Senior Solutions Engineer, Enterprise (Canada)

Motive; Halifax; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Motive is hiring a Senior Solutions Engineer for Canada, joining the Enterprise team to map customer challenges to Motive’s platform and influence buying decisions. You’ll partner with Account Executives, deliver tailored demonstrations, and collaborate across Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to drive growth.

You’ll work with complex enterprise deals, require 5+ years in pre-sales or solutions engineering, and travel up to 30%+.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Enterprise-level sales in pre-sales or solutions engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; advanced degree a plus.
• Travel up to 30%+ for customer engagements and field visits.
• Knowledge of value-based selling frameworks and SE methodologies.
• Strong communication and executive presentation skills.
• Hands-on experience with APIs, integrations, and technical design.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Enterprise AEs to shape deal strategy and run discovery conversations.
• Deliver high-impact demos tailored to technical and business audiences.
• Translate complex challenges into clear, measurable Motive solutions.
• Develop expertise in the competitive landscape to win displacement opportunities.
• Establish product authority and discuss future innovations with customers.
• Collaborate on RFIs/RFPs to position Motive as a partner of choice.
• Bridge Sales and cross-functional teams to feed insights for improvement.

Skills

Enterprise pre-sales experience

Solutions engineering

Value-based selling frameworks (MEDDIC

MEDDPICC

Command of the Message

Communication and presentation

Travel 30%+

APIs and integrations

Enterprise sales cycles

SaaS and hardware experience

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Senior Solutions Engineer, Enterprise (Canada)

Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

As a Senior Solutions Engineer on our Enterprise team, you’ll play a key role in driving successful outcomes for Motive’s Enterprise customers. You’ll partner closely with Account Executives to shape deal strategy, showcase the value of our platform, and act as a trusted advisor to technical and business stakeholders. This role requires a balance of technical expertise, business acumen, and strong communication skills, as you map customer challenges to Motive’s solutions and influence buying decisions. Reporting directly to an Enterprise Solutions Engineering leader, you’ll collaborate across Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to ensure customer needs are met while driving Motive’s growth and strategic success.

What You'll Do:

• Partner with Enterprise Account Executives to shape deal strategy, drive discovery conversations, and deliver high-impact demonstrations that influence executive-level decisions
• Showcase Motive’s value by tailoring demos that resonate across technical, operational, and business audiences — positioning yourself as a trusted advisor to customers
• Translate complex customer challenges into clear, compelling solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes
• Develop deep expertise in the competitive landscape, playing a key role in winning strategic displacement opportunities
• Establish yourself as a product authority — mastering today’s platform while shaping conversations around future innovations
• Collaborate on RFIs and RFPs to position Motive as the partner of choice for Enterprise organizations
• Act as a visible connector between Sales and cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Marketing), ensuring customer insights fuel continuous improvement and innovation

What We're Looking For:

• 5+ years of experience supporting Enterprise-level sales in a pre-sales or solutions engineering role (SaaS and hardware experience a plus)
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; advanced degree a plus
• Experience in a customer-facing pre-sales field role with the flexibility and willingness to travel 30%+
• Deep knowledge of value-based selling frameworks and methodologies (e.g., MEDDIC, MEDDPICC, Command of the Message) and solutions engineering methodologies (e.g., Demo2Win, Great Demo!, or comparable)
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence technical and executive audiences
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a solutions-oriented mindset
• Demonstrated success supporting complex solution sales within Enterprise organizations
• Hands-on experience with Enterprise sales cycles and navigating multiple stakeholders
• Experience with APIs, integrations, and technical solution design

Pay Transparency

Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units (RSUs). Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.

The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the on-target earnings (base pay + commissions) are:

Canada

$180,000 - $230,000 CAD

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