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Senior Client Executive - Public Sector

Rome, Italy

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Overview

At NetApp, our High Achievement Principles shape how we work: we innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel as a team. We have a history of helping customers turn challenges into business opportunities. As part of our sales organization, your role will require a strategic blend of technical acumen and charismatic client engagement, ensuring that every partnership is nurtured towards its maximum potential. As a pivotal link between NetApp and our clients, your contributions will directly influence the growth and direction of our department, making a lasting impact on the organization's success. This is more than a job—it's a chance to be part of a team that values innovation, supports professional growth, and celebrates shared victories.

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Ready for a sales career at NetApp? Explore the traits that can help you thrive.

  • Relationship expertise
  • Communicator
  • Results-driven
  • Strategic
  • Collaborative
  • Perceptive

Responsibilities

Rome, Latium, Italy Job category: Sales Job ID: 136604-en_US

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary

At NetApp, we are helping organizations unlock the power of their data in the era of AI.

The Public Sector market is evolving rapidly. Government agencies, healthcare organizations, research institutions, utilities and public administrations are modernizing their digital infrastructures to become more resilient, secure and data driven.

As a Senior Client Executive, Public Sector, you will be responsible for driving strategic growth across a defined portfolio of Public Sector customers in Central and Southern Italy, with a strong focus on the Rome area. You will own executive relationships, develop long term account strategies, identify new business opportunities and lead complex sales engagements across NetApp's Intelligent Data Infrastructure portfolio.

This role is designed for a highly experienced sales professional with a strong network within the Italian Public Sector ecosystem, a proven track record of enterprise technology sales, and the ability to engage effectively with C-level executives, procurement stakeholders and strategic partners.

You will work closely with Solutions Engineering, Professional Services, Partners, Cloud Specialists and Executive Leadership to deliver business outcomes for customers and accelerate NetApp's growth in one of its most strategic

What you will do.

  • Develop and execute strategic account plans across key Public Sector organizations.
  • Build trusted advisor relationships with CIOs, CTOs, Digital Transformation leaders and executive stakeholders.
  • Generate and manage a healthy pipeline of opportunities across infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity, hybrid cloud, AI and data management initiatives.
  • Lead complex sales cycles from opportunity identification through negotiation and closure.
  • Drive accurate forecasting, opportunity qualification and disciplined pipeline management.
  • Coordinate internal and external resources to maximize customer success and win rates.
  • Collaborate closely with System Engineers, Services teams, Partners and Global Account resources.
  • Leverage NetApp's ecosystem alliances, including hyperscalers and strategic technology partners, to create differentiated customer value.
  • Monitor market trends, procurement initiatives and funding programs relevant to the Public Sector landscape.
  • Achieve and exceed assigned revenue and business objectives.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in enterprise technology sales.
  • Demonstrated success managing large and complex Public Sector accounts.
  • Strong understanding of the Italian Public Administration ecosystem and procurement processes.
  • Established network across government agencies, healthcare organizations, local authorities, utilities, research institutions or other public entities.
  • Proven ability to engage senior decision makers and influence strategic business initiatives.
  • Experience selling infrastructure, cloud, data management, cybersecurity or AI-related solutions.
  • Strong commercial, negotiation and executive communication skills.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a matrix organization.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience selling enterprise storage, cloud or data infrastructure solutions.
  • Knowledge of hybrid multicloud architectures and AI-ready data platforms.
  • Experience working with major system integrators and public-sector channel partners.
  • Familiarity with public tenders, framework agreements and procurement regulations.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Who You Are

You are:

  • Customer obsessed and outcome focused.
  • A strategic thinker who can translate business challenges into technology solutions.
  • Results driven and resilient.
  • Comfortable navigating complex organizations and long sales cycles.
  • A collaborative team player who elevates those around you.
  • Passionate about innovation, data, cloud and AI.

The position of Senior Client Executive will be classified under the National Collective Bargaining Agreement, depending on the employee's category: for non-dirigenti employees: Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro per i dipendenti da aziende del terziario della distribuzione e dei servizi – code: H011, and for dirigenti-level employees: Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro per il settore Dirigenti Commercio – code: H021. The classification level for this role is IC5. The appropriate classification level has been determined according to the responsibilities and seniority of the position. The initial gross annual base-salary range for this position is €82,000–€112,750.

This position is eligible for variable compensation under the applicable sales-incentive plan, resulting in potential annual on-target earnings of €164,000–€225,500 at 100% achievement of the applicable targets. The precise salary offered will be determined using objective, gender-neutral criteria, including the candidate’s qualifications, skills, experience and competencies. The position includes a comprehensive benefits package, an employee stock purchase plan, life and disability insurance, healthcare programs, Global Wellness Days and paid volunteering time, subject to applicable law, local regulations and company policies. Further details will be provided during the recruitment process.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You'll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.

If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one. Apply now.

Submitting an Application

To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision-making.


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Our values

Put the customer at the center. Care for each other and our communities. Think and act like owners. Build belonging every day. Embrace a growth mindset.

Benefits

Volunteer time off

40 hours of paid volunteer time each year.

Well-being

Employee Assistance Program, fitness, and mental health resources to help employees be their best.

Time away

Paid time off for vacation and to recharge.

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Equal Opportunity Employer*

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status and any other protected classification. We pledge to take every reasonable step to ensure that our applicants and employees are respected, treated fairly and with dignity. See the EEO poster, Know your rights poster, and NetApp EEO policy. NetApp makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for religious purposes and for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions unless undue hardship would result.

State-specific postings/notices to applicants regarding contract compliance can be found here in English and here in Spanish, and fair employment practice information can be found here.

Reasonable Accommodations

At NetApp, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible workplace where individuals with disabilities can thrive. In alignment with our values, NetApp provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments where possible to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities, in accordance with employment rights and regulations relevant to their country of employment, to ensure equal access to employment opportunities and job performance.

Applicants who would like to request an accommodation or adjustment are encouraged to Contact Us. Each request will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with applicable laws and our commitment to equity and belonging within our culture, values and business practices. Requests will be handled confidentially and respectfully, and we will work collaboratively to identify effective solutions.

  • For reasonable accommodations in Germany, click here.
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  • For reasonable accommodations in The Netherlands, click here.

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes to the above email address.

Data privacy

We care about your privacy and, therefore, ask that you read our Candidate Privacy Notice before you submit any personal information to us.

NetApp does not carry out any solely automated decision making (i.e. the process of making a decision by automated means without any human involvement) in determining your suitability or eligibility for specific roles.

However, the processing of your personal information is carried out with the aid of manual and automated tools. In particular, NetApp may use an automated employment evaluation tool or similar tool as one of several tools, actions, and/or steps to assist with NetApp’s review of candidate applications for various hiring needs.

Currently, when addressing certain hiring needs, NetApp uses the following tools: 

  • Eightfold (eightfold.ai): This tool can provide an initial ranking of a candidate’s skills and experience, based on information provided by the applicant in the application and/or supporting documentation, in comparison to the NetApp designated key requirements of a specific role. Additionally, the tool may be used to help review and/or rank internal employees seeking promotion or other internal mobility. An independent audit of the Eightfold Matching Model tool can be found at https://eightfold.ai/nyc-eightfoldmatching-model. 
  • Findem (findem.ai): This tool is used to help identify candidates whose skills and experience may be relevant to open roles at NetApp, using publicly available professional information. Findem may also be used to assist with candidate matching, AI-assisted screening, and recruitment communications. 

Our talent acquisition team or our recruiters will ultimately select the candidates for further consideration, following human review of any automated evaluation results and associated underlying documentation (or lack thereof) submitted with the candidates’ application. 

Candidates may request an alternative selection process which will not be subject to the Eightfold matching tool or to any electronic automated employment evaluation by contacting NetApp at careers@netapp.com. To bypass the Eightfold matching tool or any electronic automated employment evaluation, you must include a resume and job ID with your email to careers@netapp.com and you must include in the subject line of your email: Data Privacy Request. Candidates who have questions or want to request additional information on the source of data, type of data, and/or collection of data related to the candidate review process should contact NetApp at careers@netapp.com

Note: Eightfold is not applicable to temporary hiring opportunities. If you are interested in temporary roles, you can apply via a third-party site managed by our preferred supplier, Magnit Global. Magnit Global will provide its own privacy disclosures for your review as part of the application process.

Submitting an application

To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team reviews apcplications submitted through our company website only. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use AI-powered tools to assist with tasks such as identifying relevant candidates, matching skills and experience to role requirements, and conducting initial screenings. These tools support - rather than replace - human decision-making. To learn more, please see our AI Transparency Statement. If you would prefer not to engage with an AI-assisted process, you can request an alternative by contacting careers@netapp.com. Choosing an alternative process will not impact your candidacy in any way.