Manager of Solutions Engineering at Kantata leading pre-sales efforts for strategic clients across EMEA. Responsible for team leadership, mentoring, and enhancing sales performance.
Responsibilities
Contribute to the achievement of the EMEA regional Sales quota by partnering with Sales to establish deal strategies using a Solution Selling approach
Build and manage relationships with prospects
Manage, develop, and mentor a distributed team of 3-7 Solution Engineers in EMEA
Appropriately allocate resources to sales opportunities to drive sales performance and team member growth
Support the solution engineering team by participating in prospect meetings, engaging other resources as needed
Maintain a thorough understanding of Kantata’s capabilities and vision to craft solutions aligned to prospect needs and desired business outcomes
Lead pursuit efforts in large or strategic prospects as appropriate
Continually monitor team’s activity, track results and implement recommendations to increase the team’s efficiency, quality and consistency
Conduct meetings and training sessions to ensure ongoing improvement and best practice sharing
Regularly develop and contribute thought leadership and reusable content to the organization’s knowledgebase repository
Work with prospects to design and scope systems integrations
Work with the VP of Solution Engineering to develop and execute initiatives and activities aligned to corporate business objectives
Develop and maintain positive working relationships across sales, marketing, and product management
Partner with recruiting to attract, hire, and retain top talent
Travel to prospect’s locations to lead and participate in product demonstrations, workshops and technical discussions and scoping sessions
Attend trade shows, partner events and other industry meetings to represent Kantata
Work with internal teams to generate responses to RFIs, RFPs and technical security questionnaires
Requirements
5+ year’s pre-sales experience in B2B SaaS software
3+ years directly building and developing a high-performance pre-sales team
Knowledge of the Professional Services Industry is a plus
Ability to thrive in a fast paced, high-growth environment
Ability to articulate and effectively communicate concepts with technical and non-technical audiences
Agile leader keen at providing feedback
Bachelor’s degree in business or technical discipline
Benefits
An intentionally engaging and collaborative culture - ditch the silo!
Strong work-life balance that’s a true focus of the company
The chance to learn from some of the best people in the business
A vibrant, collaborative and devoted team, who still makes time for fun
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