Specialist Solution Engineer

Salesforce • Washington, DC

11d • $113,330 - $166,810

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking a Solution Engineer (Pre-Sales) to join our SPM Solution Engineering Team. You will work closely with Sales Leaders and Account Executives across the world to drive our continued growth, and to help to build solutions that have an impact on our Customer’s business. The Solution Engineer will also act as an evangelist of SPM to various internal stakeholders to create meaningful collaboration strategies to enable a team selling environment and drive scale to continue the product’s growth.

The successful candidate will be focused on customer success, delivering world-class customer solutions, and is not afraid to think creatively on how SPM can have an impact. They can demonstrate understanding of industry trends and market opportunities to develop new solutions and relevant points of view, and have numerous examples of bringing new thinking; to customers, your team and your current company. The ideal individual will be proactive, a great collaborator, passionate and a proven individual and team contributor as they work with some of the biggest brands and companies in the world.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in a related industry
• Prior experience using Salesforce as a power user or admin
• Salesforce Certifications a plus - current Administrator, Architect
• Previous experience working with enterprise-level clients in a Pre-Sales or Solution Engineering capacity
• Excellent speaking and presentations skills and experience both in-person and over-the-web
• Superb writing skills and experience with both internal and external communications
• Strong time management skills, allowing for multiple projects and sales cycles to run in parallel
• Creative mindset and the ability to think “outside of the box” with a desire to develop solutions for enterprise-level customers
• Business acumen with experience transforming business process to attain business goals of our customers

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives to understand our Customer’s unique business goals and challenges throughout the sales cycle.
• Present Executive level product demonstrations to key business Stakeholders highlighting the Value of SPM
• Be a SME, both internally and externally, through establishing technical credibility and professional rapport with client account stakeholders through product demonstrations and technical discovery calls
• Be an innovator who can create new solutions using out-of-the-box thinking to enable client's business initiatives to be realized
• Execute enablement activities (Webinars, Best Practices, Knowledge Share, etc.) to both our Customers and our internal peers.
• Actively enable the broader Solution Engineering team and cross-functional distribution to team to more effectively position the value of the SPM solution within the Salesforce portfolio
• Become an expert in all SPM applications while maintaining a very high proficiency in the Salesforce platform
• Routinely engage with sales and product development teams to provide product and client feedback and identify opportunities to further improve our products, sales/implementation processes, and overall customer experience
• Partner with Account Executives to identify and utilize Salesforce internal resources (Account Executives, Solutions Engineers, etc.) to build SPM brand awareness, assist in sales cycles, and close enterprise business deals

Benefits

• time off programs
• medical
• dental
• vision
• mental health support
• paid parental leave
• life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• employee stock purchasing program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior