We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks – can focus on achieving the incredible with data.
If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.
About the Role:
As a Configuration Strategist at Hitachi Vantara, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our Field Sales and Pre-Sales teams across the EMEA region. Your mission is to deliver precise and effective configuration specifications for our solutions, ensuring they meet the diverse needs of our direct and indirect T1/T2 business customers.
Type of work: Remote Work Policy - primarily remote, with required office visits a few days during onboarding and approximately once a month thereafter.
Key Responsibilities:
Solution Configuration: Manage and optimize solution configurations within Hitachi Vantara’s quoting systems, ensuring adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Expert Knowledge: Maintain a deep understanding of Hitachi Vantara’s hardware and software solutions, staying abreast of market trends and competitive developments. New Product Adoption: Support early adoption of emerging technologies by integrating new product components into configurations as appropriate. Performance Communication: Effectively communicate configuration performance insights to Field Sales teams. Collaborative Problem-Solving: Partner with Field Sales to proactively identify challenges, develop solutions, and enhance productivity. Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with internal teams and Field Sales districts to anticipate and address changing business needs. Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with fellow Configuration and Pricing Strategists to refine, enhance configuration practices and global procedures.
Team Collaboration:
Work as part of a dynamic team of 9 Configuration Strategists spread across five EMEA locations. Maintain close collaboration with Field Sales, Pre-Sales Engineers, Sales Operations, Finance and other stakeholders involved in the deal cycle. Provide valuable insights and recommendations to the Configuration Manager regarding resource needs and personnel matters.
Qualifications:
Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field preferred. Experience: Professional experience with IT organizations. Data storage knowledge is advantageous. Experience in supporting Field Sales teams is desirable. Communication Skills: Strong ability to communicate effectively with peers and all organizational levels. Languages: Proficiency in English is required. Local language proficiency is beneficial, and a third language is appreciated.
Personal Attributes:
Detail-oriented: Attentive to detail and thorough in all tasks. Technically Minded: Strong technical acumen and problem-solving skills. Continuous Learner: Eager to learn and stay updated with the latest industry developments. Courageous and Decisive: Confident in making decisions and taking initiative. Dynamic and Committed: Enthusiastic and dedicated to achieving excellence. High Integrity: Upholds the highest standards of ethics and integrity. Customer-focused: Committed to delivering outstanding support to internal stakeholders and customers. Teamwork mindset: Dedicated to working effectively with others, making progress toward a common goal. Responsible: Committed to performing the assigned tasks effectively and on time, adhering to company policy and procedures professionally. Empathy: Able to understand someone else’s feelings, experiences and perspective, strengthening the ability to connect with others.
Hitachi Vantara Benefits
Self-Care Day: In addition to the annual leave, we offer a holiday for mental health chosen by the company. Additional Paid Break: Extra 15-minute break. Medical Insurance (Inter Vision): Covers outpatient services; options for family coverage. Employee Capital Plans (Allianz): Retirement savings plan with early withdrawal options. Training & Development: Support for educational opportunities. Language Learning (goFLUENT): Access to language courses and resources. Parking: Designated spaces; booking varies by office.About us We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.
Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.