Hybrid Solutions Consultant

at Hootsuite

• Job title: Solutions Consultant
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: CA$53,100 - CA$74,300 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Vancouver, Canada

About the role

• Strategic Solutions Consultant at Hootsuite enhancing client engagement through technical and subject matter expertise. Collaborating with teams to deliver tailored solutions that connect clients with their audiences.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales and Success teams to plan opportunity and account strategy, establishing Hootsuite as the solution and partner of choice and contributing to personal, sub-regional and regional targets.
• Contribute to the creation of successful proposals by answering questions about our solutions and how they fit with customer requirements.
• Lead discovery sessions with practitioners and team leaders to uncover key requirements, challenges and opportunities in their organization.
• Deliver concise, compelling, value-based presentations and product demos, typically up to social media leader level.
• Use creative tools and techniques such as storytelling, whiteboarding and multimedia to present solutions in a compelling, simple and memorable manner.
• Manage trials with customers and prospects to help them see the value of Hootsuite as a partner.
• Facilitate and co-facilitate customer workshops to surface the deeper business value of our partnership.
• Act as a trusted advisor to social practitioners and team leads on social strategy and the product mix that will best support their strategy.
• Share and document learnings from experiences, training and external sources with the regional Value & Solutions team to improve value delivery and customer adoption.
• Enable counterparts in Sales and Success on our product and ecosystem during onboarding programmes and when warranted by major product releases.

Requirements

• Ample experience in Solutions Consulting or social/agency experience.
• College or university degree/diploma (or have equivalent industry experience).
• An aptitude for explaining how solutions work, why people need them, and the business value they will provide.
• Industry knowledge in one or more of our key markets (Financial Services, Government, Higher Ed, Travel/Hospitality/Tourism, Healthcare) is desirable.
• Understands and can articulate our most common social use cases in marketing, social selling, advocacy and service.
• Knowledge of related technologies outside of our ecosystem such as media production, adtech, martech.
• Experience in communicating project plans to potential customers.
• Experience of solution selling and consultative selling approaches.
• Clear, concise, and creative presentation skills with competence in storytelling, and the ability to focus on the business value of the solution.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs.
• Creativity and Innovation: Seeks new and better ways of doing things, generates original and imaginative ideas, products, or solutions.
• Customer Focus: Demonstrates a desire to proactively help and serve internal/external customers to meet their needs.
• Decision Making: Consistently chooses the best course of action (from a number of alternatives) to address business problems and/or opportunities.
• Influence: Asserts own ideas and persuades others, gaining support and commitment and mobilizing people to take action.
• Problem Solving: Uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems. Looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems.
• Resilience, Tolerance for Change/Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change, finding ways to advance work and projects.
• Self Development: Is personally committed to, and actively works to continuously improve.

Benefits

• Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.