
Business Development & Strategic Account Manager - Enterprise Sales
- Milpitas, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Drive short- and long-term revenue and shipment goals across assigned accounts.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Technical Support, Field Application Engineering, Sales Operations, Pricing, Legal, and Product Marketing to exceed customer expectations.
- Understand the broader Enterprise and Data Center ecosystem, including integrators, HW/SW design builders, GPU partners, and end customers.
- Establish credibility across all customer levels—technical, business, quality, and executive—building trust through consistent execution.
- Align customer priorities with company goals, product portfolio, and market trends.
- Manage confidential information with discretion and integrity.
- Negotiate pricing and contracts, balancing customer needs with company objectives.
- Oversee product lifecycle by account: roadmap alignment, product launch, qualifications, and end-of-life transitions.
- Coordinate weekly, quarterly, and annual technology and business meetings.
- Prepare meeting documentation and strategy, including goals, participant roles, and alignment.
- Develop customer relationship maps and engagement strategies.
- Respond to customer inquiries and resolve issues with urgency, including outside normal business hours.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business-related field.
- 5–10 years of direct sales experience in Enterprise and Data Center markets.
- Strong understanding of Enterprise storage product portfolio and roadmap.
- Ability to identify product fit and alignment with customer needs.
- Familiarity with market conditions and their impact on both customer and company.
- Knowledge of customer legal contracts and terms.
- An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
- You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.