Director, Pre-Sales, EMEA

RIMINI_UNITED_KINGDOM Rimini Street UK Ltd.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Rimini Street UK Ltd. is seeking a Director, Pre‑Sales to lead the Regional Solution Engineer team across the EMEA region, driving engagement with C-level stakeholders and shaping the solution portfolio for SAP and Oracle.

You will partner with Sales Leadership and guide engineers to win complex deals while aligning with Delivery and Strategic Services. This remote UK role requires a proven track record in pre‑sales leadership, strong executive communication, and experience in consulting sales

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a pre‑sales or solution architecture leadership role with a proven track record of building teams to drive sales results.
• Significant experience working within SAP or Oracle Applications ecosystem—software and/or services supporting the sales cycle.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Regional General Managers, Sales VPs and Sales Directors to develop and support sales strategies and account plans to achieve targets.
• Hire, onboard, train/develop, and manage a team of Solution Engineers that consistently overachieve targets.
• Guide Solution Engineers on collaboration with Sales Account Executives during the sales cycle to close deals.
• Engage with C-level executives to understand IT roadmaps and position Rimini Street’s portfolio to address business challenges.
• Coach and ensure quality control on Solution Engineers’ activities including scoping, Q&A, design, pricing, proposals, RFPs and presentations.
• Travel will be required.

Skills

Pre-sales leadership

Solution architecture

SAP/Oracle expertise

Executive communication

Global/matrix experience

Education

Bachelor/Master in Computer Science

Job description

About Rimini Street, Inc.

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a proven, trusted global provider of end-to-end, mission-critical enterprise software support, managed services and innovative Agentic AI ERP solutions, and is the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software. Our comprehensive portfolio of unified solutions help run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise application, database and technology software, enabling our clients to achieve better business outcomes, significantly reduce costs and reallocate resources towards strategic projects. The Company has signed thousands of contracts with Fortune Global 100, Fortune 500, midmarket, public sector and government organizations who selected Rimini Street as their trusted, proven mission‑critical enterprise software solutions provider and achieved better operational outcomes, realized billions of US dollars in savings and funded AI and other innovation investments.

Position Summary

This role is primarily responsible for the Solution Engineer Team supporting sales activities mainly across the EMEA region. The Director, Pre‑Sales is responsible for articulating Rimini Street’s solution portfolio and value proposition to clients and prospects leading a Regional Solution Engineer team serving as trusted advisors while providing deep SAP, Oracle and other product‑specific functional and technical expertise to drive sales. In this role, you will partner with Sales Leadership across the region and directly engage or lead the Solution Engineer team that engages in sales opportunities, actively participate in customer meetings and work closely with our Senior Account Executives to respond to our customers’ business needs and challenges. The Director, Pre‑Sales also acts as the primary conduit to the internal Delivery and Strategic Services teams. You will leverage your existing technical and functional knowledge in working with all product stakeholders within our organization. Using this experience, you would articulate the strategy and direction for all products that is supported by Rimini Street.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner with Regional General Managers, Sales VPs and Sales Directors to develop and support sales strategies and account plans to achieve sales targets in supported region.
• Hire, onboard, train/develop, and manage a team of successful Solution Engineers that consistently overachieve sales targets.
• Guide Solution Engineers on successful partnership with Sales Account Executives during the sales cycle contributing to the sales process to close deals.
• Engage with clients` C-level executives to understand their IT Roadmap and position Rimini Solution Portfolio to address clients` challenges based on business case/ROI and risk assessment.
• Coach and ensure quality control on Solution Engineers activities including solution scoping, functional/technical Q&A, solution design, pricing calculation, proposal development, RFP and presentations to prospects and clients.
• Contribute to the company wide initiatives in support of the growth and profitability of the Rimini Street product lines.
• Travel will be required.

Experience, Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years in a pre‑sales or solution architecture leadership or equivalent role with a proven track record of team building to drive strong sales results against target plans.
• Significant experience working within the SAP or Oracle Applications ecosystem – Software and/or Services supporting the sales cycle and proven track record contributing to close deals.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Experience in a “consultative selling” environment with a history of working in a global, matrixed organization.
• Extensive experience in solutioning SAP or Oracle support and managed services.
• Extensive experience in solutioning SAP (ECC, S/4HANA, RISE, etc.) or Oracle (EBS, Oracle DB, Oracle Business Suite, Fusion) products.
• Experience in creating proposals for Managed Services and estimating staffing and costs is a plus.

Education

Bachelor and/or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Why Rimini Street?

We are looking for talented, passionate people to help us build our future at Rimini Street. We hire only the best, the most extraordinary professionals and provide compensation, bonuses, and benefits to match the skills of our top-performing team members. Do you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, enjoy growing together, and get excited about learning new skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to make a true impact as part of a team of extraordinary professionals? This is the place for you. Our work is challenging and meaningful. We start and end each day with a sense of achievement and purpose guided by our core values, the Four Cs: Company: We dream big and innovate boldly. Colleagues: We work with extraordinary people who create a culture of mutual respect and collaboration. Clients: We relentlessly pursue solutions that help clients achieve their goals. Our unmatched client care is rooted in our passion for exceptional service. Community: We believe in leaving the world a better place than we found it. With the Rimini Street Foundation, we’ve made positive impacts in six continents for over 425 charities. Accelerating Company Growth Nasdaq-listed under ticker symbol RMNI since October 2017 Over 6,300+ signed contracts to date, including Fortune 500 and Global 100 companies Over 2,000 team members in 23 countries US and international recognition for industry leadership and philanthropic efforts.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Rimini Street is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Location

Remote – United Kingdom

Additional Information

To learn more about how Rimini Street is redefining the enterprise software support industry, visit http://www.riministreet.com. In 2005, we disrupted the industry by pioneering extraordinary enterprise software support powered by extraordinary people. Our work is challenging and meaningful, allowing everyone at Rimini Street to start and end each day with a sense of achievement and purpose. We are looking for talented, passionate people to help us build our future at Rimini Street.

Recruiter Notice

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