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Requirements found
Sales Marketing Compliance (must) Training Onboarding Scheduling Writing (must) Recruiting
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The posting asks for 10+ years of experience.
Main responsibilities
- Service Creation & Partner Workshops
- Define and prioritize new service offerings (managed backup, DRaaS, cyber recovery, SaaS backup, ransomware readiness) with Product Management and translate …
- Own and run a repeatable partner service co-creation workshop program, from joint scoping through launch, owning post-workshop outcomes so each partner moves…
- Build and maintain a service adoption tracker with analytics on partner adoption, workshop-to-launch conversion and service results, and use it to continuous…
- Enhance existing partner planning tools with standard sizing guidelines, configuration patterns and partner business-case templates (financial, ROI/TCO, pric…
- Presales & Partner Engagement
- Support strategic opportunities that depend on new services: discovery, requirements capture (RPO/RTO, sovereignty, compliance) and high-level solution design.
- Lead hands-on workshops and demos to validate architectures against partner and customer environments.
- Maintain a trusted cadence with strategic MSP partners, track commitments to closure, and keep engagement activity visible to leadership.
- Enablement, Content & Product-to-Field Bridge
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “The New Product Introduction (NPI) & Service Creation Solution Architect is a new function in the MSP Solution Architecture Team.” · “You also support strategic presales into large global MSPs and work hand in hand with Sales, Product and Engineering, Marketing and Competitive Intelligence …” · “Influence and autonomy: You will work directly with senior leaders across Sales, Product, Engineering and Marketing and with executives at leading service pr…”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “You own the technical service blueprint from concept through launch.” · “Influence and autonomy: You will work directly with senior leaders across Sales, Product, Engineering and Marketing and with executives at leading service pr…” · “Own the MSP content strategy and thought leadership (blogs, webinars, newsletter, partner portal, video) and run recurring programs on a dependable cadence w…”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “Build and maintain a service adoption tracker with analytics on partner adoption, workshop-to-launch conversion and service results, and use it to continuous…” · “Maintain a trusted cadence with strategic MSP partners, track commitments to closure, and keep engagement activity visible to leadership.” · “Own the MSP content strategy and thought leadership (blogs, webinars, newsletter, partner portal, video) and run recurring programs on a dependable cadence w…”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “Make a visible difference: The services you design help service providers protect and recover their customers' data when ransomware and cyber attacks strike.” · “Own and run a repeatable partner service co-creation workshop program, from joint scoping through launch, owning post-workshop outcomes so each partner moves…” · “Lead hands-on workshops and demos to validate architectures against partner and customer environments.”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “Define and prioritize new service offerings (managed backup, DRaaS, cyber recovery, SaaS backup, ransomware readiness) with Product Management and translate …” · “Enhance existing partner planning tools with standard sizing guidelines, configuration patterns and partner business-case templates (financial, ROI/TCO, pric…” · “Build and maintain a library of Claude skills and rapid prototypes for MSP work, such as partner prep, partner collateral, roadmap summaries, and sizing and …”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “You will design, package and enable new managed service offerings built on Rubrik's data protection, cyber resilience and recovery portfolio, and turn them i…” · “Make a visible difference: The services you design help service providers protect and recover their customers' data when ransomware and cyber attacks strike.” · “Own the MSP content strategy and thought leadership (blogs, webinars, newsletter, partner portal, video) and run recurring programs on a dependable cadence w…”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Define and prioritize new service offerings (managed backup, DRaaS, cyber recovery, SaaS backup, ransomware readiness) with Product Management and translate …” · “Enhance existing partner planning tools with standard sizing guidelines, configuration patterns and partner business-case templates (financial, ROI/TCO, pric…” · “Support strategic opportunities that depend on new services: discovery, requirements capture (RPO/RTO, sovereignty, compliance) and high-level solution design.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Help shape how Rubrik partners with leading service providers to deliver cyber resilience at scale.” · “You will create the offerings, programs and playbooks from the ground up, then see them launched, adopted and sold by real partners.” · “Influence and autonomy: You will work directly with senior leaders across Sales, Product, Engineering and Marketing and with executives at leading service pr…”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Communication Core
In the posting: “Excellent communication from C-suite to individual contributors, with strong workshop facilitation, whiteboarding and writing skills.” · “Communication at every level: Communicates clearly and credibly from the C-suite to individual contributors, with a bias for action and the hustle to get thi…”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Teamwork and collaboration Supporting
In the posting: “Cross-functional influence and partner trust: Works hand in hand with Sales, Product and Engineering, Marketing and Competitive teams, and earns partners' tr…”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (7):
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. From this posting
- How have you used compliance in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using writing. From this posting
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- This posting reads as Data analysis: its questions come first.
- Tell me about an analysis that changed a decision. Data analysis
- Describe a time you found that the data you were given was wrong. Data analysis
- A manager asks you for 'the numbers' by tomorrow with no further detail. What do you do? Data analysis
- How do you check that a query or spreadsheet you built gives the right answer? Data analysis
- What makes a dashboard useful, and how have you built one? Data analysis
- Tell me about a time you explained a statistical result to people without a data background. Data analysis
- Sales dropped 15% last month. How would you find out why? Data analysis
- Describe a new tool or technique you learned to finish a piece of work. Data analysis
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.