“Best job ever” is open for candidates….

We are looking for a VP, VMware Technology Partner Management candidate.

EMC couldn’t pry me away from VMware with 1,000 wild horses.  It’s in my blood, what I’m passionate about, and what I get out of bed every day doing (as you can see from all the VMworld stuff).  That said, I’m also being asked for more – to help EMC around our go-to-market with Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP.   The vSpecialist team is doing awesome, and while I will always be it’s spiritual leader (and tribemember), it’s almost self-sustaining at this time.

On the other hand, the VMware/EMC alliance model has myself and Sheryl Chamberlain at it’s heart, and that’s not enough.

So… our engineering/alliance model needs a small, steady state “EMC partner engineering team” located in Palo Alto.  This team does a lot of the “decoding” between the various engineering teams on on both the EMC and VMware side of things.

I the KEY hire here is what we’re calling the “VMware Technology Partner Management leader”.   Here’s what we’re talking about:

1. It’s a VP-level role
2. Will immediately start with 4 direct reports, growing rapidly to 8.
3. They must be bay-area based, and be willing to do 30% travel.
4. The key (and the hardest part) – they need to have connections and mojo with the VMware engineering/CTO teams from a architecture/roadmap/product engineering/management standpoint
5. They need to be able to straddle the line between the nerd world (which I say with love) and the go-to-market world (which I also say with love).

It’s a great gig – high influence, high impact, high visibility within EMC, and also VMware.   The candidate interview schedule is a who’s who of VMware and EMC – heck interviewing and NOT getting selected will still open up a world of opportunities.   Ideal candidates might be someone who left VMware for a startup that is going sideways, but all types are welcome.  Just know that if you don’t have a strong engineering/technical executive leadership background, with a stronger than normal understanding of partnerships and GTM, it’s not going to be a fit.

If you think you know this person, or are this person – please contact me.

Comments

[Tom]

obviously duncan epping :)

[Keith Norbie]

I'll take the job but need to remote out of MN, also know as the real epicenter of IT :)

[Mike Sheehy]

Nevermind this, how do you get on the vSpecialist team. I want in!

[DuncanYB]

I would Tom if I did not have one of the coolest jobs at the source already :-).

But I do agree, this is one great opportunity!

[Chris]

I wish it was me...
Maybe in a few years! ;)

Anything in this area going in APAC? I know your guy over here and he is great (but only 1 man!)