Cloud Economist

**Cloud Economist

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart!

About Nutanix**

Nutanix is disrupting the multi-billion-dollar enterprise data center market by pioneering an enterprise cloud platform that leverages web-scale engineering and consumer-grade design to natively converge compute, virtualization and storage into a resilient, software-defined solution with rich machine intelligence. Our vision is to make infrastructure invisible, so IT can focus on the applications and services that power their business. If you are up to the challenge and would like to be a part of a team that makes history, then this job might be for you.

**The Opportunity

This is a remote position**

Nutanix is enabling IT Transformation with Enterprise Cloud Solutions.   We need financial experts to help our sales teams close these transformational deals with Enterprise Purchase and Licensing agreements, creative financial solutions, and business value consultation.   This is a customer facing role working with our top performing sales teams on large, transformational opportunities that will move the needle for Nutanix.

The Cloud Economist is responsible for working with Nutanix Reps, SE's, and other internal organizations to provide clients with financial/business justification for implementation of Nutanix Enterprise Cloud. By taking clients through the financial modeling process, the Cloud Economist helps them realize the game-changing ability of Nutanix to transform their experience of managing IT.

You will work with Nutanix Sales management to help the broad Nutanix field organization understand how to build the increased business value of Nutanix hybrid cloud solutions into their account plans and sales strategy. You will serve as focal point for all business value, TCO, ROI, business case and financial discussions with our customers.  Your responsibilities will include driving business case, value analysis and ROI related Business Development activities within Nutanix, supporting the Sales organization, Marketing, BD and products teams on ROI/economic related customer engagements.

This is a high impact, customer facing role responsible for developing compelling financial business cases that increase revenue and conversion rate of sales opportunities.  This position will support customer engagements in North America.

What You'll Be Doing?

• Working with Nutanix and Partner reps to identify which accounts are best suited for Enterprise Agreements, Financial Value Selling, and custom procurement models
• Presenting complex financial topics and offerings to customer decision makers
• Building custom Enterprise Purchase Agreements and Financial Models in support of sales engagements 
• Using detail TCO and ROI models to help clients understand the economics of Nutanix Enterprise Cloud and the appropriate procurement vehicle to maximize business outcomes
• Review existing customer installed based and associated go forward options in context of client strategy and business objectives
• Providing enablement to sales teams on how to best leverage Nutanix purchasing frameworks
• Working with Nutanix Financial Solutions partners to provide financing options as needed

What You'll Bring?

• Financial Acumen: ability to produce and present Nutanix’s value proposition for the client through quantitative financial analysis

• Business Acumen: through effective discovery extract a customer’s unique financial and operational pain points and business outcomes and align Nutanix solutions accordingly

• An ability to grasp the technical requirements for both Nutanix and competing solutions, including public cloud providers and traditional IT vendors

• Ability to explain complex problems and solutions in a concise and easy to understand and compelling way

• High level of specialized sales and product solution knowledge

• 7+ years prior Sales, Consulting, or similar customer facing role

• Demonstrated financial modeling capabilities in an IT Context (examples: ROI analysis, TCO Analysis, Cloud Costing, Financial Solutions for IT, Technology Business Management, Financial Analyst roles)

• Knowledge of financial budgeting practices, capital vs. operating expense items, and software purchasing

• Experience selling IT related software, services, or infrastructure

Meet David A. Draper, Jr., MBA https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-draper-jr-mba/ David is the Director of America's Cloud Economist Team.  Prior he was Cisco as Global Director, Business Development and Sales.

We offer an industry best benefit package including 100% paid company health insurance as well as other very robust benefits, see more here www.nutanixbenefits.com

 The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $236,800 and $355,200/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

About Us  

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix is a passionate team of 6000+ employees worldwide. Our people (we call ourselves “Nutants”) are the heartbeat of #LifeAtNutanix and one of the many things that makes Nutanix a great place to work at. We share an intellectual curiosity, a bias for action, and an obsession for our customers. We are builders and problem solvers with an entrepreneurial spirit. Above all, we celebrate what makes each of us unique.   We’re growing fast and disrupting the computing industry. Join us and make your mark.  

About our business  

Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software and a pioneer in hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, making computing invisible anywhere. Companies around the world use Nutanix software to leverage a single platform to manage any app, at any location, at any scale for their private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.  

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