Hybrid Sales Engineering Director

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About the role

  • Architecting and presenting technical solutions and serving as escalation point for complex client or sales engineering issues
  • Support internal stakeholders including General Manager for Boston and New York markets, Operations directors, sales teams, and external clients
  • Participate in joint sales calls, provide product and solution demonstrations, and assist with successful development and closing of sales opportunities
  • Support smooth transitions from pre-sales to implementation and assist with post-sales project management related activities as required
  • Evaluate business processes to ensure quality, consistency, and profitability of deals and provide structured feedback to Product and Marketing teams
  • Engage in customer-facing meetings to align on strategies, gather business and technical requirements, and translate them into viable solutions or solution alternatives
  • Lead technical discussions with C-level executives and key decision makers on technical specifications, product roadmaps, deployment strategies, and third-party integrations
  • Manage processes to ensure timely, accurate, and cost-effective delivery of high-quality pre- and post-sales services
  • Direct and prioritize competing demands on resources to ensure efficient, reliable, and professional customer delivery
  • Drive capacity-related projects, initiatives, and housekeeping locally, aligning with market GMs and CIM-driven mandates
  • Survey returned space after customer churn to determine necessary backfill work, assess reusable assets, and repurpose power/cooling and panels
  • Identify and report deficiencies or errors in drawings and reports by providing regular updates to CIM and ensure ROFOs are documented per CIM guidelines
  • Conduct capacity audits and maintain accurate inventory of customer dedicated conduits and sellable conduit capacity through regular audits
  • Provide sales tools and training resources to the Sales team and deliver product training to internal staff
  • Perform initial diligence and provide recommendations for RPP/DCP/PDU additions to computer rooms and streamline project execution
  • Maintain awareness of new equipment locations and upstream infrastructure to support informed discussions with customers and internal teams
  • Schedule and lead cross-functional meetings (GM, SE, Engineering, DCO) to manage projects and align with customer delivery date expectations
  • Periodic travel for sales meetings, conferences, training, and leading customer tours in Boston, NYC, and NJ
  • Design complete customer solutions, obtain and compile vendor quotes into client-ready documentation for review and approval

Requirements

  • Ability to thrive in a hybrid work environment that includes at least four onsite days per week
  • Flexibility to travel up to 30%, with the potential for increased travel or in-office presence as business needs evolve
  • Strong working knowledge of data center infrastructure and management, managed services, cloud services, storage, network backhaul, dark fiber, regen and amplification
  • Possesses deep expertise in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems and critical building infrastructure, including power distribution, cooling, and fiber pathways
  • General awareness of higher-layer networking technologies to support customer discussions and alignment
  • Strategic, analytical and operations-focused, who can recognize market opportunities
  • Highly ambitious and intuitive self-starter with ability to get things done
  • Ability to express complex technical and functional concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing
  • Detail oriented with strong interpersonal & presentation skills
  • Excellent teamwork skills to quickly establish strong working relationships with customers as well as company peers
  • Product/process knowledge specific to the industry
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Work well with staff and individually
  • Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical area, or equivalent experience
  • 8 or more years of pre-sales technical experience in data center related fields
  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
  • The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas

Benefits

  • First-day medical insurance through Cigna with generous premium cost coverage
  • Dental insurance through Delta Dental
  • Vision insurance through VSP
  • Telemedicine through MDLive for Cigna
  • Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account (FSA) plans
  • Health saving account (HSA) plans for employees participating in the High Deductible Health Plan
  • Life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance fully paid by the company
  • Voluntary coverage benefits for supplemental life, critical illness, accident, and hospital insurance
  • First-day eligibility for 401(k) savings plan through Fidelity, which includes an attractive matching company contribution with a 5% company match
  • Discretionary annual bonus and equity incentive plan
  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with a 15% discount
  • 16 days of paid time off (PTO), 11 paid company holidays, and additional floating holidays
  • Additional paid time off for school events, elder care, volunteering, bereavement, jury duty, voting, parental leave, and disability leave
  • Free parking or a company contribution toward a public transit pass
  • Wellness Reimbursement Program: Yearly stipend of $500 for employees and $300 for dependents, up to $800 total for the family
  • Wellness Incentive Program: Participate in various wellbeing activities to earn up to $450 per year in cash incentives
  • Technology Stipend: $100 monthly stipend
  • Educational Reimbursement Program: Work-related learning and development with reimbursement on qualifying degree programs, up to $5,250 per year
  • Giving Back: Charitable donation matches up to $5,000 per year and nominate organizations for Company Foundation grants
  • Financial Management: Access to financial coaching, digital tools, and services to manage and pay student loan debt quicker
  • Pet Insurance
  • Family Planning: Benefits and services related to fertility, pregnancy, menopause, adoption and surrogacy
  • Employee Assistance Program: 24x7 service to support family, work, money, health, legal and life challenges
  • Counseling and Caregiving Programs: Including access to mental health services, licensed counselors, and caregiving tools including membership for finding care
  • Referral Bonus: Receive a $3,000 cash bonus if referred candidate is hired and meets eligibility requirements
  • Discounts, cash back offers, and perks on thousands of brands
  • LinkedIn Learning Membership

Job title

Sales Engineering Director

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$180,000 - $195,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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