As a Google Sales Specialist – South Korea, you will be responsible for building, scaling, and leading the Cloud Storage business for Google and NetApp, with a primary focus on Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workloads within the semiconductor industry.
This is a quota-carrying sales role with a strong business development mandate, requiring you to create new opportunities, develop markets, and establish long-term customer relationships in South Korea.
While EDA serves as the primary entry point and strategic focus, you will also expand into adjacent industries and high-value workloads where Cloud Storage and Google Cloud can drive transformation.
Primary Focus (Core Growth Engine)
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Semiconductor & EDA
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Fabless, foundry, and IDM customers
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Advanced chip design, verification, and simulation workloads
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EDA toolchains and HPC-intensive environments
Secondary Expansion Areas
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Electronics & High-Tech Manufacturing
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Automotive & Mobility
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Telecommunications & Digital Infrastructure
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Gaming, Media, and other data/HPC-intensive industries
You will collaborate cross-functionally with Google Cloud, partners, and engineering teams to:
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Drive new business creation with an EDA-first approach, using semiconductor workloads as the primary entry point into accounts
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Build, develop, and scale a sustainable pipeline of new opportunities across both EDA and adjacent segments
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Accelerate Google Cloud consumption via direct sales and indirect channels (Marketplace, ISVs, and partners)
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Position Google + NetApp Cloud Storage solutions for:
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High-performance EDA and HPC workloads
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Data-intensive and hybrid cloud environments
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Engage senior technical, engineering, and business stakeholders to shape demand and influence decision-making early in the sales cycle
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Continuously identify whitespace opportunities to expand beyond initial EDA wins into broader enterprise adoption
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Capture market insights to refine go-to-market strategies and influence product direction
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Build and scale the South Korea business
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Develop and execute a territory and account strategy anchored in EDA but expanding into broader cloud and data opportunities
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Identify, create, and close new business opportunities (hunter mentality)
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Establish a strong foothold within key semiconductor accounts and expand footprint over time
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Own full sales lifecycle and pipeline creation
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Develop a robust, self-generated pipeline (not only partner-led)
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Manage complex sales cycles and deliver predictable, accurate forecasts
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Consistently exceed revenue and consumption targets
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Lead EDA-driven GTM motions
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Drive strategic deals around simulation, verification, and HPC workloads
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Position hybrid and cloud-native architectures to optimize performance and cost
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Act as a trusted advisor and business partner
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Engage C-level, engineering, and IT leaders
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Translate customer challenges into business-aligned cloud and data solutions
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Build long-term strategic relationships within accounts
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Drive ecosystem and partner engagement
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Collaborate with hyperscaler teams, ISVs (including EDA vendors), SIs, and channel partners
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Lead joint go-to-market initiatives to scale reach and impact
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Expand beyond EDA into broader opportunities
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Leverage initial wins to grow presence across additional workloads and industries
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Identify cross-sell and upsell opportunities aligned to cloud, AI, and data strategies
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5+ years of experience selling into the South Korean market, with a strong preference for semiconductor, EDA, or high-tech industries
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Proven track record in building and scaling business
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Demonstrated success in new logo acquisition, pipeline creation, and market development
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Consistent achievement or overachievement of sales targets in complex environments
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Strong background in enterprise sales and business development
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Ability to identify, create, and close large, strategic deals
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Experience leading full sales cycles from prospecting to close
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Domain expertise in EDA, semiconductor, or HPC workloads, including:
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Design, simulation, and verification environments
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High-performance compute and storage requirements
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Experience with cloud platforms (preferably Google Cloud):
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Application modernization, hybrid cloud, and migration strategies
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Data-intensive and AI-driven workloads
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Demonstrated success in partner-driven sales models
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Experience working with ISVs (ideally EDA vendors), SIs, and cloud ecosystem partners
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Understanding of Marketplace and ecosystem-led GTM strategies
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Strong commercial acumen, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
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Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and executive audiences
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Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and highly competitive environment
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Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and execution
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. now.
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