Sr Government Solutions Specialist, Higher Education Ans Connectivity Sales

T-Mobile T-Mobile · Telecom · Irvine, CA +2

This role is for a Sr. Account Executive focused on selling T-Mobile's 5G Advanced Network Solutions, including Hybrid and Private Networks, MEC, Fixed Wireless Solutions, and SD Edge capabilities. The primary responsibility is to drive connectivity product revenue by prospecting new business relationships and supporting existing accounts. The role requires a consultative selling approach, managing the entire sales cycle from identifying solutions to closing deals, and collaborating with customers and internal teams to solve business problems. Key activities include positioning solutions with Hyperscalers, articulating the value of 5G Private Networks for business transformation, enabling industry 4.0 capabilities, developing vertical-specific use cases, and managing sales funnels and negotiations. While the role mentions AI-related concepts like IoT, big data analytics, and augmented reality in the context of business transformation, the core function is sales of network solutions, not AI/ML model development or deployment.

What you'd actually do

  1. As a high performing, motivated and passionate technical salesperson, demonstrates experience positioning solutions with Hyperscaler companies such as Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google GCP for Edge compute solutions.
  2. Exhibits a healthy balance of both technical infrastructure (wireline & wireless) knowledge in addition to a consultative client engagement (soft selling skills) approach.
  3. Performs executive briefing engagements with the senior level field sales teams and executive C-level client leaders.
  4. Articulates business transformation message leveraging the value of 5G Private Networks with clients.
  5. Communicates how T-Mobile can enable industry 4.0 capabilities to explore ways of boosting Commercial business productivity through robotics, IoT, big data analytics and augmented reality.

Skills

Required

  • Business to Business (B2B) sales experience with high tech sales
  • selling complex product solutions as lead salesperson or customer facing Solutions Engineer
  • Technologically proficient in identified/specialized products
  • Demonstrated success of meeting and exceeded sales targets and sales leadership
  • Solid presentation skills
  • Solid business acumen and a strong executive presence
  • Solid negotiation skills

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's Degree Business or Technology degree
  • experience in complex solutions/applications
  • Combination of 5 years sales and customer facing technical solutions experience
  • Experience translating customer and market feedback into product recommendations, roadmap input, or broader product development collaboration
  • Demonstrated experience selling product solutions into Fortune 500 & 1,000 accounts

What the JD emphasized

  • selling the T-Mobile 5G Advanced Network Solutions portfolio
  • Hybrid and Private Networks, MEC, Fixed Wireless Solutions, and SD Edge capabilities
  • drive connectivity product revenue
  • consultative selling approach
  • deal negotiation up to the C-level
  • managing the entire sales cycle
  • positioning solutions with Hyperscaler companies such as Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google GCP for Edge compute solutions
  • business transformation message leveraging the value of 5G Private Networks
  • industry 4.0 capabilities
  • robotics, IoT, big data analytics and augmented reality
  • vertical specific use cases for 5G ANS proliferation and acceptance
  • MEDDPICC opportunity development process
  • Contract and sales negotiations
  • 4 years of Business to Business (B2B) sales experience with high tech sales.
  • 4 years selling complex product solutions as lead salesperson or customer facing Solutions Engineer, specifically focused on new logos or pure prospects.
  • Technologically proficient in identified/specialized products