Area Vice President, Sales Engineering (AI Data Storage)

Location: London Office, hybrid

Company

hirify.global is a global provider of AI data storage and high-performance infrastructure solutions.

What you will do

• Own the vision, strategy, and execution of Sales Engineering across the EMEA region.
• Lead organizational and cultural transformation, establishing scalable operating models, playbooks, and processes.
• Recruit, retain, coach, and develop Sales Engineering leaders and teams across multiple sub-regions and market segments.
• Design KPI frameworks, dashboards, operating cadences, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Professional Services, and Support on strategy, pipeline, roadmap, and customer execution.
• Oversee technical discovery, proofs of concept, architecture reviews, RFP responses, executive presentations, and strategic customer engagements.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, or Systems Engineering.
• At least 7 years of senior people leadership experience managing managers.
• Experience leading and transforming distributed, multi-layered technical organizations at regional or global scale.
• Demonstrated success with KPI frameworks, operational metrics, talent development, and organizational transformation.
• Strong executive communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Deep experience in enterprise storage, data infrastructure, AI/ML infrastructure, HPC, or distributed systems.

Nice to have

• VP-level experience leading Sales Engineering organizations at technology companies with $200M+ revenue.
• Experience with NeoCloud, AI training infrastructure, HPC, financial services, life sciences, or federal markets.
• Knowledge of GPU clusters, parallel file systems, object storage, and MLOps pipelines.
• Experience building Sales Engineering Centers of Excellence and scaling teams in high-growth environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; MBA or advanced degree is a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to shape technical go-to-market strategy in AI data storage.
• Executive support for investing in people, culture, and organizational development.
• Collaboration with Sales, Product, and Engineering leadership on technically demanding customer engagements.
• Competitive compensation package including base salary, variable incentive, equity, and comprehensive benefits.