Strategic Account Manager, Sales

Strategic Account Manager - Hyperscale / Data Center

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today's needs and tomorrow's next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we're living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

We're looking for a Strategic Account Manager to own and grow relationships with leading hyperscale and enterprise customers. You'll act as a trusted advisor, aligning customer priorities with our product portfolio and market strategy while driving measurable revenue growth.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Build and expand relationships across strategic accounts, from engineering teams to executives.
• Drive revenue growth, negotiate pricing, and manage account-level product lifecycle (roadmap, launches, EOL).
• Partner with internal teams (FAE, Sales Ops, Pricing, Legal, Product Marketing) to deliver seamless customer experiences.
• Lead high-impact meetings and translate market/customer insights into account strategies.
• Ensure responsiveness and ownership in resolving customer issues.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field
• 7+ years of direct sales or strategic account management experience
• Strong knowledge of enterprise flash storage solutions
• Technical aptitude with demonstrated ability to build consensus among customer engineering stakeholders
• Proven success in building trust and delivering results with complex, global accounts

Preferred:

• Experience winning new business and expanding share with hyperscale/data center customers (SSD, AI infrastructure)
• Track record of selling to major hyperscalers or enterprise accounts (e.g., Meta, Google, Oracle, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple)
• Experience with roadmap management and alignment-able to influence customer engagements while identifying near-term and long-term opportunities and risks relative to customer and market requirements
• Ability to clearly articulate the business impact of technical solutions

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person's gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal" poster.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@sandisk.com to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 05/27/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.