Platform Sales Manager

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

Job Title

Platform Sales Manager - AVEVA CONNECT

Location

India

Reports To

Director, CONNECT Platform

The job

The CONNECT Platform Specialist is a high-impact, revenue-driving role at the forefront of AVEVA’s most strategic growth initiative: the CONNECT Platform. As an integral part of this CONNECT commercial team, you won’t just sell—you’ll help define how we bring this platform to market. You’ll be responsible for building and executing a winning sales strategy that delivers measurable customer value and drives ARR growth.

This is a role for a results-oriented enterprise seller who thrives in fast-moving environments. You bring the full spectrum of enterprise sales skills—strategic prospecting, value-based selling, and deal closing—paired with a strong ability to grow accounts through stakeholder enablement and platform adoption. This role goes beyond achieving sales targets; it's about building long-term customer value, expanding product adoption, and accelerating AVEVA’s next wave of growth. Your insights will directly influence our sales motion, customer playbooks, and broader go-to-market strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Selling & Commercial Execution

• Own commercial outcomes—including pipeline generation, opportunity progression, and ARR achievement—for a portfolio of target accounts

• Identify and qualify use-case-driven opportunities for CONNECT platform products, using a consultative, MEDDPICC-informed sales process

• Engage technical and business stakeholders (often VP+ and cross-functional) to build strong buying coalitions

• Drive and close new SaaS/Cloud platform deals, with a focus on land-and-expand strategies

• Negotiate commercial terms in alignment with value delivered, usage patterns, and strategic fit

Platform Adoption & Value Realization

• Support onboarding and deployment strategies to accelerate time-to-value

• Develop usage and expansion plans in partnership with customers and internal teams

• Monitor usage trends, identify adoption gaps, and proactively address risk

• Influence post-sale expansion by championing new use cases and capabilities

• Serve as a customer advocate internally to shape roadmap, pricing, and support

Strategic Feedback & GTM Iteration

• Capture and share customer insights to improve CONNECT product-market fit and GTM messaging

• Inform commercial model, onboarding approaches, and playbooks for future scale

• Collaborate closely with product, marketing, customer success, partnerships, sales enablement, and regional sales teams

Essential Requirements

• Experience in enterprise B2B SaaS or Cloud software roles (e.g., Account Executive, Account Manager, Solution Consultant)

• Proven track record owning and delivering against ARR targets and closing complex deals

• Strong sales acumen, including territory planning, value-based selling, stakeholder mapping, and negotiation

• Experience working with (or selling into) asset-intensive industries like energy, chemicals, or manufacturing is a plus

• Comfort engaging both technical users and business decision-makers

• Experience driving product adoption and account growth post-sale

• Familiarity with sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC, Challenger, or Command of the Message

• Proficiency with Salesforce and modern sales/customer success tools

• A self-starter who can operate autonomously and influence cross-functional teams

Commercial at AVEVA

Our Commercial team, comprised of over 2,000 dedicated colleagues, is the backbone of our customer relationships and business growth. From industry experts and solution architects to sales, support, success managers, and business operations, everyone shares a common goal: to deeply understand our customers' needs and deliver tailored solutions.

If you're passionate about driving growth, tackling complex business challenges, and fostering strong customer relationships, you'll find success and fulfilment in our Commercial team.

You’ll also be joining an award-winning workplace. AVEVA is Great Place to Work® Certified™ in multiple countries, reflecting the culture our people create every day. Explore our awards and recognition .

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https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/

India Benefits include

Gratuity, Medical and accidental insurance, very attractive leave entitlement, emergency leave days, childcare support, maternity, paternity and adoption leaves, education assistance program, home office set up support (for hybrid roles), well-being support

It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.

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Hybrid working

We work in a hybrid way at AVEVA. Most roles are based at a local AVEVA office, with an expectation of being on-site 50% of your working hours to support collaboration and connection. Some positions are fully office-based depending on the nature of the work, and certain roles that support specific customers or markets may be remote. The working arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process.

Hiring process

Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.

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aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process

About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably