Bilingual Pre-Sales Engineer — French Speaker

Sovos; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Coverage

Pension with employer contribution

Employee Assistance Programme

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Job summary

Sovos is seeking a Pre-Sales Engineer (French Speaker) in the United Kingdom to support multi-country sales engagements across tax and compliance technology. You will act as a trusted advisor, lead discovery, design scalable solutions, and demonstrate business value to enterprise customers.

In this role you will own technical responses for RFPs/RFIs, collaborate with Sales to shape account strategy, and tailor demos for global ERP scenarios.

Qualifications

• Lead structured discovery sessions and design scalable solutions to influence enterprise buying decisions.
• Experience mapping conversations with a commercial mindset to influence customer decisions.
• Experience navigating ERP ecosystems is desirable; exposure to tax, compliance, regulatory, finance or adjacent domains.
• Willing to travel occasionally and operate autonomously with limited regional support.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English and French.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows in pre-sales is a plus.
• Background check may be required on hire.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-entity discovery sessions across global customer organisations, mapping transaction flows, ERP landscapes, and regulatory exposure.
• Design scalable, cross-border solution architectures aligned to business and compliance needs, positioning commercial value alongside technical functionality.
• Influence technical and business stakeholders, including senior decision-makers, and partner with Sales to shape account strategy and advance deals through structured qualification.
• Own technical responses for enterprise RFPs, RFIs and global tenders, and deliver tailored demonstrations reflecting global regulatory and ERP scenarios.
• Operate as a trusted advisor in partner-led and embedded solution models, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure seamless transition from pre-sales to implementation.
• Contribute to global pre-sales best practices, messaging, and competitive positioning, and maintain high-quality demo environments aligned with market requirements.
• Leverage AI tools to improve discovery workflows, automate response generation, and enhance demonstration personalisation.

Skills

Discovery sessions

Solution mapping

Stakeholder influence

ERP ecosystems

English & French

Job description

Sovos is seeking a Pre-Sales Engineer (French Speaker) in the United Kingdom to support multi-country sales engagements across tax and compliance technology. You will act as a trusted advisor, lead discovery, design scalable solutions, and demonstrate business value to enterprise customers.

In this role you will own technical responses for RFPs/RFIs, collaborate with Sales to shape account strategy, and tailor demos for global ERP scenarios.