Acacia Sales Specialist Americas

Meet the Team

Acacia, a wholly owned Cisco subsidiary, is one of the industry's most impactful disruptor in the cloud space. Innovation is in our DNA and at the core of what we do every day.

Founded in 2009, our founders recognized a market opportunity leveraging silicon photonics and, as a result, built a new kind of technology company. From world class DSP to Silicon Photonics Optical components, Acacia's not only designs and builds, but our solutions enhance network performance by improving the capabilities of optical equipment, routers and switches while simultaneously reducing operating costs for network equipment.

The ideal candidate:

We are seeking a strong candidate to position and grow next generation optical solutions into the world's largest cloud and data center customers. Our team is looking for a talented, energized and organized salesperson with the skills to position, and sell cutting edge solutions to the world's most discerning data center and cloud network operators.

Ideal candidate will possess the following skills:

• Understanding of the optical networking space
• Knowledge of data center and cloud technologies
• Experienced with large cloud and data center operators
• Ability to engage technical and commercial team
• Self-driven with ability to work in a fast paced & dynamic environment

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 - 10 years of experience in Datacenter/Compute space
• Ability to define & implement sales strategy in conjunction with product, engineering and operational teams
• Manage forecast for long term business growth
• Define business plan to grow market share, new franchises and build solid relationships with customers and internal stakeholders
• Experience of successfully selling across multiple technical & commercial levels

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors/Masters in Engineering, Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years in sales or marketing role

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