Regional Sales Engineering Manager - UAE

Zscaler, Inc.; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Time off plans

Parental leave options

Retirement options

Education reimbursement

In-office perks

Job summary

Zscaler is seeking a Sales Engineering Manager for the UAE to lead the regional pre-sales strategy and manage a growing SE team. The role collaborates with Sales leadership to accelerate deals and drive customer outcomes across security, networking, and cloud solutions.

Responsibilities include coaching SEs, defining career paths, and ensuring high-quality customer engagements while shaping product direction with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• 8+ years enterprise pre-sales / solutions engineering experience (security, networking, cloud, or SaaS) across complex deals.
• 2+ years leading Sales Engineers (hiring, coaching, performance, career growth)
• Proven ability to run the regional pre-sales motion: pipeline support, deal strategy, and forecasting partnership with Sales
• Strong executive customer leadership and a deep security/networking foundation (Zero Trust, identity, secure connectivity) with cross-functional collaboration and willingness to travel
• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging AI-driven solutions

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end pre-sales motion and ensure the Sales Engineering team delivers high-quality, value-based customer engagements that accelerate pipeline and close outcomes
• Build a high-performing SE team through coaching and 1:1s, with clear development plans and career progression
• Partner with customers across markets to deliver network, security, and application access transformation with Zscaler, while influencing product direction internally

Skills

Enterprise pre-sales experience

Leading SE teams

Regional pre-sales motion

Executive customer leadership

AI/ML understanding

Job description

Zscaler is seeking a Sales Engineering Manager for the UAE to lead the regional pre-sales strategy and manage a growing SE team. The role collaborates with Sales leadership to accelerate deals and drive customer outcomes across security, networking, and cloud solutions.

Responsibilities include coaching SEs, defining career paths, and ensuring high-quality customer engagements while shaping product direction with cross-functional partners.