SE Manager/Pre Sales, Enterprise (Tokyo, Japan)
Pure StorageTokyo, Japan
Full Time
Posted July 17, 2026
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Job Description
And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events.
Key Responsibilities
- The System Engineering Manager, Enterprise will lead district-level pre-sales strategy and execution, driving revenue contribution by proactively guiding and enabling the account team beyond the SE organization. (Team Size: 4 direct reports)
- This role is central to three strategic priorities: Pipeline growth Competitive differentiation Partner enablement
- Key Performance Indicators: Deliver Business Results, Accelerate Value to Customers Throughout the Lifecycle
- The manager will shape the strategic direction for district-specific solutions and selling motions, while building and developing a high-performing, proactive, and collaborative SE organization.
Requirements
- Core Attributes Creativity, empathy, an open mind, curiosity, and a desire for continuous learning Experience Pre-sales experience required 5+ years of relevant experience across technology, design, and communications Experience supporting sales of enterprise storage, networking, systems, cloud, or software to enterprise accounts preferred Proven track record targeting new prospects and converting them into clients Experience leading or significantly contributing to RFP, RFQ, and RFI responses Technical Expertise Deep understanding of the architecture, design, and implementation of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions Superior knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN) Linux, NFS file systems, and Linux distributed network environments Installation/configuration of distributed computing, multiprocessing, virtual memory subsystems, storage subsystem architecture, shared memory architectures, cache architectures, and windowing systems Strong knowledge of Cloud Native digital transformation across On-Prem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and Containers Knowledge of VMware, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and general networking
- Familiarity with AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, and microservices architectures
- Familiarity with modern web architecture (LAMP stack, scale-out vs. scale-up architectures, AWS Well-Architected Framework, microservices)
- Familiarity with storage-intensive applications and their requirements, such as structured databases (SQL, Oracle)
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