global team where the common language is English.

Requirements:

• Microsoft Office suite and Salesforce (reporting and dashboard development) proficiency
• Familiarity with SaaS and ideally Splunk Cloud and the Autobahn program
• Experience working with sales teams and helping them new and different skills and programs.
• Ideally experience working for a legacy software that transitioned into a SaaS provider.
• Strong English language skills as well as exceptional interpersonal, written and presentation skills
• Thrives in a fast-paced, high growth, rapidly changing environment
• Relevant software industry experience in any of the following: IT systems, enterprise or infrastructure management, application development and management, security, and/or analytics.

We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.