Field and Partner Learning - Geo Advocate (EMEA) (m/f/d)
Job Overview
Date Posted
Posted on 13th August 2025
Expiration Date
Expires on 12th October 2025
Salary
Negotiable
Red Hat’s Global Field and Partner Learning team is hiring a new Geo Advocate to ensure that our field and partners are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the dynamic technology landscape.
Red Hat’s Global Field and Partner Learning team is hiring a new Geo Advocate to ensure that our field and partners are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the dynamic technology landscape.
As a Geo Advocate, you will work in close partnership with the Geo Leadership team, taking responsibility for implementing global learning programs and enablement strategies that align with your geo’s strategic objectives and address specific skills gaps. Your role is to drive awareness, foster adoption, and advocate for Global Field and Partner learning programs within your Geo (EMEA), leveraging a data-driven approach.
Job Summary
Red Hat’s Global Field and Partner Learning team is hiring a new Geo Advocate to ensure that our field and partners are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the dynamic technology landscape.
As a Geo Advocate, you will work in close partnership with the Geo Leadership team, taking responsibility for implementing global learning programs and enablement strategies that align with your geo’s strategic objectives and address specific skills gaps. Your role is to drive awareness, foster adoption, and advocate for Global Field and Partner learning programs within your Geo (EMEA), leveraging a data-driven approach.
What you will do
Serve as an extension of the Geo Leadership team and be accountable for Geo enablement strategies aligned to geo priorities.
Leverage Geo structures, in particular ELT leaders, to drive and measure the impact of agreed learning strategies.
Serve as a primary point of contact and advocate for a Geo within the global Field & Partner Learning learning team.
Influence the Field & Partner Learning team and advocate on behalf of the Geo
Understand the value of everything that Red Hat Learning offers & align this to the needs of the Geo
Bring awareness of the Geo business results and the impact of the Geo learning strategy (through a QBR).
What you will have
Fast Moving & Proactive: This is not a task-based, hand-holding role. We need a dynamic self-starter who can operate with autonomy, quickly assess needs, and take initiative. The mission is to network, influence, and get things done through the leadership teams (LTs).
Strategic Operator: Able to work closely with GM -1 leaders to shape and deliver a learning strategy aligned to Geo business goals. This includes the confidence to challenge, advise, and lead thinking at a senior level.
Exec-Level Stakeholder Management: This person will have regular 1:1s with senior leaders, including the general manager and segment/function leads. Strong stakeholder management skills are essential, as perception of success in this role will be heavily influenced by executive feedback.
Clear Communicator: Must have exceptional communication skills – able to build awareness, drive behavioral change, and engage effectively with execs and field teams alike.
Business-Savvy: Ideally comes from a Red Hat sales background, with a solid understanding of how the sales org functions, how field roles work together, and how to navigate and get things done in a matrix environment.
Comfortable Facilitating: Should be confident designing and leading workshops, especially with first-line managers, to build readiness and support strategy execution.
You must reside in the Geo you are aligned to.
About Red Hat
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