Sales Engineer - Commercial

PermitFlow

12d•$110,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

PermitFlow is redefining how America builds by serving the nation’s builders with an applied AI platform that tackles the complex information challenges of construction. Our AI agent workforce assists in navigating permitting, licensing, inspections, and project closeouts, accelerating development across housing, clean-energy, and infrastructure. The construction industry, despite its significant economic impact, faces challenges with delays and inefficiencies. PermitFlow has already demonstrated success in streamlining compliance and de-risking projects for over $20B in development. As the U.S. enters a new capital expenditure supercycle, PermitFlow is building the core AI infrastructure for this growth. The company has secured over $90M in funding, including a recent Series B, from prominent investors and industry leaders.

Requirements

Deep understanding of commercial construction, permitting, or pre-construction workflows, with credibility among contractors, builders, and developers.
Skilled in mapping customer processes, identifying bottlenecks, and designing scalable solutions for multi-scope commercial programs.
Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder programs, hold teams accountable, and surface risk.
Experience supporting sales teams through discovery, scoping, and solution validation.
Ability to teach diverse stakeholders how to use a platform and create scalable training content.
Capacity to bridge customer pain points and product capabilities, simplifying complex information for executive audiences.
Ability to work fluidly across Sales, Product, Operations, Implementation, and Customer Success.
Thrives in ambiguity and enjoys creating structure, content, and processes from scratch.
Energized by fixing the fragmented pre-construction process and transforming how America builds.

Responsibilities

Serve as the permitting subject matter expert (SME) across sales cycles and pilots, engaging with expediters, architects, civil engineers, and GCs.
Understand customer workflows and recommend optimal PermitFlow configurations and cadences.
Map current-state commercial permitting workflows, identify integration points for PermitFlow, and design solutions for complex, multi-scope programs.
Manage live pilots and accounts, including internal syncs, accountability for due dates, risk triage, and escalation of program-level signals.
Produce regular program reporting against KPIs to provide customers with visibility into status, progress, and value delivered.
Act as the liaison for billing and accounting inquiries, resolving friction points related to invoices and payment timing.
Onboard and train diverse stakeholders, including third parties (architects, GCs) and internal departments, to drive adoption and expansion.
Develop scalable, repeatable content such as enablement playbooks, reporting templates, and training materials.
Collaborate with Product, Implementation, Operations, and Customer Success to ensure practical, scalable solutions and smooth handoffs.